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alloy, which, while light in weight, deliver
outstanding strength, rigidity and electro-
magnetic shielding. Furthermore, each body
is extensively gasketed and sealed, at 76
spots around the camera making them
exceptionally water and dust-resistant. These
are truly cameras built to take on the world’s
harshest shooting conditions.
Heavy-Duty
Shutter
EOS DSLRs’ shutter
units are remarkably
durable, with the top
models boasting a
300,000- cycle rat-
ing. To attain this level of ruggedness, surface
finish and heating processes in manufacturing
have been developed specifically to extend
service life. To increase stability and shutter
precision, a PR (Photo Reflector) is employed
to detect the slit-passing time. For the X-sync
contact, the mechanical contact has been
eliminated to prevent contact scorching and
wear. By employing PR signals for the elec-
tronic X-sync contact (a semiconductor
switch), reliability is improved. By optimizing
the sync timing, an X-sync speed of up to
1/300 second is possible with certain
EX-series Speedlite/SLR combinations.
Refined, Innovative
Professional Features
Clear View, and Clear View II screens
Canon EOS SLRs feature Clear View and Clear
View II LCD displays. Dense with pixels, they pro-
vide an amazing level of clarity and sharpness
with an extraordinary angle of view. Useful not
only to confirm focus and composition, or to
access camera settings like ISO, metering mode,
AF Point selection and flash options, Canon Clear
View screens offer such a clear combination of
information and detail that composing and
shooting in Live View mode is simply a pleasure.
Many EOS Models feature a tempered glass pro-
tective cover with an optical elastic resin filling
between the actual LCD and glass cover that
minimize internal reflections and improve visibil-
ity in bright viewing situations. During image
playback, pressing the illumination button dis-
plays an LCD brightness screen, so brightness
can be adjusted quickly and easily.
Vari-Angle Clear View LCD
The EOS 60D features a high reso-
lution, flip-out Vari-angle Clear View LCD moni-
tor for shooting at a variety of angles. By easily
switching between low and high angles, these
new LCDs freely enable angle adjustments
even if the camera is mounted on a tripod or
has a battery grip attached. The display can
even be positioned to face forward, directly at
the subject (the display automatically flips to
show the image right side up).
Grid focusing screens superimpose grid lines
over the image in the viewfinder, making archi-
tecture and landscape photography composi-
tion simpler. Blackout screens for different
aspect ratios, such as square and 4x5 are avail-
able for the EOS-1 series.
EOS Integrated
Cleaning System
Canon has designed
an Integrated
Cleaning System with
a Self Cleaning
Sensor Unit custom-
ized to the specifica-
tions and performance characteristics of each
EOS digital SLR camera. The integrated
Cleaning System helps combat stray dust that
can enter the camera when changing a lens or
when out in the field. The front surface of the
sensor’s IR-cut/Low-pass filter cleans itself
automatically with ultrasonic vibrations every
time the camera is turned on or off. Removed
dust adheres to material around the filter to
help it stay off. With DPP software, dust missed
by the cleaning unit can be captured by
Canon’s Dust Delete Data Detection and can be
erased from the image file.
Rugged, Reliable Construction
The look and feel of quality and reliability
one feels when handling an EOS SLR is the
result of decades of camera-making experi-
ence. This experience translates to real-world
performance and durability second to none,
throughout the EOS line. The EOS-1D class of
professional SLR cameras, for example, fea-
ture bodies made of coated cast magnesium
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Dual Axis Electronic Level, which provides
indicators to help the photographer achieve a
horizontally level and non-pitched camera
position when required. A Hide All mode turns
off all superimposed displays, providing a
clean, unimpeded view when desired. When
shooting in low light, the LCD can be illuminat-
ed to more clearly show critical viewfinder
information. All this with negligible effect on
perceived brightness and clarity. The eyepiece
lens is made of high-refraction glass to control
aberrations and produce a clearer image.
Overall brightness and acuity are further
enhanced by the use of a special anti-reflec-
tive coating in the cameras prism.
Focusing Screens
Several EOS SLRs have available a number of
different viewfinder accessories, including up
to 11 different focus screens for most any appli-
cation. Laser Matte focusing screens make it
easier to focus manually and provide natural
looking background blur, or “bokeh” when
shooting with shallow depth of field. Super-
Precision Matte screen (Focusing Screen Eg-S),
are designed to assist photographers who
manually focus Canon’s f/2.8 and faster lenses.
Bright, High Magnification
Viewfinders
No matter the camera’s specifica-
tions, a clear, bright viewfinder is the pho-
tographer’s first tool for great images. Canon
innovates with their viewfinders, especially
with the viewfinders in the EOS-1Ds Mark III,
EOS-1D Mark IV and EOS 7D, by offering
approx. 100% viewfinder coverage. Several
EOS SLRs have a larger pentaprism for high-
er viewfinder magnification, delivering the
best view of any EOS digital camera to date.
All EOS digital SLR cameras offer dioptric
correction and several EOS SLRs have a
number of different viewfinder accessories,
including up to 11 different focus screens
available for most any application.
Intelligent Viewfinder
A new Canon technology, the
Intelligent Viewfinder in the EOS 7D,
is a transparent LCD in the viewfinder that
superimposes a variety of shooting informa-
tion at the push of a button. Whereas with
other EOS cameras’ viewfinders the represen-
tation of AF points and metering areas are stat-
ic, with an Intelligent Viewfinder, they can be
displayed, adjusted, or hidden, in-camera,
with ease. The Intelligent Viewfinder includes
a Grid Display and in Spot Metering mode, the
specific area metered is shown. For focusing,
the 19 AF points are displayed together,
individually, or in groupings corresponding to
the focusing mode selected. A Spot metering
circle and Grid Display can also be selected.
The Intelligent Viewfinder can also display the
Ec-C IV Ec-C III
Fresnel
lens area
Cross section of
fresnel lens
Magnified Screen
STILL CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY
Self Cleaning Sensor Unit
Shutter Unit
Sync
contacts
PC
terminal
Shutter PR MPU
Non-Canon
flash
External
Speedlite
Semiconductor
switch
(Electronic
X-sync contact)
Semiconductor
switch
(Electronic
X-sync contact)
Electronic X-sync Contact Diagram
Fig. 21 Adjustable angle
Vari-angle LCD adjusttment angle
Previous LCD monitor Clear View LCD Clear View LCD II
Anti-glare
coating
Protective
cover
LCD panel
Protective
cover
Optical
elastic
resin
LCD monitor anti-glare construction
Dust in the image is deleted by Digital Photo Professional
software using “Dust Delete Data.”
AF points display
Hide all Grid display Spot metering display Dual Axis Electronic Level display
Single point AF
Spot (single-point) AF
AF point expansion
Zone AF Auto Selection AF
Intelligent View Finder (EOS 7D)
EOS-1Ds Mark III Magnesium-alloy Body
Viewfinder Construction