Canon have just announced their latest full-frame DSLR in the company’s EOS range, the Canon EOS 5D Mark III. And if you’re wondering what’s this camera have under the hood, we got the official 5D III’s specs list, some stunning sample images even on high-ISO setting and some great reads for the 5D III’s acrobatic moment. We even got some links for 5D Mark III pre-orders. All of these interesting details are just below.
Canon 5D Mark III full specification
Basic Specifications
Type | Reflex camera digital SLR AF · AE |
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Recording medium | CF card (conforms to type I, 7 UDMA mode support), SD memory card, SDHC memory card, SDXC memory card |
Image sensor size | About 36 × 24mm |
Lens | (Except EF-S lens) Canon EF lenses (Shooting angle in effect, equivalent to a focal length magnification of notation) |
Lens Mount | Canon EF mount |
Imaging element
Form | CMOS sensor |
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Effective pixels | Approximately 22.3 million pixels |
Aspect ratio | 3:2 |
Dust removal function | Addition / Dust Delete Data Auto / Manual |
Recording format
Record format | DCF2.0 |
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Image type | (14bit, Canon original) JPEG, RAW RAW + JPEG simultaneous recording possible |
Number of recorded pixels | L (Large): approximately 22.1 million pixels (5760 × 3840) M (middle): approximately 9.8 million pixels (3840 × 2560) S1 (Small 1): approximately 5.5 million pixels (2880 × 1920) S2 (Small 2): about 2.5 million pixels (1920 × 1280) S3 (Small 3): about 350,000 pixels (720 × 480) RAW (RAW): approximately 22.1 million pixels (5760 × 3840) M-RAW: 1050 millions of pixels (3960 × 2640) S-RAW: 550 millions of pixels (2880 × 1920) |
Recording function | Standard, automatic switching card, sorting, writing the same |
Create / select a folder | Possible |
File name | Camera-specific settings, a user settings, user settings 2 |
Image number | Consecutive numbering, auto reset, forced reset |
Image processing at the time of shooting
Picture Style | Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, 1-3 Faithful, Monochrome, User |
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White balance | Auto, Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash), Manual, 2500 ~ 10000K color temperature setting (about) White balance correction, white balance bracketing possible
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Noise reduction | Corresponding length of exposure time in seconds, to high-sensitivity shooting |
Automatic correction of image brightness | Support by the Auto Lighting Optimizer |
Highlight tone priority high | Possible |
Optical correction lens | Peripheral illumination correction, chromatic aberration correction |
Finder
Method | Use pentaprism, eye-level expression |
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Field of view | (At about 21mm eye point) of about 100% for both left and right / up and down |
Magnification | Approximately 0.71 times (50mm lens · ∞ ·-1m -1) |
Eye point | (From eyepiece lens center / time-1m -1) 21mm approximately |
Diopter adjustment range | About -3.0 ~ +1.0 m -1 (dpt) |
Focusing screen | Fixed |
AF operation display | There are |
Grid display | Possible |
Level display | Using the AF frame display, ± horizontal 6 °, Displayed in increments of 4 ° ± 1 ° the tilt direction (horizontal direction when vertical shooting is ± 4 °, ± tilt direction 6 °) |
Miller | Quick-return |
Depth of field confirmation | Possible |
Auto focus
Method | Phase difference detection method TTL secondary image-forming |
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AF point | 61 points: The lens used * (41 points maximum cross AF point), the number of AF points, AF point is cross-number variation |
Measurement temperature range 距輝 | EV -2 ~ 18 (· ISO100 F2.8 at room temperature, the central AF point support) |
Focus Mode | One-Shot AF, AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF, Manual focusing (MF) |
AF area selection mode | A spot AF point (optional), AF point 1 (optional), AF area expansion (up, down, left, and right optional), AF area expansion (ambient optional), zone AF (optional zone), 61 point AF automatic selection |
Custom Configuration Guide Features AF | Case1 ~ 6 |
AI servo characteristics | Follow-up characteristics Noriutsuri subject tracking performance, for the change in velocity, the AF point |
AF fine adjustment | Support (adjusted uniform all lenses, each lens adjustment) by AF micro adjustment |
AF auxiliary light | By external, EOS-dedicated Speedlite’s AF-assist light |
Exposure control
Photometric method | Metering TTL open split 63
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Metering | EV 1 ~ 20 (· ISO100 · EF50mm F1.4 USM used at room temperature) |
Exposure control method | Priority AE, manual exposure, valve program AE (Intelligent Auto scene, program), AE Shutter Priority, Aperture |
Sensitivity ISO (Recommended Exposure Index) | Intelligent Auto scene: ISO P autoconfiguration 100 ~ 12800, Tv, Av, M, B: ISO Auto, ISO (steps of 1/3, 1) arbitrarily set 100 to 25,600, (50), H1 (equivalent to 51,200), can be expanded sensitivity (equivalent to 102400) H2 L and |
