Canon EOS 5DS (Q1 2015) tech specifications | DSLR Camera for Professionals

IMAGE SENSOR
Type
36 x 24 mm CMOS

Effective Pixels
Approx. 50.6 megapixels

Total Pixels
Approx. 53 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-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 and 1 cross-type at f/8[11] The number of cross-type AF points will differ depending on the lens.

AF working range
EV -2 - 18 (at 20°C & ISO100)

AF Modes
AI Focus
One Shot
Predictive AI Servo

AF Point Selection
Automatic selection: 61 point AF
Manual selection: Single point AF (selectable points 61, 15, 9 or cross type only points selectable)
Manual selection: Spot AF
Manual selection: AF point Expansion (4 points up, down, left, right or 8 surrounding 8 points)
Manual selection: AF point Expansion surrounding 8 points
Manual selection: Zone AF
Manual selection: Large 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 or AF ON is pressed in One Shot AF mode

AF Assist Beam
Emitted by an optional dedicated Speedlite

Manual Focus
Selected on lens, default in Live View Mode

AF Microadjustment
Manual: Enter adjustment +/- 20 steps
Adjust all lenses by same amount
Adjust up to 40 lenses individually
Adjustments remembered for lens by serial number

EXPOSURE CONTROL
Metering modes
150,000-pixel RGB+IR metering sensor
EOS iSA System with 252-zone metering:
(1) Evaluative metering (linked to All AF point)
(2) Partial metering (approx. 6.1% of viewfinder at centre)
(3) Spot metering (approx. 1.3% viewfinder at centre)
* AF point-linked spot metering not provided
(4) Centre weighted average metering

Metering Range
EV 0 - 20 (at 23°C with 50mm f/1.4 lens ISO100)

AE Lock
Auto: Operates in 1-shot AF mode with evaluative metering when focus is achieved Manual: By AE lock button in all exposure 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 [8]
100-6400 (in 1/3-stop or whole stop increments)
ISO can be expanded to L:50 or H1: 12800

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
AAWB (Ambeince priority/White priority), 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

Yes, 1 setting can be registered
'+/-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. .71x[4]

Eyepoint
Approx. 21mm (from eyepiece lens centre)

Dioptre Correction
'-3 to +1 m-1 (dioptre)

Focusing Screen
Fixed

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: 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: Crop area, Aspect ratio, Grid, Electronic
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
None (eyepiece cover attached to 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
Auto: Using extenal ambient light sensor
Manual: Adjustable to one of seven levels

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
1/200sec

Flash Exposure Compensation
'+/- 3EV in 1/3 increments with EX series Speedlites

Flash Exposure Bracketing
Yes, with compatible External Flash

Flash Exposure Lock
Yes

Second Curtain Synchronisation
Yes

HotShoe/ PC terminal
Yes/ Yes

Flash Exposure Bracketing
Yes, with compatible external flash

External Flash Compatibility
E-TTL II with EX series Speedlites, wireless multi-flash support

Second Curtain Synchronisation
Yes

HotShoe/ PC terminal
Yes/ No

External Flash Compatibility
E-TTL II with EX series Speedlites, wireless multi-flash support

External Flash Control
Via camera menu screen

SHOOTING
Modes
Scene Intelligent Auto, Program AE , Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual (Stills and Movie), Bulb, Custom (x3)

Picture Styles
Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, Fine Detail, 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)
Multi Shot Noise Reduction
Auto Correction of Lens Peripheral illumination
Chromatic aberration correction
Resize to M, S1, S2 or S3
RAW image processing - during image Playback only
Image cropping - 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 continous shooting

Continuous Shooting
Max. Approx. 5fps. (speed maintained for up to 510 number of JPEGs or 14 RAW images)[1][2][10] with UDMA mode 7 card.

