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| Marketed | August 2013 |
| Original Price | Open price |
The Canon EOS 70D was developed for users looking to step up from entry-level models and advanced amateurs seeking to extend their photographic horizons. In addition to key devices upgraded from the preceding EOS 60D (released in September 2010), including the CMOS sensor and image processor, the 70D incorporates Dual Pixel CMOS AF, a new autofocus technology that provides significantly improved AF performance during Live View shooting and when shooting movies. Responding to a diverse range of user needs in accordance with varied shooting styles, the new camera contributes to expanding the realm of photographic possibilities.
When using the Live View function, new Dual Pixel CMOS AF enables sharp focus to be obtained through phase-difference AF*1 until final focus is achieved—the same as when shooting through the viewfinder—across approximately 80% vertically and horizontally of the shooting area. Compared with Canon’s previous image-plane phase-difference AF, Dual Pixel CMOS AF realizes shorter focusing times and exceptional tracking performance. Additionally, when shooting movies, the improved tracking capabilities of the Movie Servo AF ensure continuously smooth focusing performance, even when filming quickly moving subjects.
Equipped with a newly developed APS-C-size approximately 20.2-megapixel CMOS sensor and the DIGIC 5+ image processor, which makes possible high-speed image processing, the EOS 70D delivers exceptional image quality and a fast continuous shooting speed of up to approximately 7 frames per second. Additionally, offering a maximum standard ISO of 12800*2 (expandable to ISO 25600), the camera enables the capture of images with reduced noise, even when shooting in low-light conditions.When shooting through the viewfinder, the camera’s 19-point all cross-type AF system provides support for a variety of image compositions and realizes outstanding focusing performance for moving subjects.
Featuring built-in Wi-Fi, the EOS 70D allows users to use their smartphone as a wireless controller to shoot stills with the camera from afar.*3 Additionally, still images (JPEG) stored on the camera’s memory card can be transferred and saved to a compatible smartphone, PC or other device.
*1 Contrast AF employed when using some older EF lens models, during magnified view, during Movie digital zoom and when using an extender.
*2 Maximum ISO speed of ISO 6400 when shooting video.
*3 Remote shooting from a smartphone requires the EOS Remote application. While available for both iOS and Android systems, performance cannot be guaranteed for all models.
| Type | ||
| Type | Digital, single-lens reflex, AF/AE camera with built-in flash | |
| Recording media | SD memory card, SDHC memory card*, SDXC memory card* * UHS-I cards compatible. |
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| Image sensor size | Approx. 22.5 x 15.0 mm | |
| Compatible lenses | Canon EF lenses (including EF-S lenses) * Excluding EF-M lenses (35mm-equivalent focal length is approx. 1.6 times the lens focal length) |
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| Lens mount | Canon EF mount | |
| Image Sensor | ||
| Type | CMOS sensor | |
| Effective pixels | Approx. 20.20 megapixels | |
| Aspect Ratio | 3:2 | |
| Dust delete feature | Auto, Manual, Dust Delete Data appending | |
| Recording System | ||
| Recording format | Design rule for Camera File System (DCF) 2.0 | |
| Image type | JPEG, RAW (14-bit Canon original), RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording possible | |
| Recorded pixels | L (Large) | Approx. 20.00 megapixels (5472 x 3648) |
| M (Medium) | Approx. 8.90 megapixels (3648 x 2432) | |
| S1 (Small 1) | Approx. 5.0 megapixels (2736 x 1824) | |
| S2 (Small 2) | Approx. 2.50 megapixels (1920 x 1280) | |
| S3 (Small 3) | Approx. 350,000 pixels (720 x 480) | |
| RAW | Approx. 20.0 megapixels (5472 x 3648) | |
| M-RAW | Approx. 11.0 megapixels (4104 x 2736) | |
| S-RAW | Approx. 5.0 megapixels (2736 x 1824) | |
| Create/select a folder | Possible | |
| 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. 2500-10000 K), White balance correction, and White balance bracketing possible * Flash color temperature information transmission enabled |
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| 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. 98% (with Eye point approx. 22 mm) | |
| Magnification | Approx. 0.95x (-1 m–1 with 50 mm lens at infinity) | |
| Eye point | Approx. 22 mm (from eyepiece lens center at -1 m–1) | |
| Built-in dioptric adjustment | Approx. -3.0 – +1.0 m–1 (dpt) | |
| Focusing screen | Fixed | |
| Grid display | Provided | |
| Electronic level | Displayable before and during shooting | |
| Mirror | Quick-return type | |
| Depth-of-field preview | Provided | |
| Autofocus | ||
| Type | TTL secondary image-registration, phase-difference detection with the dedicated AF sensor | |
| AF points | 19 (All cross-type focusing*) * Except with certain lenses. |
