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The Canon EOS Digital Camera Software Development Kit (EDSDK) and the Camera Control API (CCAPI) are available on select Canon cameras1 and enables developers to integrate select Canon cameras directly into their software application solutions, giving them access to remote control and communication functionality of the camera. The EDSDK supports USB communication on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux operating systems, while the CCAPI uses Wi-Fi (Ethernet on select cameras) and can be used with almost any OS.
The EDSDK and CCAPI (along with other SDKs and APIs) are provided free of charge and more information can be found at https://www.usa.canon.com/support/sdk.
1. Compatibility list available on Canon Developer Community website
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PRODUCT INFO
| Tech. Specs. Detailed PDF | View Full Details of Technical Specifications |
| Type | Digital interchangeable lens, mirrorless camera |
| Image Processor | DIGIC X |
| Recording Media | (One) SD card slot
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| Compatible Lenses | Canon RF lens group (including RF-S lenses) When using Mount Adapter EF-EOS R: Canon EF or EF-S lenses (excluding EF-M lenses) |
| Lens Mount | Canon RF mount |
| Type | APS-C CMOS sensor (compatible with Dual Pixel CMOS AF) |
| Effective pixels | Approx. 24.2 megapixels |
| Screen Size | Approx. 36.0 x 24.0 mm |
| Pixel Unit | Approx. 3.72 µm square |
| Total Pixels | Approx. 25.5 megapixels |
| Aspect Ratio | 3:2 (Horizontal:Vertical) |
| Color Filter System | RGB primary color filters |
| Low Pass Filter | Installed in front of the image sensor, non-detachable |
| Dust Deletion Feature | Self Cleaning Sensor Unit not provided. Manual cleaning (by hand) not supported.
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| Recording Format | Compliant to Design rule for Camera File system 2.0 and Exif 2.31*. *Supports time offset information |
| Image Format | JPEG (.JPG), HEIF (.HIF), RAW, C-RAW (.CR3) Movies: ALL-I (Time-lapse video only), IPB (Light) |
| File Size | Please click here for full specifications. |
| Maximum Burst | Please click here for full specifications. |
| File Numbering | The following file numbers can be set:
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| RAW + JPEG / HEIF Simultaneous Recording | Simultaneous recording of any combination of RAW/C-RAW and JPEG/HEIF image-recording quality is supported. |
| Color Space | Selectable between sRGB and Adobe RGB |
| Picture Style |
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| Settings |
*2: With an EX / EL-series Speedlite having the color temperature information transmission feature, the color temperature setting changes to match the color temperature when the flash is fired. Set to approx. 6000 K if the flash unit does not have the color tem-perature communication feature. |
| Auto White Balance | Option between ambience priority and white priority settings, using SET button |
| White Balance Shift | Blue/amber bias: ±9 levels Magenta/green bias: ±9 levels •Shifted from the color temperatue of the current WB mode. •Blue/amber and magenta/green shift can be set at the same time. WB Bracketing available, up to ±3 levels Blue/amber or magenta/green, via Quick Control Dial |
| Type | OLED color electronic viewfinder; 0.39-inch, approx. 2.36 million dots |
| Coverage | Approx. 100% (at JPEG Large image quality, 3:2 aspect ratio, approx. 22 mm eyepoint) |
| Magnification / Angle of View | Approx. 0.96× / Approx. 28.0° (3:2 aspect ratio, with 50mm lens at infinity,1 m1) |
| Eye Point | Approx. 22 mm (at 1 m1 from eyepiece lens end) |
| Dioptric Adjustment Range | Approx. 3.0 to +1.0 m1 (dpt) |
| Viewfinder Information |
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| Focus Method | Dual Pixel CMOS AF |
| Number of AF zones available for Automatic Selection | AF area: Horizontal: Approx. 100% x Vertical: Approx. 100% (100% x 100% AF coverage in Face Detect + Tracking AF; coverage can vary, depending upon lens being used) Stills: Max. 651 zones (31 x 21) Movies: Max. 527 zones (31 x17) |
| Selectable Positions for AF Point | AF area: Horizontal: Approx. 90% x Vertical: Approx. 100% Stills: Max. 4503 positions (79 x 57) Movies: Max 3713 positions (79 x 47) |
| Focusing brightness range (still photo shooting) | EV -4.0 to 20 (with an f/1.2 lens,* center AF point, One-Shot AF at room temperature, and ISO 100) * Except RF lenses with a Defocus Smoothing (DS) coating. |
| Focusing brightness range (movie recording) | EV -3.5 to 20 (with an f/1.2 lens,* center AF point, One-Shot AF at room temperature, ISO 100, and 29.97 / 25.00
fps.)*
Except RF lenses with a Defocus Smoothing (DS) coating. |
| Available AF Areas |
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| Available Subject Detection |
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| Eye Detection | Auto:
