Canon EOS 70D

Specifications

Specifications in detail

Image Sensor

• Type

  22.5mm x 15.0mm CMOS

• Effective Pixels

  Approx. 20.20 megapixels

• Total Pixels

  Approx. 20.90 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/EF-S

• Focal Length

  Equivalent to 1.6x the focal length of the lens

Focusing

• Type
  157
• AF System / Points

  19 cross-type AF points (extra sensitivity at f/2.8 at centre)¹

• AF Working Range

  EV -0.5 - 18 (at 23°C & ISO100)

• AF Modes

  AI Focus

  
  

  One Shot

  
  

  AI Servo

• AF Point Selection

  Automatic selection: 19 point AF

  
  

  Manual selection: Single point AF

  
  

  Manual selection: Zone AF

  
  

  AF points can be selected separately for vertical and horizontal shooting

• Selected AF Point Display

  Indicated by a transmissive LCD in viewfinder and 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

  Intermittent firing of built-in flash or emitted by optional dedicated Speedlite

• Manual Focus

  Selected on lens

• Focus Bracketing

  C.Fn II-13

  
  

  +/- 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 points)

  
  

  (2) Partial metering (approx. 7.7% of viewfinder at centre)

  
  

  (3) Spot metering (approx. 3.0% viewfinder at centre)

  
  

  (4) Centre weighted average metering

• Metering Brightness Range

  EV 1-20 (at 23°C with 50mm f/1.4 lens ISO100)

• 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

  2, 3, 5 or 7 Shots +/-3 EV 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments

• ISO Sensitivity

  Open

  Close

  Recommended Exposure Index

  Auto (100-12800), 100-12800 (in 1/3-stop or whole stop increments)

  
  

  ISO can be expanded to H: 25600

  
  

  During Movie shooting: Auto (100-6400), 100-6400 (in 1/3-stop or whole stop increments) ISO can be expanded to H: 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)

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. 98%

• Magnification

  Approx. 0.95x¹

• Eyepoint

  Approx. 22mm (from eyepiece lens centre)

• Dioptre Correction

  -3 to +1 m-1 (dioptre)

• Viewfinder Information

  AF information: AF points, focus confirmation¹, 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.

  
  

  Image information: Card information, maximum burst (2 digit display), Highlight tone priority (D+).

  
  

  Composition information: Grid, Electronic level (2 methods)

  
  

  Other information: Battery check, Alert symbol

• Depth of Field Preview

  Yes, with Depth of Field preview button.

• Eyepiece Shutter

  On strap

LCD Monitor

• Type
  99
• Coverage

  Approx. 100%

• Viewing Angle (Horizontally/Vertically)

  Approx 170°

• Coating

  Anti-reflection, Solid Structure and Anti smudge

• 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: 28mm)

• Built-in Flash Recycle Time

  Approx. 3 seconds

• Modes

  Auto, Manual flash, Integrated Speedlite Transmitter

• Red-Eye Reduction

  Yes - with red-eye reduction lamp

• X-Sync

  1/250sec

• 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

• Multi-Function Shoe / 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 (Stills and Movie), No Flash, Creative Auto, SCN(Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, Handheld Night Scene, HDR Backlight Control), Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual (Stills and Movie), Bulb, Custom

• 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)

  
  

  Multi Shot Noise Reduction

  
  

  Auto Correction of Lens Peripheral illumination and Chromatic aberration correction

  
  

  Basic+ (Shoot by ambience selection, Shoot by lighting or scene type)

  
  

  Creative filters (Art Bold, Water painting, Grainy B/W, Soft focus, Toy camera, Miniature effect, Fish-eye)

  
  

  RAW image processing - during image Playback only

  
  

  Resize to M or S1, S2, S3

• Drive Modes

  Single, Continuous L, Continuous H, Self timer (2s+remote, 10s +remote), Silent single shooting, Silent continous shooting

• Continuous Shooting

  Max. Approx. 7fps. (speed maintained for up to 65 images (JPEG)¹³(with UHS-I card), 16 images (RAW))²³

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: Dual Pixel CMOS AF (Face detection and Tracking AF, FlexiZone-Multi, FlexiZone-Single), Phase detection AF (Quick mode)

• Metering

  Real-time evaluative metering with image sensor.

