Canon EOS 50D Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)

Improved Image Quality
The EOS 50D Digital SLR camera's 15.1-megapixel CMOS APS-C size image sensor has been improved thanks to the use of newly designed gapless microlenses over each pixel to reduce noise and expand sensitivity up to ISO 12800. The faster processing speed of the camera's DIGIC 4 image processor contributes to the fast 6.3 frame-per-second (fps) continuous shooting capability (for bursts of up to 90 Large/Fine JPEGs or 16 RAW images on a UDMA CF card), to give shooters the tools they need to capture that perfect moment in perfect clarity.

The Canon EOS 50D camera provides ISO speeds from ISO 100 up to ISO 3200 in 1/3-stop increments, along with two high-speed settings - H1 and H2 - of ISO 6400 and ISO 12800, respectively. Along with a wide ISO range, Canon gives shooters more tools to help maximize clarity and color. The EOS 50D Digital SLR camera offers multiple levels of noise reduction during high-speed shooting. Users can choose from one of four settings- Standard/Weak/Strong/None - to help reduce digital noise that can result from poor lighting conditions.

As part of the camera's internal image processing, the Canon EOS 50D Digital SLR camera conducts peripheral illumination correction, which automatically evens brightness across the image field, making an image of a blue sky even toned throughout, a function previously accomplished through post-processing software on a personal computer. Thanks largely to the DIGIC 4 processor, this automatic adjustment can be made in-camera during shooting with JPEG images or corrected in post-photoshoot processing with RAW images through Canon's Digital Photo Professional (DPP) software, which is supplied at no extra charge.

Helping to ensure each picture's subject is clearly visible, Canon's enhanced Auto Lighting Optimizer analyzes the brightness of subjects and automatically adjusts dark images so that they appear brighter, perfect for subjects in shade or in backlit situations. The Auto Lighting Optimizer on the EOS 50D Digital SLR camera has been updated not only to optimize images while they are being taken, but can also optimize images post-capture, during playback, to help ensure the subject of each image does not appear too dark. This is especially helpful when an amateur photographer uses the camera, because post-capture enhancement can help maximize image quality without the need of a computer.

A significant upgrade to the Canon EOS 50D camera is its large, clear 3.0-inch Clear View LCD screen which features 920,000 dot/VGA resolution, four times the pixel count of the EOS 40D camera's screen, for better clarity and color. To help show off those fantastic shots, the EOS 50D camera includes an HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) output to display crisp, clear images on a High-Definition TV. The EOS 50D recognizes the needs of today's photographers, and the faster processing speed of the DIGIC 4 processor helps support UDMA cards for faster writing of image files.

The camera is also equipped with a high-performance viewfinder featuring 0.95x magnification and the same high-performance Autofocus (AF) system as the EOS 40D camera with nine cross-type sensors for accurate target subject acquisition with lenses possessing maximum apertures of f/5.6 or faster and a high-precision diagonal center cross-type AF point that's effective with f/2.8 and faster lenses, helping photographers ensure better focus of their targets. The AF Microadjustment feature, originally introduced last year with the Canon EOS-1D Mark III professional digital SLR camera, has also been added to the EOS 50D for maximum control over focusing precision.

Canon Gets Creative For Advancing Amateurs
Canon is taking steps to give advanced amateurs more flexibility with a new CA Creative Full Auto setting on the EOS 50D Digital SLR camera's mode dial. This new setting goes a step beyond Full Auto, by allowing users to make adjustments before shooting while still in an Automatic mode, without needing to know the meaning of technical terms such as aperture, shutter speed, etc. In this mode, the camera menu on the back screen spells out options in common language for average photo enthusiasts, allowing them to blur the background or lighten or darken the image. These easy-to-comprehend image options will help amateur photographers improve the shots they are capable of taking, while helping them learn new techniques. When in the new CA mode, users will be able to adjust flash settings, brighten or darken images, blur the background, set the camera's drive mode, and select a picture style directly on the camera's LCD screen.

