Canon EOS-1D X Mark II (Q1 2016) tech specifications | DSLR Camera for Professionals

IMAGE SENSOR
Type 35.9 x 23.9 mm CMOS
Effective Pixels Approx. 20.2 megapixels
Total Pixels Approx. 21.5 megapixels
Aspect Ratio 3:2
Low-Pass Filter Built-in/Fixed
Sensor Cleaning EOS integrated cleaning system
Colour Filter Type Primary Colour

IMAGE PROCESSOR
Type Dual "DIGIC 6+"
LENS
Lens Mount EF (excludes EF-S / EF-M lenses)
Focal Length Equivalent to 1.0x the focal length of the lens

FOCUSING
Type TTL-secondary image-forming phase-difference detection system with dedicated AF sensor
AF System/ Points 61 Point / max of 41 cross-type AF points inc 5 dual cross type at f/2.8
and 61 points / 21 cross-type AF points at f/8 (11)
The number of cross-type AF points will differ depending on the lens.
AF working range EV -3 - 18 (at 23°C & ISO100)
AF Point Selection Size (Normal, Small)
AF Modes One Shot
AI Servo AF (AI Servo AF III+)
AF Point Selection Automatic selection: All 61 point AF (based on EOS iTR AF setting)
Manual selection: Single point AF (selectable points 61, 15, 9 or cross type only points selectable)
Manual selection: Sngle point 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 (all AF points divided into 9 focusing zones)
Manual selection: Large Zone AF (all AF points divided into 3 focusing zones)
AF points can be selected separately for vertical and horizontal shooting
Selected AF point display Superimposed in viewfinder and shown on Quick Control screen
AF Lock Locked when shutter button is pressed half way or AF ON is pressed in One Shot AF mode
AF Assist Beam Emitted by an optional dedicated Speedlite
Manual Focus Selected on lens
AF Microadjustment Manual: Enter adjustment +/- 20 steps (wide and tele setting for zoom lenses)
Adjust all lenses by same amount
Adjust up to 40 lenses individually
Adjustments remembered for lens by serial number

EXPOSURE CONTROL
Metering modes Approx. 360,000-pixel RGB+IR metering sensor, 216-zone metering. EOS Intelligent Subject Analysis system
(1) Evaluative metering (linked to All AF point)
(2) Partial metering (approx. 6.2% of viewfinder at centre)
(3) Spot metering:
Center spot metering (approx. 1.5% viewfinder at centre)
AF point-linked spot metering
Multi-spot metering
(4) Centre weighted average metering
Metering Brightness Range EV 0 - 20 (at 23°C, ISO100, with evaluative metering)
AE Lock Auto: In the One-Shot AF mode with evaluative metering, AE lock takes effect when focus is achieved
Manual: By AE lock button in P, Av, Tv and M modes
Exposure Compensation +/-5 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments (can be combined with AEB).
AEB +/-3 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments
Anti-flicker shooting Yes. Flicker detected at a frequency of 100 Hz or 120 Hz. Maximum continuous shooting speed may decrease
ISO Sensitivity (8) Auto 100-51200 (in 1/3-stop or whole stop increments)
ISO can be expanded to L:50, H1: 102400, H2: 204800, H3: 409600

SHUTTER
Type Electronically-controlled focal-plane shutter
Speed 30-1/8000 sec (1/2 or 1/3 stop increments), Bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode)
Shutter Release Soft touch electromagnetic release

WHITE BALANCE
Type Auto white balance with the imaging sensor
Settings AWB (Ambeince priority/White priority), Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White Fluorescent light, Flash, Custom, Colour Temperature Setting
White balance compensation:
1. Blue/Amber +/-9
2. Magenta/ Green +/-9
Custom White Balance Yes, 5 setting can be registered
WB Bracketing '+/-3 levels in single level increments
3, 2, 5 or 7 bracketed images per shutter release
Selectable Blue/Amber bias or Magenta/ Green bias