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| Focusing brightness range | EV -0.5 – 18 (with center AF point, at room temperature, ISO 100) | |
| Focus operation | One-Shot AF, AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF, Manual focusing (MF) | |
| AF area selection mode | Single-point AF (Manual selection), Zone AF (Manual zone selection), 19-point automatic selection AF | |
| AI Servo AF characteristics | Tracking sensitivity, Acceleration/deceleration tracking | |
| AF fine adjustment | AF Microadjustment (All lenses by same amount or Adjust by lens) | |
| AF-assist beam | Small series of flashes fired by built-in flash | |
| Exposure Control | ||
| Metering modes | 63-zone TTL full-aperture metering • Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points) • Partial metering (approx. 7.7% of viewfinder at center) • Spot metering (approx. 3.0% of viewfinder at center) • Center-weighted average metering |
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| Metering brightness range | EV 1 – 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100) | |
| Exposure control | Program AE (Scene Intelligent Auto, Flash Off, Creative Auto, Special scene [Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, Handheld Night Scene, HDR Backlight Control], Program), Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Manual exposure, Bulb exposure | |
| ISO speed (Recommended exposure Index) | Basic Zone modes*: ISO 100 – ISO 6400 set automatically * Landscape: ISO 100 – ISO 1600 set automatically, Handheld Night Scene: ISO 100 – ISO 12800 set automatically |
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| 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) |
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| AE lock | Auto: Applied in One-Shot AF mode with evaluative metering when focus is achieved Manual: By AE lock button |
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| HDR Shooting | ||
| Dynamic range adjustment | Auto, ±1 EV, ±2 EV, ±3 EV | |
| Auto image align | Possible | |
| Multiple Exposures | ||
| Number of multiple exposures | 2 to 9 exposures | |
| Multiple-exposure control | Additive, Average | |
| Shutter | ||
| Type | Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter | |
| Shutter speeds | 1/8000 sec. to 30 sec. (total shutter speed range; available range varies by shooting mode), Bulb, X-sync at 1/250 sec. | |
| Drive System | ||
| Drive modes | Single shooting, High-speed continuous shooting, Lowspeed continuous shooting, Silent single shooting, Silent continuous shooting, 10-sec. self-timer/remote control, 2-sec. self-timer/remote control | |
| Continuous shooting speed | High-speed continuous shooting: Max. approx. 7.0 shots/sec. Low-speed continuous shooting : Max. approx. 3.0 shots/sec. Silent continuous shooting : Max. approx. 3.0 shots/sec. |
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| Max. burst | JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 40 shots (approx. 65 shots) RAW: Approx. 15 shots (approx. 16 shots) RAW+JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 8 shots (approx. 8 shots) * Figures are based on Canon’s testing standards (ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style) and an 8 GB card. |
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| Flash | ||
| Built-in flash | Retractable, auto pop-up flash Guide No.: Approx.12/39.4 (ISO 100, in meters/feet) Flash coverage: Approx. 17 mm lens angle of view Recycling time approx. 3 sec. |
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| External Speedlite | Compatible with 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 | None | |
| Flash control | Built-in flash function settings, external Speedlite function settings, external Speedlite Custom Function settings Wireless flash control via optical transmission |
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| Live View Shooting | ||
| Aspect ratio | 3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 1:1 | |
| Focus methods | Dual Pixel CMOS AF system/Contrast-detection AF system (Face+Tracking, FlexiZone-Multi, FlexiZone-Single), Phase-difference detection with the dedicated AF sensor (Quick mode), Manual focus (approx. 5x and 10x magnified view possible for focus check) | |
| Continuous AF | Provided | |
| Focusing brightness range | EV 0-18 (at room temperature, ISO 100) | |
| Metering modes | Evaluative metering (315 zones), Partial metering (approx. 10.3% of Live View screen), Spot metering (approx. 2.6% of Live View screen), Center-weighted average metering | |
| Metering brightness range | EV 0 – 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100) | |
| Creative filters | Grainy B/W, Soft focus, Fish-eye effect, Art bold effect, Water painting effect, Toy camera effect, Miniature effect | |
| Silent shooting | Provided (Mode 1 and 2) | |
| Touch shutter | Provided | |
| Grid display | Three types | |
| Movie Shooting | ||
| Recording format | MOV Movie: MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 Variable (average) bit rate Audio: Linear PCM |