Better Live View
For photographers who prefer to frame their shots using the camera's 3.0-inch Clear View LCD screen, Canon has improved the Live View function of the EOS 50D Digital SLR camera to include Quick Mode AF, Live Mode AF, and Face Detection Live Mode AF that detects up to 35 individual forward-looking faces for better focus and clarity when taking group or portrait shots. The camera's Quick Mode AF setting flips the mirror down and carries out regular phase-detection autofocus, while the Live Mode AF and Face Detection Live Mode AF use the camera's CMOS image sensor for contrast detection autofocus. Two detailed grid displays have also been added to Live View shooting as optional settings for easier composition.

Two Small RAW Formats
In addition to the RAW and JPEG image capture modes that photographers are accustomed to, the EOS 50D Digital SLR camera now offers more manageable resolution settings and file sizes with two sRAW recording formats, sRAW1 and sRAW2. At the sRAW1 setting, resolution is 7.1 megapixels with a file size that is approximately 25 percent smaller than a standard 15.1 megapixel RAW image. With the sRAW2 setting, resolution is 3.8 megapixels at less than half the file size of a standard RAW image, retaining all of the flexibility and creative possibilities associated with full-size, conventional RAW images. The EOS 50D is the first Canon Digital SLR that allows the use of RAW and sRAW settings in Basic Zone as well as Creative Zone shooting modes, even further improving the camera's flexibility.

EOS Integrated Cleaning System
The Self-Cleaning Sensor Unit for the Canon EOS 50D has also been upgraded and now includes a fluorine coating on the low-pass filter for better dust resistance. The Self-Cleaning Sensor Unit uses ultrasonic vibrations to shake dust particles off of the low-pass filter in front of the sensor each time the camera is powered up or shut down. The second part of the system includes a software component where sensor spots are mapped and saved as Dust Delete Data that is attached to the image file for removal during post processing using Canon's DPP software.

Type

• Type: Digital, single-lens reflex, AF/AE camera with built-in flash
• Recording Media: CF Card Type I and II, UDMA-compliant CF cards, via external media (USB v.2.0 hard drive, via optional Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E3A)
• Image Sensor Size: 22.3mm x 14.9mm
• Compatible Lenses: Canon EF lenses (including EF-S lenses) (35mm-equivalent focal length is approx. 1.6x the lens focal length)
• Lens Mount: Canon EF mountpe

• Type: High-sensitivity, high-resolution, large single-plate CMOS sensor
• Pixels: Effective pixels: Approx. 15.10 megapixels
• Total Pixels: Total pixels: Approx. 15.50 megapixels
• Aspect Ratio: 3:2 (Horizontal: Vertical)
• Color Filter System: RGB primary color filters
• Low-pass Filter: Fixed position in front of the CMOS sensor
• Dust Deletion feature:
  (1) Automatic sensor cleaning
  (2) Manual cleaning of sensor
  (3) Dust Delete Data appended to the captured image

• Recording Format: Design rule for Camera File System 2.0
• Image Type: JPEG, RAW (14-bit, Canon original), sRAW, RAW+JPEG
• File Size:
  (1) Large/Fine: Approx. 5.0MB (4752 x 3168 pixels)
  (2) Large/Nomal: Approx. 2.5MB (4752 x 3168 pixels)
  (3) Medium/Fine: Approx. 3.0MB (3456 x 2304 pixels)
  (4) Medium/Normal: Approx. 1.6MB (3456 x 2304 pixels)
  (5) Small/Fine: Approx. 1.7MB (2352 x 1568 pixels)
  (6) Small/Normal: Approx. 0.9MB (2352 x 1568 pixels)
  (7) RAW: Approx. 20.2MB (4752 x 3168 pixels)
  (8) RAW+Large/Fine: Approx. 20.2 +5.0MB (4752 x 3168 pixels)
  (9) sRAW 1: Approx. 12.6MB (3267 x 2178 pixels)
  (10) sRAW 1+Large/Fine: Approx. 12.6+5.0MB (3267 x 2178 pixels)
  (11) sRAW 2: Approx. 9.2MB (2376 x 1584 pixels)
  (12) sRAW 2+Large/Fine: Approx. 9.2+5.0MB (2376 x 1584 pixels)
  Exact file sizes depend on the subject, ISO speed, Picture Style, etc.
• Recording Functions: With the WFT-E3A attached, image recording to the CF card and to the USB external media connected to the WFT-E3A will be possible as follows:
  (1) Standard
  (2) Automatic switching of recording media
  (3) Separate recordings according to image-recording quality
  (4) Recording images having the same size
• Backup Recording: Enabled with WFT-E3A attached
• File Numbering: Consecutive numbering, auto reset, manual reset. Possible to create new folders and select folders in the CF card
• RAW + JPEG Simultaneous Recording: Provided (sRAW+JPEG also possible)
• Color Space: sRGB, Adobe RGB
• Picture Style: Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Def. 1-3