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| Metering Modes | Real-time metering from CMOS image sensor (384 [24x16] metering zones)
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| Metering Range | Still Photo Shooting: EV -2 to 20 Movie Recording: EV 0 to 20 |
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| Exposure Modes | Still Photo Shooting:
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| ISO Speed Range |
Expanded ISO speeds cannot be set in HDR mode or for HDR shooting (HDR PQ). ISO Auto setting range for still photo shooting: Not suppored ISO Auto setting range for still photo shooting: Not suppored Please click here for full specifications. |
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| Exposure Compensation |
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| AE Lock |
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| Type | Electronically controlled focal-plane shutter. Rolling shutter, using the image sensor. (1) Electronic first curtain (2) Electronic shutter * When set to [Electronic], the camera makes no mechanical shutter sound. (An electronic shutter sound can be configured in [Beep] and [Volume: Shutter volume]). Note that the camera may make sounds other than the shutter release sound, such as sounds for aperture adjustment or the lens focus drive, or beeps. Moreover, using long exposure noise reduction with shutter speeds of 1 sec. or longer involves a mechanical second-curtain shutter, which produces a mechanical sound. * Bands of light may be displayed and captured images may be affected by light and dark banding when shooting under fluorescent lighting or other flickering light sources with the camera set to [Anti-flicker shoot.: Disable]. |
| Shutter Speeds | Electronic 1st-curtain shutter: 1/4000th sec - 30 seconds, in 1/3-step increments Electronic shutter: 1/8000th sec - 30 seconds, in 1/3-step increments |
| X-sync Speed | Elec. 1st-curtain: 1/250 sec. |
| Shutter Release | Soft-touch electromagnetic release |
| Self Timer | 10-sec. delay, 2-sec. delay, Continuous |
| Still Photo IS | In-body IS not provided. Still Photo IS not suppored. |
| Accessory Shoe | Canon Multi-function accessory shoe •Optional Canon AD-E1 adapter required for conventional shoe-mount flashes and accessories |
| E-TTL balance | Ambience priority, standard, flash priority |
| Flash Exposure Compensation | ±3 (in 1/3-stop increments) |
| Continuous flash control | E-TTL each shot / E-TTL 1st shot |
| Drive Modes and Continuous Shooting Speed | Please click here for full specifications. |
| HDR Shooting (HDR PQ) | Disable / Enable * Can be used in conjunction with Auto Lighting Optimizer. |
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| Movie HDR PQ |
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| Continuous HDR Shooting (still images) | 1 shot only / Every shot |
| File Format | Please click here for full specifications. |
| Estimated Recording time, Movie Bit Rate and File Size | Please click here for full specifications. |
| Estimated Recording Time, Continued. | Please click here for full specifications. |
| Card Performance Requirements | Please click here for full specifications. |
| Video AF | Dual Pixel CMOS AF; Movie Servo AF available in AF Menu |
| Exposure Compensation | ±3 stops (in 1/3-stop increments) |
| Time Code | Yes (Count up, Start time setting, Movie recording count, Movie play count, HDMI time code on/off, HDMI rec. command on/off, Drop frame enable/disable) |
| Movie Pre-recording (On/Off) | Not supported |
| Time-lapse Movie Setting | Please click here for full specifications. |
| Time-lapse Playback Frame Rate | 29.97 (set to NTSC); 25.00fps (set to PAL) |
| Type | TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor |
| Monitor Size | 3.0-inch (screen aspect ratio of 3:2) 2.95 in./7.5cm diagonal (2.44 in./6.2cm width, 1.65 in./4.2cm height) |
| Dots | Approx. 1.62 million dots |
| Coverage | Approx. 100% vertically/horizontally |
| Brightness Control | Manually adjustable to one of seven brightness levels |
| Touch-screen Operation | Supported for AF Point selection; Touch AF; Touch Shutter; Menu selection; Quick Control Menu; Magnified View; Volume Touch Sounds: 0 (silent) to 5 |
| Coating | Anti-smudge coating not provided. Anti-reflection coating not provided. |
| Interface Languages | 29 (English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Ukraine, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Hindi, Romanian, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Korean, Malay, Indonesian, Japanese) |
| Display Format | Please click here for full specifications. |
| Highlight Alert | Not supported |
| Histogram | Brightness and RGB |
| Function | The Quick Control screen can be accessed by pressing the Quick Control button during shooting, recording, or playback. |
| Quick Control Screen | Users can customize setting items shown on the Quick Control screen.