ISO sensitivity related settings | Sensitivity setting range ISO, Auto ISO range, low speed limit can be set auto ISO |
Exposure compensation | Stage one stage step ± 5/3, 1/2: Manual (Can be used in combination with manual exposure compensation) stage 3 stage step ± 1/3, 1/2: AEB |
AE lock | Evaluative metering when one-shot AF ·, AE lock at the same time manual focusing: AE lock button for automatic |
HDR Capture
Dynamic range adjustment | Automatic, ± 1, ± 2, ± 3 |
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Effect finish | Natural, standard painterly, graphic style, tone oil, vintage style |
Automatic adjustment image position | Possible |
Multiple exposure shooting
How to shoot | Priority functions and operations, continuous shooting priority |
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Number of multiple | 2-9 sheets |
Multiple exposure control | Summing, averaging, comparison (right), comparison (dark) |
Shutter
Form | Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter |
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Shutter speed | 1/8000 sec to 1/60 (Intelligent Auto scene mode), S = 1/200 maximum flash sync shutter speed
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Relations drive
Drive mode | Single shooting, continuous shooting speed, low-speed continuous shooting, shooting a silent, quiet continuous shooting, self-timer: / remote control 10 seconds, the self-timer: / remote control for 2 seconds |
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Speed continuous shooting | 3 frames / sec up to about: quiet continuous shooting 3 frames / sec up to about: 6 seconds slower continuous shooting frames / up to about: High-speed continuous shooting |
Maximum burst for continuous shooting | RAW (about 16,270 pieces) about 65 pieces:: JPEG Large / Fine images from about 18 to about 13 ( ) RAW + JPEG Large / Fine images: about seven seven (about)
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External strobe
Compatible Speedlites | EX-series Speedlite |
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Dimming method | E-TTL II autoflash |
Flash exposure compensation | ± 3 step step step 1/3, 1/2 |
FE lock | Possible |
PC terminal | There are |
External Speedlite control | Possible
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Live View shooting function
Aspect ratio switching | 3:2,4:3,16:9,1:1 |
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Focus Mode | (Can be enlarged about five times times / 10) Live mode, Live Face detection mode (contrast detection system), Quick Mode (phase difference detection method), manual focus |
Measurement temperature range 距輝 | EV 1 ~ 18 (· ISO100 at room temperature / time contrast detection method) |
Photometric method | Evaluative metering with the image sensor |
Metering | EV 0 ~ 20 (· ISO100 · EF50mm F1.4 USM used at room temperature) |
Silent shooting | Possible (mode 1,2) |
Grid display | Three |
Video shooting functions
Video recording system | Variable bit-rate MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 (average) |
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Voice recording system | Linear PCM |
Recording format | MOV format |
Recorded Pixels and Frame Rate | 1920 × 1080 (Full HD): 30p/25p/24p 1280 × 720 (HD): 60p/50p 640 × 480 (SD): 30p/25p
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Compression format | ALL-I (I-only), IPB |
File size | 1920 × 1080 (30p/25p/24p) / IPB: min 235MB / about 1920 × 1080 (30p/25p/24p) / ALL-I: min 685MB / about 1280 × 720 (60p/50p) / IPB: min 205MB / about 1280 × 720 (60p/50p) / ALL-I: min 610MB / about 640 × 480 (30p/25p) / IPB: min 78MB / about
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Focus Mode | Conforms to focus with Live View shooting |
Photometric method | And evaluative metering, center weighted average metering by imaging element
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Metering | EV 0 ~ 20 (· ISO100 · EF50mm F1.4 USM used at room temperature) |
Exposure control | Auto exposure priority AE shooting shooting ①, ② shooting shutter priority AE, Aperture ③, ④ manual exposure shooting
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Exposure compensation | Step 3 stage stage ± 1/3 (stage ± 5 still images) |
Sensitivity ISO (Recommended Exposure Index) | Auto-configuration 12800 ISO100 ~: Intelligent Auto scene, Tv P, Av, B: auto-configuration 12800 ISO100 ~, can be expanded sensitivity (equivalent to 25600) H M: (automatically set 12800 ISO100 ~) ISO Auto, sensitivity can be expanded (equivalent 16000/20000/25600) ISO100 ~ (steps of 1/3, 1) manual setting 12800, H |
Time code | Support |
Drop frame | 60p/30p support |
Recording | Built-in monaural microphone, external stereo microphone jacks, adjustable recording level, with Wind Cut function |
Headphone | Headphone jacks |
Grid display | Three |
Still image | Can be taken |
LCD monitor
Form | TFT color liquid-crystal monitor |
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Size / number dot screen | (3:2) / dot about 1.04 million 3.2-wide |
Brightness adjustment | Automatic (brighter / standard / darker), Manual (7 levels) |