VIEWFINDER
Type Pentaprism
Coverage (Vertical/Horizontal) Approx. 100%
Magnification Approx. .76x(4)
Eyepoint Approx. 20mm (from eyepiece lens centre)
Dioptre Correction -3 to +1 m-1 (dioptre)
Focusing Screen Interchangeable. Standard Focusing Screen Ec-C6 provided. Can be changed to Ec-A, B or L
Mirror Quick-return half mirror
Viewfinder Information AF information: Single/Spot AF points, AF Frame, AF status, Focus indicator, AF mode, AF point selection, AF point registration
Exposure information: Shutter speed, aperture value, ISO speed (always displayed), AE lock, exposure level/compensation, flash metering, spot metering circle, exposure warning, AEB, metering mode, shooting mode
Flash information: Flash ready, high-speed sync, FE lock, flash exposure compensation, red-eye reduction light.
Image information: Card information, maximum burst (2 digit display), Highlight tone priority (D+).
Composition information: Grid, Electronic level
Other information: Battery check, Warning symbol, Flicker Detection, drive mode, white balance, JPEG/RAW indicator
Depth of field preview Yes, with Depth of Field preview button
Eyepiece shutter Built-in

LCD MONITOR
Type 8.11cm (3.2") Clear View LCD II, approx. 1620K dots
Coverage Approx. 100%
Viewing Angle (horizontally/vertically) Approx 170° vertically and horizontally
Coating Anti-reflection and Anti-smudge. Reinforced glass incorporated
Brightness Adjustment Manual: Adjustable to one of seven levels
Touch-screen operations Capacitive method. During Live View shooting and Movie shooting for AF Point Selection / Switching and for Magnified View. Touch-screen can be disabled
Display Options (1) Quick Control Screen
(2) Camera settings
(3) Dual Axis Electronic Level
(4) Custom Quick Control Screen

FLASH
Modes E-TTL II Auto Flash, Metered Manual
X-sync 1/250sec
Flash Exposure Compensation +/- 3EV in 1/3 increments with EX series Speedlites
Flash Exposure Bracketing Yes, with compatible External Flash
Flash Exposure Lock Yes
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 Program AE , Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual (Stills and Movie), Bulb, Custom (x3)
Picture Styles Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Fine Detail, 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)
Lens optical correction (Not possible with M-RAW and S-RAW):
- Peripheral illumination correction
- Chromatic aberration correction
- Distortion correction (during or after still photo shooting)
- Diffraction correction (during or after still photo shooting)
- Digital Lens Optimizer (after still photo shooting)
Resize to M1, M2 or S (frame grab images from 4K movies and images shot in S quality cannot be resized)
Cropping: JPEG images can be cropped (Aspect ratio is fixed - 3:2 or 2:3)
- 41 cropping sizes selectable, from 13% to 95% (diagonal)
- Switch between vertical and horizontal cropping orientation
- Cropping frame can be moved using touch screen operation
RAW image processing - during image Playback only
Multiple exposure
Drive modes Single, Continuous High, Continuous Low, Silent single, Silent Continous High, Silent Continuous Low, Self timer (2s+remote, 10s+remote)
Continuous Shooting Max. Approx. 14fps. with full AF / AE tracking, speed maintained for up to unlimited number of JPEGs or 170 RAW images, with CFast 2.0™ card (1) (2) (10)
Max. 16fps in Live View mode with mirror locked up and exposure and AF locked on first frame

LIVE VIEW MODE
Type Electronic viewfinder with image sensor
Coverage Approx. 100% (horizontally and vertically)
Frame Rate 29.97 fps
Focusing Manual Focus (Magnify the image 5x or 10x at any point on screen)
Autofocus: Dual Pixel CMOS AF (Face Detection and Tracking AF, FlexiZone - Single), available with all EF lenses
Metering Real-time evaluative metering with image sensor (315-zone)
Partial metering (approx. 6.5% of Live View screen)
Spot metering (approx. 2.8% of Live View screen)
Center-weighted average metering
Active metering timer can be changed
Display Options 3 levels available through INFO. button: No information, Basic shooting information, Histogram
Multiple Exposure status also avaible in Multiple Exposure mode

