Datasheet

Specifications: EOS 5D Mark III
IMAGE SENSOR
Type 36 x 24mm CMOS
Effective Pixels Approx. 22.3 megapixels
Total Pixels Approx. 23.4 megapixels
Aspect Ratio 3:2
Low-Pass Filter Built-in/Fixed with fluorine coating
Sensor Cleaning EOS integrated cleaning system
Colour Filter Type Primary Colour
IMAGE PROCESSOR
Type DIGIC 5+
LENS
Lens Mount EF (excludes EF-S lenses)
Focal Length Equivalent to 1.0x the focal length of the lens
FOCUSING
Type TTL-CT-SIR with a dedicated CMOS sensor
AF System/ Points 61 Point / 41 f/4 cross-type AF points inc 5
dual cross type at f/2.8
The number of cross-type AF points will differ
depending on the lens.
AF working range EV -2 - 18 (at 23°C & ISO100)
AF Modes AI Focus
One Shot
AI Servo
AF Point Selection Automatic selection: 61 point AF
Manual selection: Single point AF (61, 41 cross
type only, 15 or 9 points selectable)
Manual selection: Spot AF
Manual selection: AF point Expansion 4 points
(up, down, left, right)
Manual selection: AF point Expansion
surrounding 8 points
Manual selection: Zone AF
AF points can be selected separately for vertical
and horizontal shooting
Selected AF point display Superimposed in viewfinder and indicated on
top LCD panel and Quick Control screen
AF Lock Locked when shutter button is pressed half
way in One Shot AF mode or AF-ON button
is pressed.
AF Assist Beam Emitted by optional dedicated Speedlite
Manual Focus Selected on lens, default in Live View Mode
AF Microadjustment AF Menu
+/- 20 steps (wide and tele setting for Zooms)
Adjust all lenses by same amount
Adjust up to 40 lenses individually
Adjustments remembered for lens by serial
number
EXPOSURE
CONTROL
Metering modes TTL full aperture metering with 63 zone Dual
Layer SPC
(1) Evaluative metering (linked to All AF point)
(2) Partial metering (approx. 6.2% of
viewfinder at centre)
(3) Spot metering (approx. 1.5% viewfinder
at centre)
(4) Centre weighted average metering
Metering Range EV 1 - 20 (at 23°C with 50mm f/1.4 lens
ISO100)
AE Lock Auto: In 1-shot AF mode with evaluative
metering exposure is locked when focus is
achieved.
Manual: By AE lock button in creative zone
modes.
Exposure Compensation +/-5 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments (can be
combined with AEB).
AEB 2, 3, 5 or 7 Shots +/-3 EV 1/3 or 1/2 stop
increments
ISO Sensitivity
(4)
Auto (100-12800), 100-25600 (in 1/3-stop
or whole stop increments)
ISO can be expanded to L: 50, H1: 51200,
H2: 102400
SHUTTER
Type Electronically-controlled focal-plane shutter
Speed 30-1/8000 sec (1/2 or 1/3 stop increments)
+ Bulb (Shutter speed range available varies
according to shooting mode)
WHITE BALANCE
Type Auto white balance with the imaging sensor
Settings AWB, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, White
Fluorescent light, Flash, Custom, Colour
Temperature Setting.
White balance compensation:
1. Blue/Amber +/-9
2. Magenta/ Green +/-9.
Custom White Balance Yes, 1 setting can be registered
WB Bracketing +/-3 levels in single level increments
3 bracketed images per shutter release.
Selectable Blue/Amber bias or Magenta/
Green bias.
VIEWFINDER
Type Pentaprism
Coverage (Vertical/
Horizontal)
Approx. 100%
Magnification Approx. 0.71x 2
Eyepoint Approx. 21mm (from eyepiece lens centre)
Dioptre Correction -3 to +1 m
-1
(dioptre)
Focusing Screen Fixed (Transmissive LCD screen)
Mirror Quick-return half mirror (Transmission:
reflection ratio of 40:60, no mirror cut-off with
EF600mm f/4 or shorter)
Viewfinder Information AF information: AF point, focus confirmation,
AF status indicator
Exposure information: Shutter speed, aperture,
ISO speed (always displayed), AE lock,
exposure level, exposure warning
Flash information: Flash ready, flash exposure
compensation, high-speed sync, FE lock,
red-eye reduction light
Image information: Highlight tone priority
(D+), maximum burst (2-digit display), card
information, Battery check
Composition information
Grid, electronic level, Warning symbol
Displayed if any of the following is set:
Monochrome, white balance correction,
One-touch recording quality switch, expanded
ISO speed, or spot metering
Depth of field preview Yes, with Depth of Field preview button.