Level display | Possible |
Menu Language | Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese |
Features Guide | Can be displayed |
Playback function
Image display format | An image display, information display + one (simple information, shooting information, histogram), Index index four, nine, two display |
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Highlight alert | Overexposed highlights blink |
AF point display | Possible |
Grid display | Three |
Magnification zoom in | 1.5 to about 10, starting position can be set / start magnification expansion |
Image jump | One sheet / 10 / Rating Video / Still / folder / shooting date / sheets / 100 |
Image rotation | Possible |
Rating | Possible |
Video Playback | Possible (the LCD monitor, output video / audio output, HDMI) Built-in speaker |
Slide show | / Rating / still image / video folder / date / All Images |
Protect | Possible |
Image copy | Possible |
Image processing after shooting
In-camera RAW processing | Adjust the brightness noise reduction, white balance, Picture Style, Auto Lighting Optimizer, when the high-sensitivity shooting, image-recording quality JPEG, color space, peripheral illumination correction, distortion correction, chromatic aberration correction |
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Resize | Possible |
Direct Print Function
Compatible printer | PictBridge-compatible printer |
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Print-friendly image | Image JPEG, RAW image |
The print | DPOF Version 1.1 compliant |
Image transfer function
Supported image transfer | (Still image JPEG, image RAW, images RAW + JPEG), Videos |
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Customization feature
Custom feature | 13 species |
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My Menu registration | Possible |
Custom shooting mode | Register to C1/C2/C3 of the mode dial |
Copyright notice | Can be added to set / |
Interface
Digital terminal output video / audio | Analog video (NTSC, support PAL) PC communication / stereo audio output, direct print (equivalent to Hi-Speed USB) Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E7B, GPS receiver connected to GP-E2 |
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Mini HDMI output terminal | Type C (Auto switching resolution), CEC-enabled |
External microphone input terminal | Φ3.5mm stereo mini-jack |
Headphone jack | Φ3.5mm stereo mini-jack |
Remote control terminal | Corresponding to the N3-type remote control |
Wireless remote control | Corresponds to the remote controller RC-6 |
Eye-Fi card | Support |
Power
Battery use | Individual, a Battery Pack LP-E6
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Battery information | Remaining capacity, number of shots, check degree of deterioration, the battery can be registered |
Approximate Number of possible shots (with testing standards CIPA) | (0 ℃) approximately 180 sheets (23 ℃) / low temperature about 200 at room temperature: (0 ℃) Live View shooting approximately 850 sheets (23 ℃) / low temperature of about 950 sheets at room temperature: viewfinder shooting |
Video recording time | (When using a fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E6 minutes) 20 (0 ℃) for about 1 hour (23 ℃) temperature about 1 hour and 30 minutes at room temperature |
Battery for date / time | Pieces, 1 CR1616 lithium battery |
Dimensions and Weight
Size | (Height) × 116.4 (width) of about 152.0 mm (depth) × 76.4 |
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Mass | About 950g (according to CIPA guidelines) / 860g about (body only) |
Operating environment
Temperature available | 0 ℃ ~ +40 ℃ |
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Available humidity | 85% or less |
Battery Pack LP-E6
Form | Rechargeable lithium-ion battery |
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Nominal voltage | DC7.2V |
Capacity | 1800mAh |
Size | (Height) × 21.0 (width) of about 38.4 mm (depth) × 56.8 |
Mass | About 80g |
Battery Charger LC-E6
Rechargeable batteries | Battery Pack LP-E6 |
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Charging time | About 2 hours and 30 minutes |
Rated input | AC100 ~ 240V (50/60Hz) |
Rated output | DC8.4V/1.2A |
Temperature available | +5 ℃ ~ +40 ℃ |
Available humidity | 85% or less |
Size | (Height) × 33.0 (width) of about 69.0 mm (depth) × 93.0 |
Mass | About 130g |
Sample Images and Movies
Check out the sample images Canon has posted from the 5D Mark III. Check out the link in the source page below.
From Amazon
- Canon EOS 5D Mark III 22.3 MP Full Frame CMOS Digital SLR Camera (Body) – $3499
- Canon EOS 5D Mark III 22.3 MP Full Frame CMOS Digital SLR Camera with EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens
- Canon 5D Mark III Accessories
References
From Planet5D
- Canon EOS 5D Mark III – What isn’t in the Canon press release!
- Canon EOS 5D Mark III shutter sound at 6fps!
- planet5D video summary of the Canon EOS 5D Mark III hands on
- Canon EOS 5D Mark II vs Canon EOS 5D Mark III vs Nikon D800
- Canon EOS 5D Mark III on planet5D live!
From Imaging Resource
Camera Labs
From Engadget
Sources: Specification, Sample Images and Movies, References