Canon EOS 850D

Specifications

Specifications in detail

Image Sensor

• Type
  22.3mm x 14.9 mm CMOS
• Effective Pixels
  Approx. 24.10 megapixels
• Total Pixels
  Approx. 25.80 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
  DIGIC 8

• Lens Mount
  EF/EF-S
• Focal length
  Equivalent to 1.6x the focal length of the lens
• Image Stabilisation
  Optical Image Stabilizer on compatible lens
  
  Movie: In-camera 5-axis Digital IS available. Further stabilisation enhancements from lenses compatible with Dynamic IS ¹

• Type
  Via optical viewfinder:
  
  TTL secondary image-forming phase-difference detection system with
  AF-dedicated sensor
  
  Via liveview on LCD screen:
  
  Dual Pixel CMOS AF System. Phase detection pixels built onto imaging sensor ²
• AF System / Points
  Via optical viewfinder:
  
  45 cross-type AF points
  (45 f/5.6 cross-type AF points, 27 f/8 points (9 cross-type), centre point is f/2.8 and f/5.6 dual cross-type) ³
  
  Via liveview on LCD screen:
  
  Maximum 143 AF points via camera automatic selection ⁴
  
  Freely position 1 AF point/ 1 AF Zone (9 points, 3x3 grid) via manual selection ⁵
• AF working range
  -4 - 18 EV
• AF Point Selection
  Via optical viewfinder:
  
  Automatic selection: 45 point AF (with iTR Face Priority)
  Manual selection: Single point AF
  Manual selection: Zone AF
  Manual selection: Large Zone AF
• Selected AF point display
  Indicated by a transmissive LCD in viewfinder and Quick Control screen
• Predictive AF
  Yes ⁶
• AF Lock
  Locked when shutter button is pressed half way in One Shot AF mode or AF-ON Button is pressed.
• AF Assist Beam
  Intermittent firing of built-in flash (effective range up to 4.0 m) or emitted by optional dedicated Speedlite
• Manual Focus
  Selected on lens

• Metering modes
  Via optical viewfinder:

   

  220,000-pixel RGB+IR metering sensor

  Metering with the area divided into 216 segments (18 × 12)

  (1) Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points)

  (2) Partial metering (approx. 6.5 % of viewfinder)

  (3) Spot metering (approx. 2.0 % of viewfinder)

  (4) Center-weighted average metering

   

  Via liveview on LCD screen:

   

  (1) Evaluative metering (384 zones)

  (2) Partial metering (approx. 5.8 % of LCD screen)

  (3) Spot metering (approx. 2.9 % of LCD screen)

  (4) Center-weighted average metering
• Metering Range
  Via optical viewfinder:

   

  EV 1-20 (at 23 °C with 50mm f/1.4 lens ISO 100)

   

  Via liveview on LCD screen:

   

  EV -2-20 (at 23 °C, ISO 100, evaluative metering)

   

  Movie: EV 0-20 (at 23 °C, ISO 100, evaluative metering)
• AE Lock
  Auto: In One-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
  3 shots +/-3 EV 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments
• ISO Sensitivity
  Auto (100-25600), 100-25600 (in 1/3-stop or whole stop increments) 

  ISO can be expanded to H: 51200

  During Movie shooting: Auto (100-12800), 100-12800 (in 1/3-stop or whole stop increments) ISO can be expanded to H: 25600

Shutter

• Type
  Electronically-controlled focal-plane shutter
• Speed
  30-1/4000 sec (1/2 or 1/3 stop increments), Bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode)

• Settings
  AWB (Ambience priority, White priority), Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White

  Fluorescent light, Flash, Custom, Colour Temperature Setting.

  White balance compensation: 

  1. Blue/Amber bias +/-9 levels

  2. Magenta/ Green bias +/-9 levels
• 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.

• Type
  Pentamirror
• Coverage (Vertical/Horizontal)
  Approx. 95 %
• Magnification
  Approx. 0.82x ⁷
• Eyepoint
  Approx. 19 mm (from eyepiece lens centre)
• Dioptre Correction
  -3 to +1 m-1 (dioptre)
• Focusing Screen
  Fixed (Translucent LCD screen for information overlay)
• Mirror
  Quick-return half mirror (Transmission: reflection ratio of 40:60, no mirror cut-off with EF 600mm f/4 IS USM or shorter)
• Viewfinder Information
  AF information: AF points, focus confirmation, AF area selection mode

   

  Exposure information: Shutter speed, aperture value, ISO speed (always displayed), AE lock, exposure level/compensation, spot metering circle, exposure warning, AEB.

   

  Flash information: Flash ready, high-speed sync, FE lock, flash exposure compensation, red-eye reduction light, AI Bounce mode active

   

  Image information: Card information, maximum burst (1 digit display), Highlight tone priority (D+).