Eyepiece shutter On strap
LCD MONITOR
Type 8.11cm (3.2") Clear View II TFT, approx.
1040K dots
Coverage Approx. 100%
Viewing Angle
(horizontally/vertically)
Approx. 170°
Coating Anti-reflection and Solid Structure
Brightness Adjustment Adjustable to one of seven levels
Brightness Adjustment Auto: Using external ambient light sensor
Manual: Adjustable to one of seven levels
Display Options (1) Quick Control Screen
(2) Camera settings
(3) Dual Axis Electronic Level
FLASH
Modes E-TTL II Auto Flash, Metered Manual
X-sync 1/200sec (EX series Speedlites only)
Flash Exposure
Compensation
+/- 3EV in 1/2 or 1/3 increments
Flash Exposure
Bracketing
Yes, with compatible External Flash
Flash Exposure Lock Yes
Second Curtain
Synchronisation
Yes
HotShoe / PC terminal Yes/ Yes
External Flash
Compatibility
E-TTL II with EX series Speedlites, wireless
multi-flash support
External Flash Control via camera menu screen
SHOOTING
Modes Auto+, Program AE, Shutter priority AE,
Aperture priority AE, Manual (Stills and Movie),
Custom (x3)
Picture Styles Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral,
Faithful, Monochrome, User Defined (x3)
Colour Space sRGB and Adobe RGB
Image Processing Highlight Tone Priority
Auto Lighting Optimizer (4 settings)
Long exposure noise reduction
High ISO speed noise reduction (4 settings)
Auto Correction of Lens Peripheral illumination
Chromatic aberration correction
Distortion correction
Resize to M1, M2 or S
RAW image processing - during image
Playback only
Multiple exposure
HDR images 5 presets
Drive modes Single, Continuous L, Continuous H, Self
timer (2s+remote, 10s+remote), Silent single
shooting, Silent continuous shooting
Continuous Shooting Max. Approx. 6fps. (speed maintained for up
to 16270 images (JPEG)
(1) (6)
or 18 images
(RAW) (with UDMA card)
(6)
LIVE VIEW MODE
Type Electronic viewfinder with image sensor
Coverage Approx. 100% (horizontally and vertically)
Frame Rate 30 fps
Focusing Manual Focus (Magnify the image 5x or 10x at
any point on screen)
Autofocus: Quick mode, Live mode, Live Face
detection mode
Metering Real-time evaluative metering with image
sensor
Active metering time can be changed
Display Options Grid overlay (x3), Histogram, Aspect ratios,
Dual Axis Electronic Level
FILE TYPE
Still Image Type JPEG: Fine, Normal (Exif 2.3 [Exif Print]
compliant) / Design rule for Camera File
system (2.0),
RAW: RAW, sRAW1, sRAW2 (14bit, Canon
original RAW 2nd edition),
Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1
compliant
RAW+JPEG simultaneous
recording
Yes, any combination of RAW + JPEG possible,
separate formats to separate cards possible
Image Size JPEG: (L) 5760 x 3840, (M) 3840 x 2560, (S1)
2880 x 1920, (S2) 1920 x 1280,
(S 3)720 x 480
RAW : (RAW) 5760 x 3840, (M-RAW) 3960 x
2640, (S-RAW) 2880 x 1920
Movie Type MOV (Video: H.264 Intra frame / inter frame,
Sound: Linear PCM)
Movie Size 1920 x 1080 (29.97, 25, 23.976 fps) intra
or inter frame
1280 x 720 (59.94, 50 fps) intra or inter frame
640 x 480 (59.94, 50 fps) inter frame
Movie Length Max duration 29min 59sec, Max single file
size 4GB
Folders New folders can be manually created and
selected
File Numbering (1) Consecutive numbering
(2) Auto reset
(3) Manual reset
OTHER FEATURES
Custom Functions 13 Custom Functions with 47 settings
Metadata Tag User copyright information (can be set in
camera)
Image rating (0-5 stars)
LCD Panel / Illumination Yes / Yes
Playback zoom 1.5x - 10x enabled in 15 steps
Water / Dust resistance
(5)
Yes (equal to EOS-1N)
Sound Memo No
Intelligent Orientation
Sensor
Yes
Display Formats (1) Single image with information (2 levels)
(2) Single image
(3) 4 image index
(4) 9 image index
(5) Magnified view
(6) 2 image compare display
(7) Movie edit
Slide Show Image selection: All images, by Date, by Folder,
Movies, Stills, Rating
Playback time: 1/2/3/5/10 or 20 seconds
Repeat: On/Off
Histogram Brightness: Yes
RGB: Yes
Highlight Alert Yes
Image Erase/Protection Erase: Single image, All images in folder,
Checkmarked images, unprotected images
Protection: Erase protection of one image
at a time
Menu Categories (1) Shooting menu (x4)
(2) AF Menu (x5)
(3) Playback menu (x3)
(4) Setup menu (x4)
(5) Custom Functions menu (x4)
(6) My Menu
Menu Languages 25 Languages
English, German, French, Dutch, Danish,
Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian,
Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish,
Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian,
Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified Chinese,
Traditional Chinese, Korean and Japanese
Firmware Update Update possible by the user.
