Interchangeable Lens Digital Cameras
Digital SLR Camera
EOS 5D Mark III
EOS 5D Mark III
EOS 5D Mark III
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| Marketed | March 2012 |
Featuring a newly developed 35 mm full-frame approximately 22.3-megapixel CMOS sensor and the DIGIC 5+ image processor, the Canon EOS 5D Mark III offers enhanced AF (autofocus) precision and a faster maximum continuous shooting speed while realizing outstanding image quality for both still photography and video capture.
Succeeding the highly acclaimed EOS 5D Mark II, released in November 2008, the Canon EOS 5D Mark III digital SLR camera achieves significant advances in imaging performance to support a wide range of imaging-expression possibilities. The newly developed 35 mm full-frame approximately 22.3-megapixel CMOS sensor employs an improved photo diode structure and eliminates the gaps between the microlenses to realize enhanced sensitivity and low-noise performance. Incorporating a DIGIC 5+ image processor, which achieves approximately 17 times the processing power of the DIGIC 4, the 5D Mark III delivers both high image quality and high-speed performance. In addition, DIGIC 5+ works together with the newly developed CMOS sensor to make possible high-resolution imaging with a wide dynamic range.
Compared with its predecessor’s ISO100-6400 sensitivity range, the EOS 5D Mark III features an ISO range that has been expanded by two steps to ISO100-25600,* delivering impressive imaging results with reduced noise even in low-light settings.
Similar to the top-of-the-line EOS-1D X, the EOS 5D Mark III’s newly developed AF System incorporates a new 61-Point High Density Reticular AF, including 41 cross-type AF points, to support a range of shooting compositions and deliver greater accuracy when tracking moving subjects. In particular, the AF System excels when shooting portraits and moving subjects.
The EOS 5D Mark III’s newly developed CMOS sensor features 8-channel readout, an improvement over the 4-channel readout speed offered by its predecessor. By combining the CMOS sensor with the high-speed processing performance of DIGIC 5+, the camera achieves high-speed continuous shooting of up to approximately 6 fps while maintaining a high pixel count of approximately 22.3 megapixels.
* Standard ISO sensitivity range is ISO100-12800 when shooting video
| Type | |
| Type | Digital, single-lens reflex, AF/AE camera |
| Recording media | CF card (Type I, UDMA mode 7-compatible), SD memory card, SDHC memory card, SDXC memory card |
| Image sensor size | Approx. 36 x 24 mm |
| Compatible lenses | Canon EF lenses (except EF-S lenses) (35 mm-equivalent lens focal length will be as indicated on the lens) |
| Lens mount | Canon EF mount |
| Image Sensor | |
| Type | CMOS sensor |
| Effective pixels | Approx. 22.30 megapixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 |
| Dust delete feature | Auto, Manual, Dust Delete Data appending |
| Recording System | |
| Recording format | Design rule for Camera File System 2.0 |
| Image type | JPEG, RAW (14-bit Canon original), RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording enabled |
| Recorded pixels | L (Large) : Approx. 22.10 megapixels (5760 x 3840) M (Medium) : Approx. 9.80 megapixels (3840 x 2560) S1 (Small 1) : Approx. 5.50 megapixels (2880 x 1920) S2 (Small 2) : Approx. 2.50 megapixels (1920 x 1280) S3 (Small 3) : Approx. 350,000 pixels (720 x 480) RAW : Approx. 22.10 megapixels (5760 x 3840) M-RAW : Approx. 10.50 megapixels (3960 x 2640) S-RAW : Approx. 5.50 megapixels (2880 x 1920) |
| Recording function | Standard, Auto switch card, Rec. separately, Rec. to multiple |
| Create/select a folder | Possible |
| File name | Preset code, User setting 1, User setting 2 |
| File numbering | Continuous, auto reset, manual reset |
| Image Processing During Shooting | |
| Picture Style | Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Def. 1 – 3 |
| White balance | Auto, Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash), Custom, Color temperature setting (Approx. 2500-10000K), White balance correction, and White balance bracketing possible * Flash color temperature information transmission enabled |
| Noise reduction | Applicable to long exposures and high ISO speed shots |
| Automatic image brightness correction |
Auto Lighting Optimizer |
| Highlight tone priority | Provided |
| Lens aberration correction | Peripheral illumination correction, Chromatic aberration correction |
| Viewfinder | |
| Type | Eye-level pentaprism |
| Coverage | Vertical/Horizontal approx. 100% (with Eye point approx. 21 mm) |
| Magnification | Approx. 0.71x (-1 m-1 with 50 mm lens at infinity) |
| Eye point | Approx. 21 mm (from eyepiece lens center at -1 m-1) |
| Built-in dioptric adjustment | Approx. -3.0 – +1.0 m-1 (dpt) |
| Focusing screen | Fixed |
| AF status indicator | Provided |
| Grid display | Provided |
| Electronic level | Horizontal: 1° increments, ±6° Vertical: 1° increments, ±4° * During horizontal shooting |
| Mirror | Quick-return type |
| Depth-of-field preview | Provided |
| Autofocus | |