   

  Composition information: Grid, Aspect Ratio

  Other information: Warning icon, Flicker Detection
• Depth of field preview
  Yes, with Depth of Field preview button.
• Eyepiece shutter
  Not provided

• Type
  Vari angle touchscreen 7.5 cm (3.0") 3:2 Clear View II TFT, approx. 1040 K sRGB dots
• Coverage
  Approx. 100%
• Viewing Angle (horizontally/vertically)
  Approx 170°
• Brightness Adjustment
  Adjustable to one of seven levels
• Display Options
  (1) Quick Control Screen

  (2) Camera settings

  (3) Electronic Level

Flash

• Built-in Flash GN (ISO 100, meters)
  12
• Built-in Flash Coverage
  up to 17mm focal length (35mm equivalent: approx. 28mm)
• Built-in Flash recycle time
  Approx. 5 seconds
• Modes
  Auto, Manual flash, Integrated Speedlite Transmitter
• Red-Eye Reduction
  Yes - with red-eye reduction lamp
• X-sync
  1/200 sec
• Flash Exposure Compensation
  +/- 2 EV 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/ No
• External Flash Compatibility
  E-TTL II with EX series Speedlites, wireless optical multi-flash support
• External Flash Control
  via camera menu screen

Shooting

• Modes
  Scene Intelligent Auto (Stills and Movie), No Flash, Creative Auto, SCN(Portrait, Smooth Skin, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Group Photo, Night Portrait, Handheld Night Scene, HDR Backlight Control, Food, Kids, Candlelight), Creative filters, Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual (Stills and Movie), Self Portrait
• 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)

  Multi Shot Noise Reduction

  Auto Correction of Lens Peripheral illumination, Chromatic aberration correction, Distortion correction, Diffraction correction

  Creative filters (Grainy B/W, Soft focus, Fish-eye effect, Water painting effect, Toy camera effect, Miniature effect, HDR art standard, HDR art vivid, HDR art bold, HDR art embossed)

   

  Resize, Crop (JPEG only)
• Drive modes
  Single, Continuous L, Continuous H, Self timer (continuous, continuous panning, 2s+remote, 10s +remote)
• Continuous Shooting
  Max. approx. 7fps via viewfinder.

  Max. approx 7.5fps via Live View

Live View Mode

• Coverage
  Approx. 100% (horizontally and vertically)
• 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-Multi, FlexiZone-Single)

  One-shot AF and Servo AF selectable for Stills and Movie
• Metering
  Real-time evaluative metering with image sensor.

  Evaluative metering, partial metering, spot metering, center-weighted average metering.
• Display Options
  Grid overlay (x3), Histogram

File Type

• Still Image Type
  JPEG: Fine, Normal (Exif 2.31 compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system (2.0)

  RAW: RAW (CR3 14-bit), CRAW (Compact RAW)

  Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant
• RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording
  RAW, RAW + L possible.
• Image Size
  JPEG 3:2: (L) 6000 x 4000, (M) 3984 x 2656, (S1) 2976 x 1984, (S2) 2400x1600, 

  JPEG 4:3: (L) 5328x4000, (M) 3552x2664, (S1) 2656x1992, (S2) 2112x1600, 

  JPEG 16:9: (L) 6000x3368, (M) 3984x2240, (S1) 2976x1680, (S2) 2400x1344, 

  JPEG 1:1: (L) 4000x4000, (M) 2656x2656, (S1) 1984x1984, (S2) 1600x1600, 

  RAW: (RAW) 6000x4000
• Movie Type
  MP4 [Video: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, Audio: AAC]
• Movie Size
  4K UHD 3840 x 2160 (25, 23.98 fps) inter-frame *

  4K Time-lapse 3840 x 2160 (29.97, 25 fps) ALL-I

  Full HD 1920 x 1080 (59.94, 50 fps) inter-frame **

  Full HD 1920 x 1080 (29.97, 25, 23.98 fps) inter-frame **

  Full HD 1920 x 1080 (29.97, 25) lite inter-frame **

  HD 1280 x 720 (59.94, 50 fps) inter-frame **

  
  
  

  *The image is cropped around the centre of the image sensor by 64%. When Digital Movie Image Stabilisation is enabled the stabilised image area is around 57% in case of 4K recording. When Digital Movie Image Stabilisation is set to enhanced the stabilised image area is around 44% in case of 4K recording.