INTERFACE
Computer Hi-Speed USB
Other HDMI mini output, Video output (PAL/ NTSC),
Headphone mini jack, External microphone
(Stereo mini jack)
DIRECT PRINT
Canon Printers Canon Compact Photo Printers and PIXMA
Printers supporting PictBridge
PictBridge Yes
STORAGE
Type CompactFlash Type I (UDMA compatible), SD
card, SDHC card or SDXC card
SUPPORTED
OPERATING SYSTEM
PC & Macintosh Windows XP (SP2/SP3) / Vista inc SP1
(excl. Starter Edition) / 7 (excl. Starter Edition)
OS X v10.6-10.7
SOFTWARE
Browsing & Printing ImageBrowser EX
Image Processing Digital Photo Professional
Other PhotoStitch, EOS Utility (inc. Remote Capture,
WFT utility*), Picture Style Editor
* Requires optional accessory
POWER SOURCE
Batteries Rechargeable Li-ion Battery LP-E6 (supplied),
1xCR1616 for date & settings
Battery life Approx. 950 (at 23°C, AE 50%, FE 50%)
(3)
Approx. 850 (at 0°C, AE 50%, FE 50%)
Battery Indicator 6 levels + percentage
Power saving Power turns off after 1, 2, 4, 8, 15 or 30mins.
Power Supply & Battery
Chargers
AC Adapter Kit ACK-E6, Battery charger LC-E6,
Car Battery charger CBC-E6
PHYSICAL
SPECIFICATIONS
Body Materials Magnesium Alloy body covers
Operating Environment 0 – 40 °C, 85% or less humidity
Dimensions (WxHxD) 152 x 116.4 x 76.4mm
Weight (body only) Approx. 950
ACCESSORIES
Viewfinder Eyecup Eg, Eg-series Dioptric Adjustment Lens
with Rubber Frame Eg, Anti Fog Eyepiece Eg,
Angle Finder C
Wireless File Transmitter Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E7
Lenses All EF lenses (excludes EF-S lenses)
Flash Canon Speedlites (220EX, 270EX, 270EX
II, 320EX, 420EX, 430EX, 430EX II, 550EX,
580EX, 580EX II, 600EX, 600EX-RT, Macro-
Ring-Lite, MR-14EX, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX,
Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2, Speedlite
Transmitter ST-E3-RT)
Battery Grip BG-E11
Remote Controller/
Switch
Remote control with N3 type contact, Wireless
Controller LC-5, Remote Controller RC-6
Other Hand Strap E2, GP-E2
All data is based on Canon standard testing methods except where
indicated. Subject to change without notice.
1. Based on Canon’s testing conditions, JPEG, ISO 100, Standard Picture
Style. Varies depending on the subject, memory card brand and
capacity, image recording quality, ISO speed, drive mode, Picture Style,
Custom functions etc.
2. With 50mm lens at infinity, -1m
-1
dpt
3. Based on the CIPA Standard and using the batteries and memory card
format supplied with the camera, except where indicated
4. Recommended Exposure Index
5. Environmental protection
6. Maximum fps and buffer capacity may be reduced depending on the
cameras settings and light level
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