  
  

  Evaluative metering, partial metering, spot metering, center-weighted average metering.

• Display Options

  Grid overlay (x3), Histogram, Multi aspect ratios

File Type

• Still Image Type

  JPEG: Fine, Normal (Exif 2.21 [Exif Print] 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, M-RAW + JPEG, S-RAW + JPEG possible.

• Image Size

  JPEG 3:2: (L) 5472x3648, (M) 3648x2432, (S1) 2736x1824, (S2) 1920x1280, (S3) 720x480

  
  

  JPEG 4:3: (L) 4864x3648, (M) 3248x2432, (S1) 2432x1824, (S2) 1696x1280, (S3) 640x480

  
  

  JPEG 16:9: (L) 5472x3072, (M) 3648x2048, (S1) 2736x1536, (S2) 1920x1080, (S3) 720x408

  
  

  JPEG 1:1: (L) 3648x3648, (M) 2432x2432, (S1) 1824x1824, (S2) 1280x1280, (S3) 480x480

  
  

  RAW: (RAW) 5472x3648, (M-RAW) 4104x2736, (S-RAW) 2736x1824

• File Numbering

  (1) Consecutive numbering

  
  

  (2) Auto reset

  
  

  (3) Manual reset

EOS Movie

• Movie Type

  MOV (Video: H.264 Intra frame / inter frame, Sound: Linear PCM, recording level can be manually adjusted by user)

• 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 (29.97, 25 fps) inter frame

• Movie Length

  Max duration 29min 59sec, Max file size 4GB (If file size exceeds 4GB a new file will be created automatically)

• Focusing
  27

Other Features

• Custom Functions

  23 Custom Functions

• Metadata Tag

  User copyright information (can be set in camera)

  
  

  Image rating (0-5 stars)

• LCD Panel / Illumination

  Yes / Yes

• Water/Dust Resistance

  Yes (equal to EOS-1N)

• Voice Memo

  No

• Intelligent Orientation Sensor

  Yes

• 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) Jump Display

• SlideShow

  Image selection: All images, by Date, Folder, Movies, Stills

  
  

  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: Single image, All images in folder, Checkmarked images, unprotected images

  
  

  Protection: Erase protection of one image at a time

• Menu Categories

  (1) Shooting menu (x6)

  
  

  (2) Playback menu (x3)

  
  

  (3) Setup menu (x4)

  
  

  (4) Custom Functions menu

  
  

  (5) 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

  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

Storage

• Type

  SD, SDHC or SDXC (UHS-I)card

Supported Operating System

• PC

  Windows 8 / 7 / 7 SP1 / Vista SP2 / XP SP3

  
  

  OS X v10.6, v10.7, v10.8

Software

• Image Processing

  Digital Photo Professional

• Other

  PhotoStitch, EOS Utility, Picture Style Editor

Power Source

• Batteries

  Rechargeable Li-ion Battery LP-E6 (supplied), built in for date & settings

• Battery Life

  Approx. 920 (at 23°C, AE 50%, FE 50%)¹

  
  

  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

Accessories

• Viewfinder

  Eyecup Eb, E-series Dioptric Adjustment Lens, Eyepiece Extender EP-EX15II, Angle Finder C

• Wireless File Transmitter

  Built in

• Cases / Straps

  Leather case EH21-L

• Lenses

  All EF and EF-S lenses

• Flash

  Canon Speedlites (90EX, 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-E14

• Remote Controller / Switch

  Remote Switch RS-60E3, Remote Controller RC-6

• Other

  Hand Strap E2, GP-E2

Physical Specifications

• Body Materials

  Aluminium and polycarbonate resin with glass and conductive fibre

• Operating Environment

  0 – 40 °C, 85% or less humidity

• Dimensions (W x H x D)

  139.0 x 104.3 x 78.5mm

• Weight (Body Only)

  Approx. 755g (CIPA testing standard, including battery and memory card)