• Type: Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten Light, White Fluorescent Light, Flash, Custom, Color Temperature setting
• Auto White Balance: Auto white balance with the image sensor
• Color Temperature Compensation: White balance correction: ±9 stops in full-stop increments
  White balance bracketing: ±3 stops in full-stop increments
  Blue/amber direction or magenta/green direction possible
• Color Temperature Information Transmission: Provided

• Type: Eye-level pentaprism
• Coverage: Vertical/Horizontal approx. 95%
• Magnification: Approx. 0.95x (-1m-1 with 50mm lens at infinity)
• Eyepoint: Approx. 22mm (from eyepiece lens center)
• Built-in Dioptric Adjustment: -3.0 to +1.0m-1 (diopter)
• Focusing Screen: Interchangeable (Ef-D: Grid lines, Ef-S {point of Focus), Ef-A standard focusing screen provided
• Mirror: Quick-return half mirror (transmission: reflection ratio of 40:60, no mirror cut-off with EF600mm f/4L IS USM or shorter lenses)
• Viewfinder Information: AF information (AF points, focus confirmation light), Exposure information (shutter speed, aperture, ISO speed, AE lock, exposure level, spot metering circle), Flash information (flash ready, flash exposure compensation, High-speed sync, FE lock, Red-eye reduction light), Image information (Highlight tone priority, monochrome shooting, maximum burst, white balance correction, CF card information)
• Depth-of-Field Preview: Enabled with depth-of-field preview button

• Type: TTL-CT-SIR AF-dedicated CMOS sensor
• AF Points: 9 (Cross-type)
• Metering Range: EV 0.5-18 (at 73 F/23 C, ISO 100)
• Focusing Modes: Auto, One-Shot AF, Predictive AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF, Manual focusing (MF)
• AF Point Selection: Automatic selection, manual selection
• Selected AF Point Display: Superimposed in viewfinder and indicated on LCD panel
• AF-assist Beam: Small series of flashes fired by built-in flash
• Effective range: Approx. 13.1 ft./4.0m at center, approx. 11.5 ft./3.5m at periphery

• Metering Modes: 35-zone TTL full-aperture metering
  Evaluative metering (linkable to any AF point)
  Partial metering (approx. 9% of viewfinder at center)
  Spot metering (approx. 3.8% of viewfinder at center)
  Center-weighted average metering
• Metering Range: EV 1-20 (at 73 F/23 C with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)
• Exposure Control: Program AE (Shiftable), Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Depth-of-field AE, Creative Auto, Full auto, Programmed image control modes (portrait, landscape, close-up, sports, night portrait, flash off), Manual exposure, E-TTL II autoflash program AE
• ISO Speed (Recommended Exposure Index): Automatically set, ISO 100-6400 (in 1/3-stop or 1-stop increments)
  Basic Zone modes: ISO 100-3200 set automatically
  Extension settable (with C.Fn.I-3-1): ISO 12800
  High Tone Priority settable: ISO 200-1600
• Exposure Compensation: Manual: ±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments (can be combined with AEB)
• AE Lock:
  Auto: Applied in One-Shot AF mode with evaluative metering when focus is achieved
  Manual: By AE lock button

• Type: Vertical-travel, mechanical, Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter
• Shutter Speeds: 1/8000 to 1/60 sec., X-sync at 1/250 sec.
  1/8000 to 30 sec., bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode)
• Shutter Release: Soft-touch electromagnetic release
• Self-timer: 10-sec. or 2-sec. delay
• Remote Control: Remote control with N3-type terminal