FILE TYPE - STILLS
Still Image Type JPEG: 10 compression options
RAW: RAW, M-RAW, S-RAW (14bit, Canon original RAW 2nd edition)
Complies with Exif 2.30 and Design rule for Camera File system 2.0
Complies with Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1
RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording Yes, any combination of RAW + JPEG possible, separate formats to separate cards possible
Image Size JPEG: (L) 5472x3648, (M1) 4368x2912, (M2) 3648x2432, (S) 2736x1824
RAW: (RAW) 5472x3648, (M-RAW) 4104x2736, (S-RAW) 2736x1824
Folders New folders can be manually created and selected
RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording Yes, any combination of RAW + JPEG possible, separate formats to separate cards possible
File Numbering (1) Consecutive numbering
EOS Movie
Movie Type MOV Video: 4K - Motion JPEG (internal recording only), Full HD - MPEG4 AVC / H.264 variable (average) bit rate, Audio: Linear PCM
MP4 Video: Full HD - MPEG4 AVC/H.264, Audio: AAC
Movie Size 4K (17:9) - 4096 x 2160
Full HD (16:9) - 1920 x 1080
Frame Rate 119.9p/59.94p/29.97p/24.00p/23.98p (with NTSC)
100.0p/50.00p/25.00p/24.00p (with PAL)
119.9p/100.0p in Full HD quality High Frame Rate movie only
Colour Sampling (Internal recording) 4K - YCbCr4:2:2 (8 bit)
Full HD - YCbCr4:2:0 (8 bit)
Movie Length Max duration 29min 59sec. (excluding High Frame Rate movies). No 4GB file limit with exFAT CF or CFast card
High Frame Rate Movie MOV Video: Full HD - 1920 x 1080 at 100fps or 119.9fps
Recorded as 1/4-speed slow motion movie
Single scene maximum recording up to 7min 29sec.
Movie Size 4K (17:9) - 4096 x 2160
Full HD (16:9) - 1920 x 1080
4K Frame Grab 8.8 megapixel JPEG still image frame grab from 4K movie possible
Bitrate / Mbps MOV:
4K (59.94p/50.00p): Approx. 800 Mbps
4K (29.97p/25.00p/24.00p/23.98p): Approx. 500 Mbps
Full HD (119.9p/100.0p)/ALL-I: Approx. 360 Mbps
Full HD (59.94p/50.00p)/ALL-I: Approx. 180 Mbps
Full HD (59.94p/50.00p)/IPB Approx. 60 Mbps
Full HD (29.97p/25.00p/24.00p/23.98p)/ALL-I: Approx. 90 Mbps
Full HD (29.97p/25.00p/24.00p/23.98p)/IPB (Standard): Approx. 30 Mbps
MP4:
Full HD (59.94p/50.00p)/IPB (Standard): Approx. 60 Mbps
Full HD (29.97p/25.00p/24.00p/23.98p)/IPB (Standard): Approx. 30 Mbps
Full HD (29.97p/25.00p)/IPB (Light): Approx. 12 Mbps
Microphone Built-in monaural microphone (48Khz, 16 bit x 2 ch)
Movie Size 4K (17:9) - 4096 x 2160
Full HD (16:9) - 1920 x 1080
HDMI Display External monitor only, External Monitor only without information display or Simultaneous on camera and external monitor
HDMI Output Full HD recording only, uncompressed YCbCr 4:2:2, 8-bit, sound output via HDMI is also possible
Focusing Dual Pixel CMOS AF with Face Detection and Tracking AF, Movie Servo AF
Manual Focus
ISO 4K - Auto: 100-12800, H: 25600, H1: 51200, H2: 102400, H3: 204800
Full HD - Auto: 100-25600, H: 51200, H1: 102400, H2: 204800

BUILT-IN GPS
Geotag Information Longitude, Latitude, Elevation, Coordinated Universal Time
Positioning Modes Mode 1: Camera continues to receive GPS signals at regular intervals when power is switched off
Mode 2: GPS is switched off when power is switched off
Position Update Timing Intervals of 1 sec., 5 sec., 10 sec., 15 sec., 30 sec., 1 min., 2 min. or 5 min.
Position Accuracy Within approx. 30 m/98.4 ft (Based on good GPS satellite reception conditions on a clear day with no surrounding obstructions)
Compatible Satellite Navigation Systems • GPS satellites (USA)
• GLONASS satellites (Russia)
• Quasi-Zenith Satellite Michibiki (Japan)
Log Files Format NMEA Format. One log file per day based
Playback zoom Approx. 2x – 10x
Self Timer Image tagging feature
Log File Usage Transfer log data to memory card and copy it to a computer
Use Map Utility to append the log file to the images
Digital Compass Not provided