| Type | TTL secondary image-registration, phase detection |
| AF points | 61 points (Up to 41 cross-type points) * Number of available AF points and cross-type points vary depending on the lens. |
| Focusing brightness range | EV -2 – 18 (with center f/2.8 AF point, 23°C/73°F, ISO 100) |
| Focus modes | One-Shot AF, AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF, Manual focusing (MF) |
| AF area selection modes | Single-point Spot AF (manual selection), Single-point AF (manual selection), AF point expansion (manual selection; up, down, left, and right), AF point expansion (manual selection; surround), Zone AF (manual selection), Auto selection of 61 AF points |
| AF Configuration tool | Case 1 – 6 |
| AI Servo characteristics | Tracking sensitivity, Acceleration/deceleration tracking, AF point auto switching |
| AF fine adjustment | AF Microadjustment (All lenses by same amount or Adjust by lens) |
| AF-assist beam | Emitted by the EOS-dedicated external Speedlite |
| Exposure Control | |
| Metering modes | 63-zone TTL full-aperture metering Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points) Partial metering (approx. 6.2% of viewfinder at center) Spot metering (approx. 1.5% of viewfinder at center) Center-weighted average metering |
| Metering range | EV 1 – 20 (at 23°C/73°F with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100) |
| Exposure control | Program AE (Scene Intelligent Auto, Program), Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Manual exposure, Bulb exposure |
| ISO speed (Recommended exposure index) |
Scene Intelligent Auto: ISO 100 – 12800 set automatically P, Tv, Av, M, B: Auto ISO, ISO 100 – 25600 (in 1/3- or whole-stop increments), or ISO expansion to L (50), H1 (equivalent to ISO 51200), H2 (equivalent to ISO 102400) |
| ISO speed settings | ISO speed range, Auto ISO range, and Auto ISO minimum shutter speed settable |
| Exposure compensation | Manual: ±5 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments AEB: ±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments (Can be combined with manual exposure compensation) |
| AE lock | Auto: Applied in One-Shot AF mode with evaluative metering when focus is achieved Manual: By AE lock button |
| HDR Shooting | |
| Dynamic range adjustment | Auto, ±1 EV, ±2 EV, ±3 EV |
| Effect | Natural, Art standard, Art vivid, Art bold, Art embossed |
| Auto image align | Possible |
| Multiple Exposures | |
| Shooting method | Function/control priority, Continuous shooting priority |
| No. of multiple exposures | 2 to 9 exposures |
| Multiple-exposure control | Additive, Average, Bright, Dark |
| Shutter | |
| Type | Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter |
| Shutter speeds | 1/8000 sec. to 30 sec., bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode.), X-sync at 1/200 sec. |
| Drive System | |
| Drive modes | Single shooting, High-speed continuous shooting, Low-speed continuous shooting, Silent single shooting, Silent continuous shooting, 10-sec. self-timer/remote control, 2sec. self-timer/remote control |
| Continuous shooting speed | High-speed continuous shooting: Max. approx. 6 shots/sec. Low-speed continuous shooting: Max. approx. 3 shots/sec. Silent continuous shooting: Max. approx. 3 shots/sec. |
| Max. burst | JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 65 shots (approx. 16270 shots) RAW: Approx. 13 shots (approx. 18 shots) RAW+JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 7 shots (approx. 7 shots) * Figures are based on Canon’s testing standards (ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style) and a 8 GB card. |
| External Speedlite | |
| Compatible Speedlites | EX-series Speedlites |
| Flash metering | E-TTL II autoflash |
| Flash exposure compensation | ±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments |
| FE lock | Provided |
| PC terminal | Provided |
| External Speedlite control | Provided * Compatible with radio wireless flash photography. |
| Live View Shooting | |
| Aspect ratio settings | 3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 1:1 |
| Focus modes | Live mode, Face detection Live mode (contrast detection), Quick mode (phase-difference detection), Manual focusing (Approx. 5x / 10x magnification possible) |
| Focusing brightness range | EV 1 – 18 (with contrast detection, at 23°C/73°F, ISO 100) |
| Metering modes | Evaluative metering with the image sensor |
| Metering range | EV 0 – 20 (at 23°C/73°F with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100) |
| Silent shooting | Provided (Mode 1 and 2) |
| Grid display | Three types |
| Movie Shooting | |
| Movie recording compression | MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Variable (average) bit rate |
| Audio recording format | Linear PCM |
| Recording format | MOV |
| Recording size and frame rate | 1920×1080 (Full HD): 30p/25p/24p 1280×720 (HD) : 60p/50p 640×480 (SD) : 30p/25p * 30p: 29.97 fps, 25p: 25.00 fps, 24p: 23.976 fps, 60p: 59.94 fps, 50p: 50.00 fps |
| Compression method: | ALL-I (I-only), IPB |