• Type: Retractable, auto pop-up flash
• Flash Metering: E-TTL II autoflash
• Guide Number: 13/43 (ISO 100, in meters/feet)
• Recycling Time: Approx. 3 sec.
• Flash-ready Indicator: Flash-ready icon lights in viewfinder
• Flash Coverage: 17mm lens angle of view
• FE Lock: Provided
• Flash Exposure Compensation: Up to ±2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments

• Zooming to Match Focal Length: Provided
• Compatible Flash: EX-series Speedlites
• Flash Metering: E-TTL II autoflash
• Flash Exposure Compensation: ±2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
• FE Lock: Provided
• External Flash Settings: Flash function settings, Flash C.Fn settings

• Drive Modes: Single, High-speed continuous, Low-speed continuous, and Self-timer (10 sec. or 2 sec. delay)
• Continuous Shooting Speed:
  High-speed: Max. 6.3 shots/sec.
  Low-speed: Max. 3 shots/sec.
• Maximum Burst:
  JPEG (Large/Fine): approx. 60 (CF)/approx. 90 (UDMA CF)
  RAW: approx. 16
  RAW+JPEG (Large/Fine): approx. 11
  Based on Canon's testing standards with a 2GB CF card, high-speed continuous shooting, ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style Varies depending on the subject, CF card brand, image-recording quality, ISO speed, drive mode, Picture Style, etc.

• Shooting Modes
  (1) Live View shooting
  (2) Remote Live View shooting (with a personal computer installed with EOS Utility)
• Focusing:
  Manual focus
  Autofocus (Live View image interrupted for AF): Quick mode, Live mode, Live Face Detection mode
• Metering Modes: Evaluative metering with the image sensor
• Metering Range: EV 0-20 (at 73 F/23 C with EF 50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)
• Magnified View: By 5x or 10x at AF point
• Grid Display: Provided
• Exposure Simulation: Provided
• Silent Shooting: Provided (Mode 1 and 2)

• Type: TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor
• Monitor Size: 3.0 in.
• Dots: Approx. 920,000 (VGA)
• Coverage: Approx. 100% (viewing angle: approx. 160 )
• Brightness Adjustment: 7 levels provided
• Interface Languages: 25

• Display Format: Single image, Single image + Image-recording quality/shooting information, histogram, 4- or 9-image index, magnified view (approx. 1.5x-10x), rotated image (auto/manual), image jump (by 10/100 images, index screen, by shooting date, by folder), slide show (all images/selected by date/folder)
• Highlight Warning: Provided (Overexposed highlights blink)

• Protect: Single images can be erase-protected or not
• Erase: Single image, check-marked images or all images in the CF card can be erased (except protected images)

• Compatible Printers: PictBridge-compatible printers
• Printable Images: JPEG images compliant to Design rule for Camera File System (DPOF printing possible) and RAW/sRAW images captured with the EOS 50D
• Easy Print feature: Provided

• DPOF: Version 1.1 compatible

• Compatible Images: JPEG and RAW images
  Only JPEG images can be transferred as wallpaper on the personal computer screen

• Custom Functions: Total 25
• Camera User Settings: Register under Mode Dial's C1 and C2 positions
• My Menu Registration: Provided

• USB Terminal: For personal computer communication and direct printing (USB 2.0 Hi-Speed)
• Video Out Terminal:
  (1) Video OUT terminal: NTSC/PAL selectable
  (2) HDMI mini OUT terminal
• Extension System Terminal: For connection to WFT-E3A

• Battery: One Battery Pack BP-511A
  AC power can be supplied via optional AC Adapter Kit ACK-E2 (with optional Battery Grip BG-E2N or BG-E2 attached, AA-size batteries can be used)
• Battery Check: Auto
• Power Saving: Provided. Power turns off after 1, 2, 4, 8, 15 or 30 min.
• Date/Time Battery: One CR2016 lithium-ion battery
• Start-up Time: Approx. 0.1 sec. (Based on CIPA testing standards)

• Dimensions (WxHxD): Approx. 5.7 x 4.2 x 2.9 in./145.5 x 107.8 x 73.5mm
• Weight: Approx. 25.7 oz./730g (body only)

• Working Temperature Range: 32-104 F/0-40 C
• Working Humidity Range: 85% or less