OTHER FEATURES
Custom Functions 34 Custom Functions with 104 settings
Metadata Tag User copyright information (can be set in camera)
Image rating (0-5 stars)
Image transfer with caption (Caption registered with EOS Utility)
Water/ Dust resistance Yes
Voice Memo Up to 30sec per image - 48Khz/16 Bit or 8Khz/8 Bit/p>
Intelligent Orientation Sensor Yes
Playback zoom 1.5x - 10x
Display Formats (1) Single image
(2) Single image with information (2 levels - Basic and Detailed)
Lens information and RGB histogram
White balance
Picture Style
Color space and noise reduction
Lens optical correction
GPS information
(3) 4 image index
(4) 9 image index
(5) 36 image index
(6) 100image index
(7) Jump Display (1, 10 or 100 images, Date, Folder, Movies, Stills, Protected images, Rating)
(8) Movie edit
(9) RAW processing
(10) Rating
Slide Show Image selection: All images, by Date, by Folder, Movies, Stills, Protected images, Rating
Playback time: 1/2/3/5/10 or 20 seconds
Repeat: On/Off
Histogram Brightness: Yes
RGB: Yes
Highlight Alert Yes
Image Erase Single image, Selected images, Folder, Card
Image Erase Protection Erase protection of Single image, Folder or Card
Self Timer 2 or 10 sec.
Menu Categories (1) Shooting menu 1 - 6
(2) AF Menu 1 - 5
(3) Playback menu 1 - 3
(4) Setup menu 1 - 4
(5) Custom Functions menu 1 - 8
(6) My Menu (1 - 5 user selectable)
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 (Camera, Lens, WFT, External Speedlite)

INTERFACE
Computer SuperSpeed USB 3.0
Other HDMI mini out (Type C, HDMI-CEC compatible), System Extension Terminal (for WFT-E8 and WFT-E6), External Microphone In / Line In (Stereo mini jack), Headphone socket (Stereo mini jack), RJ-45 (gigabit ethernet), N3-type terminal (remote control terminal

DIRECT PRINT
Canon Printers Direct printing is not possible
PictBridge No

STORAGE
Type 1x CompactFlash Type I (UDMA 7 compatible) (Incompatible with Type II and Microdrive)
1x CFast 2.0™

SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEM
PC & Macintosh Windows 7 (excl. Starter Edition) Windows 8 and Windows 10
OS X v10.7-10.11
SOFTWARE
Image Processing Digital Photo Professional 4 (RAW Image Processing)
Other EOS Utility 3 (inc. Remote Capture ), Picture Style Editor

POWER SOURCE
Batteries Rechargeable Li-ion Battery LP-E19 (supplied) / LP-E4N / LP-E4
Battery life Approx. 1210 shots (at 23°C) (5)
Approx. 1020 (at 0°C)
Battery Indicator 6 levels + percentage
Power saving Power turns off after 1, 2, 4, 8, 15 or 30mins
Power Supply & Battery Chargers Battery charger LC-E19 (supplied), AC Adapter AC-E19, DC Coupler DC-E19, AC Adapter kit ACK-E4

PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Body Materials Magnesium Alloy body covers
Operating Environment 0 – 45 °C, 85% or less humidity
Dimensions (WxHxD) 158 x 167.6 x 82.6mm
Weight (body only) Approx. 1340 g

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-E8
Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E6
Lenses All EF lenses (excluding EF-S / EF-M lenses)
Flash Canon Speedlites (90EX, 220EX, 270EX, 270EX II, 320EX, 380EX, 420EX, 430EX, 430EX II, 430EX III 550EX, 580EX, 580EX II, 600EX, 600EX-RT, Macro-Ring-Lite MR-14EX, Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX II, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT)
Remote Controller/ Switch Remote control with N3 type contact, Wireless Controller LC-5 and Speedlite 600EX-RT
Other Hand Strap E2, Connect Station CS100