| File size | 1920×1080 (30p/25p/24p) / IPB : Approx. 235 MB/min. 1920×1080 (30p/25p/24p) / ALL-I : Approx. 685 MB/min. 1280×720 (60p/50p) / IPB : Approx. 205 MB/min. 1280×720 (60p/50p) / ALL-I : Approx. 610 MB/min. 640×480 (30p/25p) / IPB : Approx. 78 MB/min. * Card reading/writing speed necessary for movie shooting: |
| Focus modes | Same as focusing with Live View shooting |
| Metering modes | Center-weighted average and Evaluative metering with the image sensor * Automatically set by the focusing mode. |
| Metering range | EV 0 – 20 (at 23°C/73°F with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100) |
| Exposure control | 1. Auto-exposure, 2. Shutter-priority AE, 3. Aperture-priority AE, 4. Manual exposure * With 1, 2, and 3, exposure compensation and AE lock are possible (except in Scene Intelligent Auto mode). |
| Exposure compensation | ±3 stops in 1/3-stop increments (±5 stops for still photos) |
| ISO speed: (Recommended exposure index) |
Scene Intelligent Auto and Tv: Automatically set within ISO 100 – 12800 P, Av, and B: Automatically set within ISO 100 – 12800, expandable to H (equivalent to ISO 25600) M: Auto ISO (automatically set within ISO 100 – 12800), ISO 100 – 12800 set manually (in 1/3- or whole-stop increments), expandable to H (equivalent to ISO 16000/20000/25600) |
| Time code | Supported |
| Drop frames | Compatible with 60p/30p |
| Sound recording | Built-in monaural microphone, external stereo microphone terminal provided Sound recording level adjustable, wind filter provided |
| Headphones | Headphone terminal provided |
| Grid display | Three types |
| Still photos | Possible |
| LCD Monitor | |
| Type | TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor |
| Monitor size and dots | Wide, 8.1 cm (3.2-in.) (3:2) with approx. 1.04 million dots |
| Brightness adjustment | Auto (Dark, Standard, Bright), Manual (7 levels) |
| Electronic level | Provided |
| Feature guide | Displayable |
| Playback | |
| Image display formats | Single image display, Single image + Info display (Basic info, shooting info, histogram), 4-image index, 9-image index, 2-image display |
| Highlight alert | Overexposed highlights blink |
| AF point display | Possible |
| Grid display | Three types |
| Zoom magnification | Approx. 1.5x – 10x, starting magnification and position settable |
| Image browsing methods | Single image, jump by 10 or 100 images, by shooting date, by folder, by movies, by stills, by rating |
| Image rotate | Possible |
| Ratings | Provided |
| Movie playback | Enabled (LCD monitor, video/audio OUT, HDMI OUT), built-in speaker |
| Slide show | All images, by date, by folder, movies, stills, or by rating |
| Image protect | Possible |
| Copying images | Possible |
| Post-Processing of Images | |
| In-camera RAW image processing | Brightness correction, White balance, Picture Style, Auto Lighting Optimizer, High ISO speed noise reduction, JPEG image-recording quality, Color space, Peripheral illumination correction, Distortion correction, and Chromatic aberration correction |
| Resize | Possible |
| Direct Printing | |
| Compatible printers | PictBridge-compatible printers |
| Printable images | JPEG and RAW images |
| Print ordering | DPOF Version 1.1 compatible |
| Image Transfer | |
| Transferrable images | Still photos (JPEG, RAW, RAW+JPEG images), Movies |
| Custom Functions | |
| Custom Functions | 13 |
| My Menu registration | Possible |
| Custom shooting modes | Register under Mode Dial’s C1/C2/C3 |
| Copyright information | Entry and inclusion enabled |
| Interface | |
| Audio/video OUT/ Digital terminal |
Analog video (Compatible with NTSC/PAL)/stereo audio output Personal computer communication, Direct printing (Hi-Speed USB or equivalent), Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E7, GPS Receiver GP-E2 connection |
| HDMI mini OUT terminal | Type C (Auto switching of resolution), CEC-compatible |
| External microphone IN terminal | 3.5 mm stereo mini-jack |
| Headphone terminal | 3.5 mm stereo mini-jack |
| Remote control terminal | Compatible with N3-type remote controller |
| Wireless remote control | Remote Controller RC-6 |
| Eye-Fi card | Compatible |
| Power | |
| Battery | Battery Pack LP-E6 (Quantity 1) * AC power can be supplied via AC Adapter Kit ACK-E6. |
| Battery information | Remaining capacity, Shutter count, Recharge performance, and Battery registration possible |
| Battery life: (Based on CIPA testing standards) |
With viewfinder shooting: Approx. 950 shots at 23°C/73°F, approx. 850 shots at 0°C/32°F With Live View shooting: Approx. 200 shots at 23°C/73°F, approx. 180 shots at 0°C/32°F |
| Movie shooting time | Approx. 1 hr. 30 min. at 23°C/73°F Approx. 1 hr. 20 min. at 0°C/32°F * With fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E6 |
| Date/Time battery | CR1616 lithium battery (Quantity 1) |
| Dimensions and Weight | |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) |
Approx. 152.0 x 116.4 x 76.4 mm / 6.0 x 4.6 x 3.0 in. |
| Weight | Approx. 950 g / 33.5 oz. (CIPA Guidelines), Approx. 860 g / 30.3 oz. (Body only) |
| Operation Environment | |
| Working temperature range |
0°C – 40°C / 32°F – 104°F |
| Working humidity | 85% or less |