Canon EOS M

Specifications

Specifications in detail

IMAGE SENSOR

• Type

  22.3 x 14.9mm CMOS

• Effective Pixels

  Approx. 18.0 megapixels

• Total Pixels

  Approx. 18.5 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

  DIGIC 5

LENS

• Lens Mount

  EF-M (EF and EF-S lenses compatible via Mount adapter EF-EOS M)

• Focal Length

  Equivalent to 1.6x the focal length of the lens

FOCUSING

• Type

  Hybrid CMOS AF System. Phase detection pixels built onto imaging sensor

• AF System/ Points

  31 AF points (Maximum)

• AF Working Range

  EV 1-18 (at 23°C & ISO 100)

• AF Modes

  One-Shot AF and Servo AF

• AF Point Selection

  Automatic selection (Face detection and Tracking AF, FlexiZone-Multi, FlexiZone-Single), Manual selection

• Selected AF Point Display

  Indicated on LCD monitor

• Predictive AF

  -

• AF Lock

  Locked when shutter button is pressed half way

• AF Assist Beam

  Yes LED

• Manual Focus

  Select on camera menu AF (Auto), MF (Manual), or AF+MF (Manual focus after One-Shot)

EXPOSURE CONTROL

• Metering Modes

  Real-time metering from the image sensor

  
  

  (1) Evaluative metering

  
  

  (2) Partial metering at center

  
  

  (3) Spot metering

  
  

  (4) Center weighted average metering

• Metering Range

  EV 1-20 (at 23°C with EF-M 22mm f/2 STM 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

  '+/-3 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments (can be combined with AEB).

• AEB

  '3 shots +/- 2 EV, 1/2 or 1/3-stop increments

• ISO Sensitivity*

  AUTO(100-6400), 100-12800 in 1-stop increments

  
  

  ISO can be expandable to H: 25600)

SHUTTER

• Type

  Electronic first curtain and mechanical second curtain shutter

• Speed

  30-1/4000 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.

  
  

  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.

LCD MONITOR

• Type

  Touch screen 7.7cm (3.0") 3:2 Clear View LCD II, approx. 1040K dots

• Coverage

  Approx. 100%

• Viewing Angle (Horizontally/Vertically)

  Approx 170°

• Coating

  Anti smudge

• Brightness Adjustment

  Adjustable to one of seven levels

• Display Options

  (1) Quick Control Screen

  
  

  (2) Liveview image no information

  
  

  (3) Liveview image full info

  
  

  (4) Liveview image basic info

FLASH

• Built-in Flash GN (ISO 100, meters)

  None

Red-Eye Reduction

• X-Sync

  1/200sec

• Flash Exposure Compensation

  '+/- 2EV 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 multi-flash support

• External Flash Control

  Via camera menu screen

SHOOTING

• Modes

  Scene Intelligent Auto mode

  
  

  Still mode (Creative Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up,

  
  

  Sports, Night Portrait, Handheld Night Scene,

  
  

  HDR Backlight Control, Program AE , Shutter

  
  

  priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual)Movie mode

  
  

  (Auto exposure mode, Manual exposure mode)

• 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

  
  

  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)

• Drive Modes

  Single, Continuous, Self timer (2s, 10s+remote, 10s +

  
  

  continuous shots 2-10)

• Continuous Shooting

  Max. Approx. 4.3fps for approx. 17 JPEG images¹, 6 images RAW²³

FILE TYPE

• Still Image Type

  JPEG: Fine, Normal (Exif 2.30 compliant) / Design rule for Camera

  
  

  File system (2.0),

  
  

  RAW: RAW (14bit, Canon original RAW 2nd edition),

  
  

  Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant

• RAW+JPEG Simultaneous Recording

  Yes, RAW + Large JPEG

• Image Size

  JPEG 3:2: (L) 5184x3456, (M) 3456x2304, (S1) 2592x1728, (S2) 1920x1280, (S3) 720x480

  
  

  JPEG 4:3: (L) 4608x3456, (M) 3072x2304, (S1) 2304x1728, (S2) 1696x1280, (S3) 640x480

  
  

  JPEG 16:9: (L) 5184x2912, (M) 3456x1944, (S1) 2592x1456 (S2) 1920x1080, (S3) 720x400

  
  

  JPEG 1:1: (L) 3456x3456, (M) 2304x2304, (S1) 1728x1728, (S2) 1280x1280, (S3) 480x480

  
  

  RAW: (RAW) 5184x3456

• Movie Type

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

• Movie Size

  1920 x 1080 (29.97, 25, 23.976 fps)

  
  

  1280 x 720 (59.94, 50 fps)

  
  

  640 x 480 (30, 25 fps)

• Movie Length

  Max duration 29min 59sec, Max file size 4GB

Sound Files

• Folders

  New folders can be manually created and selected

• File Numbering

  (1) Consecutive numbering

  
  

  (2) Auto reset

  
  

  (3) Manual reset

OTHER FEATURES

• Custom Functions

  7 Custom Functions with 19 settings

• Metadata Tag

  User copyright information (can be set in camera)

  
  

  Image rating (0-5 stars)

Sound Memo

• Intelligent Orientation Sensor

  Yes

• Playback Zoom

  1.5x - 10x enabled in 15 steps

• Display Formats

  (1) Single image

  
  

  (2) Single image with information (3 levels)

  
  

  (3) 4 image index

  
  

  (4) 9 image index

  
  

  (5) Jump Display

• Slide Show

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

  
  

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

  
  

  Repeat: On/Off

  
  

  Transition Effects: Off, Slide (2 types), Fade (3 tyupes)

  
  

  Bagkground Music: Off, On

• 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

Data Verification

• Menu Categories

  (1) Shooting menu (x5)

  
  

  (2) Playback menu (x2)

  
  

  (3) Setup menu (x4)

  
  

  (4) 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 & Macintosh

  Windows XP inc SP3 / Vista inc SP1 and SP2 (excl.

  
  

  Starter Edition) / 7 (excl. Starter Edition)

  
  

  OS X v10.6-10.7 (Intel processor required)

SOFTWARE

• Browsing & Printing

  ImageBrowser EX

• Image Processing

  Digital Photo Professional

• Other

  PhotoStitch, EOS Utility,

  
  

  Picture Style Editor

POWER SOURCE

• Batteries

  1 x Rechargeable Li-ion Battery LP-E12

• Battery Life

  Approx. 230 (at 23°C, AE 50%, FE 50%)¹

  
  

  Approx. 200 (at 0°C, AE 50%, FE 50%)

• Battery Indicator

  4 levels

• Power Saving

  LCD monitor turns off after 15 sec, 30sec or 1, 3, 5, 10 or 30mins.

  
  

  Power turns off after 0, 30sec or 1, 3, 5, 10mins and disabled

• Power Supply & Battery Chargers

  AC Adapter Kit ACK-E12, Battery charger LC-E12

PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Body Materials

  Stainless Steel, magnesium alloy, polycarbonate resin with glass fiber

• Operating Environment

  0 – 40 °C, 85% or less humidity

• Dimensions (WxHxD)

  108.6 x 66.5 x 32.3 mm

• Weight (Body Only)

  Approx. 298g (CIPA testing standard, including

  
  

  battery and memory card)

Viewfinder

• Case

  EH23-CJ

• Wireless File Transmitter

  Compatible with Eye-Fi cards

• Lenses

  EF-M (EF and EF-S lenses compatible via Mount adapter EF-EOS M)

• 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

• Remote Controller/ Switch

  Remote Controller RC-6

• Other

  GP-E2