* Customizable from the [Customize Quick Controls] menu item or by pressing and holding the button with the Quick Control screen displayed. |
| Protection |
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| Erase | Except protected images
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| Compatible Printers | Images can be sent via Wi-Fi to a PictBridge-compatible (wireless LAN) printer and printed. |
| DPOF | Compliant to DPOF Version 1.1 |
| Supporting Standards | Equivalent to IEEE 802.11b/g/n Standards |
| Transmission Method | DS-SS modulation (IEEE 802.11b) OFDM modulation (IEEE 802.11g/n) |
| Transition Frequency (Central Frequency) | 2.4 GHz band Frequency: 2412 to 2462 MHz Channels: 1 to 11 channels 5.0 GHz band Not supported |
| Connection Method | (1) Camera access point mode (2) Infrastructure mode |
| Security | Please click here for full specifications. |
| Communication with a Smartphone |
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| Remote Operation Using EOS Utility | The camera can be controlled via Wi-Fi® or USB, with Canon EOS Utility software installed in a compatible Mac or Windows computer. |
| Print from Wi-Fi® Printers | Supported. |
| Send Images to a Web Service | image.canon: Video files (MP4) and JPEG, HEIF, RAW or C-RAW still images can be uploaded to image.canon servers. From image.canon, images can be sent to specific social media and 3rd-party cloud image services. |
| Standards Compliance | Bluetooth Specification Version 4.2 compliant (Bluetooth Low Energy technology) |
| Transmission Method | GFSK modulation |
| Bluetooth Pairing | Smartphone up to 10 devices; BR-E1 remote controller 1 unit |
| Available Functions | Dial direction during Tv/Av; Control ring rotation direction; Customize buttons; Customize dials |
| Customize Buttons | Functions can be assigned to the following camera controls.
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| Customizable Dials | Customize control ring supported. |
| My Menu Registration | Please click here for full specifications. |
| USB Video Class (UVC) | Available * The camera is accessible to software (such as Zoom, MS Teams, Skype, etc.) on a computer once connected via USB. |
| USB Terminal | Equivalent to Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0)
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| HDMI Out Terminal | HDMI micro OUT terminal Type D * Resolution switches automatically * HDMI CEC not supported * Images not displayed unless [For NTSC] or [For PAL] is set correctly for the TV video system |
| Clean HDMI Output | Provided |
| Microphone terminal | 3.5mm diameter stereo mini jack |
| Headphone terminal | Compatible with 3.5mm diameter stereo mini-plug |
| Battery | Canon LP-E17 battery pack
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| Optional Battery Grip | Not supported |
| Battery Check | Automatic battery check with 4-level display when the power switch is turned ON. |
| Start-up Time | Approx. 0.4 sec.
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| Dimensions (W x H x D) | Approx. 4.58 x 3.37 x 2.71 in. / 116.3 x 85.5 x 68.8mm Based on CIPA standards. |
| Weight | Please click here for full specifications. |
| Working Temperature Range | 32-104°F / 0-+40°C |
| Focal Length | 18-45mm |
| Maximum and Minimum Aperture | f/4.5 - f/32 |
| Lens Mount Type | RF Mount |
| Compatible Cameras | Canon EOS R-series, APS-C and full-frame (automatic APS-C sensor cropping if used on full-frame EOS R-series cameras) |
| Minimum Focusing Distance | 0.20 m (at 18 mm) |
| Maximum Magnification | 0.16x (at 45 mm) |
| Field of View, at Minimum Focus Distance | Approx. 153 × 102 mm (at 18 mm) to approx. 137 × 92 mm (at 45 mm) |
| Angle of View (Diagonal) | Approx. 74° 20 - 33° 40 |
| Lens Construction | 7 elements in 7 groups |
| Special Elements | (Two) Aspherical elements |
| Lens Coating | Canon SSC (Super Spectra Coating) |
| Filter Size Diameter | ø49 mm |
| Aperture Blades | 7 |
| Image Stabilization | 4 stops correction with In-lens Optical Image Stabilization (6 stops correction with EOS R5 in-body coordinated Image stabilization) |
| Focusing Drive System | Canon STM (Leadscrew type STM) |
| Full-time Manual Focusing | Yes (Supports both ONE SHOT AF and SERVO AF with compatible EOS R-series cameras) |
| Dual Pixel CMOS AF Coverage (Horizontal x Vertical) | EOS R Approx. 80% x 80% EOS R5 Approx. 80% x 80% EOS R7/R10 Approx. 100% x 100% |
| Control Ring | Dual-function Manual focus ring / Control Ring (selected using camera menu) |
| Manual Focus Ring | Electronic ring system Full-time Manual focus possible No physical limit to ring rotational angle |
| AF/MF Switch | None focus mode selected in camera menu |
| MF/Control Ring Switch | None must be selected in camera menu |
| Distance Scale | None Distance scale available in EVF or Live View LCD screen of compatible EOS R-series cameras |
| Distance Limiter Switch | None |
| Dust / Weather Resistant Construction | None |
| Maximum Outer Diameter x Length | Approx. ø2.7 in. x 1.7 in. (ø68.9mm x 44.3mm) |
| Weight | Approx. 4.6 oz. / 0.3 lb. / 130g |
| Lens hood | Canon EW-53 Bayonet-mount, petal-shaped hood Optional accessory, sold separately |
| Lens Cap | (Front) Canon E-49 (center pinch-type) (Bundled) |
| Dust Cap | Canon Lens Dust Cap RF (Bundled) |
| Lens Case | Canon Lens Case LP814 Optional accessory, sold separately |
| Extension Tubes | None (No Canon RF mount extension tubes) |
| Close-up Lenses 250D / 500D | None (No ø49mm size available) |
| Canon RF Extender 1.4x/2x | Not compatible |
| Canon Gelatin Filter Holder III/IV | Not compatible |
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