Image Sensor  
Type 1.0 type stacked CMOS
Effective Pixels Approx. 20.1M (Aspect ratio 3:2)
Total Pixels Approx. 20.9M
Colour Filter Type Primary Colour
Image Processor  
Type DIGIC 8
Lens  
Focal Length 8.8 – 36.8 mm (35 mm equivalent: 24 – 100 mm)
Zoom Optical 4.2x
ZoomPlus 8.4x
Digital Approx. 4x (with Digital Tele-Converter approx. 1.6x or 2.0x) Combined approx. 17x
Maximum f/number f/1.8-f/2.8
Construction 11 elements in 9 groups (1 double sided aspherical lens, 1 single sided aspherical UA lens, 1 single sided aspherical lens and 1 UD lens)
Image Stabilisation Yes (lens shift-type), approx. 4-stop. Intelligent IS with 5-axis Advanced Dynamic IS & Auto Level
Focusing  
Type TTL
AF System / Points AiAF (31-point, Face Detection or Touch AF with Object and Face Select and Track), 1-point AF (any position is available or fixed centre)
AF Modes Single, Continuous, Servo AF/AE, Touch AF
AF Point Selection Size (Normal, Small)
AF Lock Yes, via customisable buttons
AF Assist Beam Yes
Manual Focus Yes, plus MF Peaking
Focus Bracketing Yes
Closest Focusing Distance 5 cm (Wide) from front of lens
40 cm (Tele) from front of lens
Exposure Control  
Metering modes Evaluative (linked to Face Detection AF frame), Centre-weighted average, Spot
AE Lock Yes
Exposure Compensation +/- 3 EV in 1/3 stop increments
Auto Lighting Optimizer ND Filter (3-stop) On / Auto / Off
AEB 1/3 – 2 EV in 1/3 stop increments
ISO Sensitivity 125, 160, 200, 250, 320, 400, 500, 640, 800, 1000, 1250, 1600, 2000, 2500, 3200, 4000, 5000, 6400, 8000, 10000, 12800 (Expanded: 25600)
AUTO ISO: 125 - 12800 (possible to set Max. ISO speed and rate of change)
Shutter  
Speed 1 – 1/2000 s (factory default)
30 - 1/25600 s (electronic shutter)
1/8 - 1/2000 s (Movie Mode)
BULB, 30 – 1/2000 s (total range – varies by shooting mode)
White Balance  
Type TTL
Settings Auto (Ambience priority / White priority), Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash, Custom, Color temp (Kelvin)
White Balance Compensation Colour adjustment in Star mode
Colour Matrix  
Type sRGB
LCD Monitor  
Monitor Tilt type 7.5 cm (3.0”) Touchscreen LCD (TFT). 3:2 aspect ratio. Approx. 1,040,000 dots. Capacitive type, sRGB colour reproduction
Coverage Approx. 100%
Brightness Adjustable to one of five levels.
Night Display Mode available
Flash  
Modes Auto, Manual Flash On / Off, Slow Synchro
X-Sync Speed Yes. Fastest speed 1/2000 s
Red-Eye Reduction Yes
Flash Exposure Compensation +/- 2 EV in 1/3 stop increments. Face Detection FE, Safety FE
Flash Exposure Lock Yes
Manual Power Adjustment 3 levels with internal flash
Second Curtain Synchronisation Yes
Built-in Flash Range 50 cm – 7.0 m (W) / 40 cm – 4.0 m (T)
External Flash Canon High Power Flash HF-DC2
Shooting  
Modes Auto, Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual, Custom, Hybrid Auto, SCN (Portrait, Self-Portrait, Panning, Star (Star Portrait, Star Nightscape, Star Trails, Star Time-Lapse Movie), Handheld Night Scene, High Dynamic Range, Fish-eye Effect, Oil Painting Effect, Water-Painting Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Background Defocus, Soft Focus, Grainy B/W, Fireworks, Panoramic shot), Standard Movie, Short Clip, Manual Movie, Time-Lapse Movie
Photo Effects Picture Styles (Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Fine Detail, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Defined x3 (Sharpness (Strength, Fineness, Threshold), Contrast, Color Saturation, Color Tone, Filtering Effect, Toning))
Drive modes Single, Auto Drive, Continuous, Continuous with AF, Self-Timer
Continuous Shooting Approx. 20.0 shots/s for up to 89 frames in C-RAW, 55 frames in RAW, and 118 frames in JPEG
With AF: Approx. 8 shots/s for up to 320 frames in JPEG
RAW Burst Mode: Approx 30shots/s for Approx 70 frames
Recording Pixels / Compression  
Image Size 3:2 - (RAW, L) 5472 x 3648, (M) 3648 x 2432, (S1) 2736 x 1824, (S2) 2400 x 1600
4:3 - (RAW, L) 4864 x 3648, (M) 3248 x 2432, (S1) 2432 x 1824, (S2) 2112 x 1600
16:9 - (RAW, L) 5472 x 3072, (M) 3648 x 2048, (S1) 2736 x 1536, (S2) 2400 x 1344
1:1 - (RAW, L) 3648 x 3648, (M) 2432 x 2432, (S1) 1824 x 1824, (S2) 1600 x 1600
In-camera RAW processing & Resize available
Compression RAW, C-RAW, Fine/Normal JPEG