Intervalometer
Built-in, number of shots selectable from 1-99 or unlimited. Bulb timer possible

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 6x or 16x 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

FILE TYPE
Still Image Type
JPEG: 2 compression options (Exif 2.3 compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system (2.0),
RAW: RAW, M-RAW, S-RAW (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:
Full Frame - (L) 8688x5792, (M1) 7680x5120, (M2) 5760x3840, (S1) 4320x2880, (S2) 1920x1280, (S3) 720x480
1.3x Crop - (L) 6768x4512, (M1) 6016x4000, (M2) 4512x3008, (S1) 3376x2256, (S2) 1920x1280, (S3) 720x480
1.6x Crop - (L) 5424x3616, (M1) 4800x3200, (M2) 3616x2408, (S1) 2704x1808, (S2) 1920x1280, (S3) 720x480
1:1 Crop - (L) 5792x5792, (M1) 5120x5120, (M2) 3840x3840, (S1) 2880x2880, (S2) 1280x1280, (S3) 480x480
RAW:
(RAW) 8688x5792,
(M-RAW) 6480x4320,
(S-RAW) 4320x2880

Movie Type
MOV (Video: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, Sound: Linear PCM)

Movie Size
1920 x 1080 (29.97, 25, 23.976 fps) intra or interframe
1280 x 720 (59.94, 50 fps) intra or interframe
640 x 480 (29.97, 25 fps) interframe only

Movie Length
Max duration 29min 59sec, Max single file size 4GB

Time-lapse Movie
Shooting interval can be set between 1 sec. to 99 hr. 59min. 59 seconds[12] Sequence of images between 2 and 3600 shots, up to 2min. 24sec. (PAL) MOV format, Full HD (1920 x 1080) 25p (ALL-I)

File Numbering
(1) Consecutive numbering
(2) Auto reset
(3) Manual reset
(2) Auto reset

OTHER FEATURES
Custom Functions
16 Custom Functions

Metadata Tag
Author, copyright, GPS (with GP-E2), Rating

LCD Panel / Illumination
Yes / Yes

Water/ Dust resistance
Yes

Sound Memo
No

Intelligent Orientation Sensor
Yes

Playback zoom
1x - 16x

Display Formats
(1) Single image
(2) Single image with information (2 levels)
(3) Two image Display image
(4) 4 image index
(5) 9 image index
(6) 36 image index
(7) 100image index
(8) Jump Display
(9) Movie edit
(10) RAW processing
(11) Rating

Slide Show
Image selection: All images, by Date, by Folder, Movies, Stills, Rating, Protect images
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 protection of one image at a time, folder or card

Image Erase
Single image, selected, folder, card or all unprotected

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 - 4
(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.

INTERFACE
Computer
USB 3.0 Hi-Speed (PTP)

Other
HDMI Type C, 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 7 compatible), SD card, SDHC card or SDXC card. High-speed writing with UHS-I type SD cards is supported

SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEM
PC & Macintosh
Windows 7 (excl. Starter Edition), Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
OS X v10.8-10.10

SOFTWARE
Image Processing
Digital Photo Professional 4 (RAW Image Processing)

Other
PhotoStitch, EOS Utility 3 (inc. Remote Capture, WFT utility*), Picture Style Editor
* Requires optional accessory

POWER SOURCE
Batteries
Rechargeable Li-ion Battery LP-E6N (supplied) / LP-E6

Battery life
Approx. 700 shots (at 23°C)[5]
Approx. 660 (at 0°C)

Battery Indicator
Automatic displayed in 6 levels

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. 845 g

ACCESSORIES
Case
N/A

Wireless File Transmitter
Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E7 version 2
Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E7 requires a firmware update and Interface Cable IFC-40AB II or IFC-150AB II
Compatible with Eye-Fi cards

Lenses
All EF lenses (excluding EF-S / EF-M lenses)

Flash
Canon Speedlites (90EX, 220EX, 270EX, 270EX II, 320EX, 380EX, 420EX, 430EX, 430EX II, 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)

Battery Grip
BG-E11

Remote Controller/ Switch
Remote control with N3 type contact, Wireless Controller LC-5, Remote Controller RC-6 and Speedlite 600EX-RT

Other
GPS GP-E2, Eyecup Eb, Eg-series Dioptric Adjustment Lens with Rubber Frame Eg, Anti Fog Eyepiece Eg, Angle Finder C, Hand Strap E2, Connect Station CS100