  **The image is cropped around the centre of the image sensor, when Digital Movie Image Stabilisation is enabled. The stabilised image area is around 90% in case of Full HD or HD recording. When Digital Movie Image Stabilisation is set to enhanced the stabilised image area is around 70% in case of Full HD or HD recording.
• Movie Length
  Max duration 29min 59sec
• Folders
  New folders can be manually created and selected
• File Numbering
  (1) Consecutive numbering

  (2) Auto reset

  (3) Manual reset

• Custom Functions
  14 Custom Functions
• Metadata Tag
  User copyright information (can be set in camera)

  Image rating (0-5 stars)
• Playback zoom
  1.5x - 10x
• Display Formats
  (1) Single image with information (2 levels) 

  (2) Single image 

  (3) 4 image index

  (4) 9 image index

  (5) 36 image index

  (6) 100 image index

  (7) Jump Display
• Slide Show
  Choose images with Image Search

  Playback time: 1/2/3/5/10/20 seconds

  Repeat: On/Off

  Background music: On/Off

  Transition effect: Off, Slide in 1, Slide in 2, Fade 1, Fade 2, Fade 3
• Histogram
  Brightness: Yes 

  RGB: Yes 
• Highlight Alert
  Yes
• Image Erase/Protection
  Erase: Select image, select range, all images in folder, all images on a card, all found images (during image search)

  Protection: Single image, select range, all images in folder, all images on a card, all found images (during image search)
• Menu Categories
  Menu interface adjustable by the user between standard and guided

   

  (1) Shooting menu

  (2) Playback menu 

  (3) Wireless menu

  (4) Setup menu 

  (5) Display Options menu

  (6) My Menu
• Menu Languages
  29 Languages

  English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Ukraine, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Hindi, Romanian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Malay, Indonesian, and Japanese
• GPS
  Compatible with GPS receiver GP-E2
• Firmware Update
  Update possible by the user.

Interface

• Computer
  Hi-Speed USB
• Wi-Fi
  Wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b/g/n), (2.4 GHz only, 1-11 ch)
• Wi-Fi Security
  Camera Access Point: WPA2-PSK with AES encryption or open
  Infrastructure: Shared key, with WEP encryption, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK with TKIP/AES encryption or open
• Bluetooth
  Bluetooth® (Specification version 4.1, Bluetooth low energy technology) ⁸
• Other
  Video output (PAL/ NTSC) (integrated with USB terminal), HDMI mini output (HDMI-CEC compatible), External microphone (3.5mm Stereo mini jack)

Direct Print

• Canon Printers
  Canon Compact Photo Printers and PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge
• PictBridge
  Yes

• Type
  SD, SDHC, SDXC (UHS Speed Class 1 compatible)

• PC & Macintosh
  PC and Mac computers, see support pages for latest software requirements

Software

• Image Processing
  Digital Photo Professional 4 (RAW Image Processing)
• Other
  EOS Utility

  EOS Lens Registration Tool

  EOS Web Service Registration Tool

  EOS Sample Music

  Picture Style Editor

   

  Camera Connect app available on iOS and Android devices

Power Source

• Batteries
  1 x Rechargeable Li-ion Battery LP-E17
• Battery life
  Viewfinder Shooting:

  Approx. 800 (at 23°C, AE 50%, FE 50%) ⁹

  Approx. 730 (at 0°C, AE 50%, FE 50%)

  Live View Shooting:

  Approx. 310 (at 23°C, AE 50%, FE 50%) ¹⁰

  Approx. 290 (at 0°C, AE 50%, FE 50%)
• Battery Indicator
  5 levels
• Power saving
  Power turns off after 10/30 (10 sec viewfinder/30 sec live view, functions, image playback etc.) sec, 30 sec, 1, 2, 4, 8, or 15 mins. Can be disabled.
• Power Supply & Battery Chargers
  AC Adapter AC-E6N, DC coupler: DR-E18, Battery charger LC-E17E

Accessories

• Viewfinder
  Eyecup Ef

  Rubber Frame Ef

  E-series Dioptric Adjustment Lenses

  Eyepiece Extender EP-EX15II

  Magnifier MG-Ef

  Angle Finder C
• Case
  Semi Hard case EH26-L / EH27-L
• Wireless File Transmitter
  Built in Wi-Fi transmission¹¹

  Connectivity to Smart devices is possible with Android version 4.0-4.4/5.0-5.1 or iOS 7.1/8-8.3.

  Remote Wi-Fi zoom operation of EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM via the optional Power Zoom Adapter PZ-E1 is only possible on EOS 80D usin g a compatible smart device or supplied EOS utility software
• Lenses
  All EF and EF-S lenses
• Flash
  Canon Speedlites (90EX, 220EX, 270EX, 270EX II, 320EX, 420EX, 430EX, 430EX II, 430EX III-RT, 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, EL100)
• Remote Controller / Switch
  Remote Switch RS-60E3, TC-80N3 (requires Remote Controller Adapter RA-E3) Remote Controller BR-E1
• Other
  Hand Strap E2, GP-E2
• Body Materials
  Chassis: Aluminum alloy and polycarbonate resin with glass fiber

  Exterior: Polycarbonate resin with glass fiber and special conductive fiber