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| Recording size and frame rate | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD): 30p/25p/24p 1280 x 720 (HD) : 60p/50p 640 x 480 (SD) : 30p/25p * 30p: 29.97 fps, 25p: 25.00 fps, 24p: 23.98 fps, 60p: 59.94 fps, 50p: 50.00 fps |
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| Compression method | ALL-I (I-only), IPB | |
| File size | 1920 x 1080 (30p/25p/24p) / IPB | Approx. 235 MB/min. |
| 1920 x 1080 (30p/25p/24p) / ALL-I | Approx. 685 MB/min. | |
| 1280 x 720 (60p/50p) / IPB | Approx. 205 MB/min. | |
| 1280 x 720 (60p/50p) / ALL-I | Approx. 610 MB/min. | |
| 640 x 480 (30p/25p) / IPB | Approx. 78 MB/min. | |
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* Card reading/writing speed necessary for movie shooting: |
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| Focusing | Same as focusing with Live View shooting * Quick mode disabled during movie shooting |
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| Digital zoom | Approx. 3x – 10x | |
| Metering modes | Center-weighted average and Evaluative metering with the image sensor * Automatically set by the focus method. |
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| Metering brightness range | EV 0 – 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100) | |
| Exposure control | Auto-exposure shooting (Program AE for movies) and manual exposure | |
| Exposure compensation: | ±3 stops in 1/3-stop increments (±5 stops for still photos) | |
| ISO speed(Recommended exposure index) | For auto-exposure shooting | 1. ISO 100 – ISO 6400 set automatically. In Creative Zone modes, the upper limit is expandable to H (equivalent to ISO 12800). |
| For manual exposure shooting | Auto ISO (ISO 100 – ISO 6400 set automatically), ISO 100 – ISO 6400 set manually (1/3- and whole-stop increments), expandable to H (equivalent to ISO 12800) | |
| Time code | Supported | |
| Drop frames | Compatible with 60p/30p | |
| Video snapshots | Settable to 2 sec. / 4 sec. / 8 sec. | |
| Sound recording | Built-in stereo microphone, external stereo microphone terminal provided Sound-recording level adjustable, wind filter provided, attenuator provided |
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| Grid display | Three types | |
| Still photo shooting | Possible | |
| LCD Monitor | ||
| Type | TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor | |
| Monitor size and dots | Wide 7.7 cm (3.0-in) (3:2) with approx. 1.04 million dots | |
| Brightness adjustment | Manual (7 levels) | |
| Electronic level | Provided | |
| Touch screen technology | Capacitive sensing | |
| Feature guide / Help | Displayable | |
| Playback | ||
| Image display formats | Single image display, Single image + Info display (Basic info, shooting info, histogram), 4-image index, 9-image index | |
| Highlight alert | Overexposed highlights blink | |
| AF point display | Possible | |
| Grid display | Three types | |
| Zoom magnification | Approx. 1.5x – 10x | |
| 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 | |
| Rating | Provided | |
| Movie playback | Enabled (LCD monitor, video/audio OUT, HDMI OUT), built-in speaker | |
| Slide show | All images, by date, by folder, by movies, by stills, by rating | |
| Background music | Selectable for slide shows and movie playback | |
| Image protect | 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, Chromatic aberration correction | |
| Resize | Possible | |
| Creative filters | Grainy B/W, Soft focus, Fish-eye effect, Art bold effect, Water painting effect, Toy camera effect, Miniature effect | |
| Direct Printing | ||
| Compatible printers | PictBridge-compatible printers | |
| Printable images | JPEG and RAW images | |
| Print ordering | DPOF Version 1.1 compatible | |
| Custom Functions | ||
| Custom Functions | 23 | |
| My Menu registration | Possible | |
| Custom shooting modes | Register under Mode Dial C | |
| Copyright information | Entry and inclusion enabled | |
| Interface | ||
| Audio/video OUT/Digital terminal | Analog video (Compatible with NTSC/PAL) / stereo audio output Computer communication, Direct printing (Hi-Speed USB or equivalent), GPS Receiver GP-E2 connection |
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| HDMI mini OUT terminal | Type C (Auto switching of resolution), CEC-compatible | |
| External microphone IN terminal | 3.5 mm diameter stereo mini-jack | |
| Remote control terminal | For Remote Switch RS-60E3 | |
| Wireless remote control | Compatible with 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. |
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| Battery information | Remaining capacity, Shutter count, Recharge performance, and Battery registration possible | |
| Number of possible shots (Based on CIPA testing standards) |
With viewfinder shooting | Approx. 920 shots at room temperature (23°C/73°F), approx. 850 shots at low temperatures (0°C/32°F) |
| With Live View shooting | Approx. 210 shots at room temperature (23°C/73°F), approx. 200 shots at low temperatures (0°C/32°F) |
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| Movie shooting time | Approx. 1 hr. 20 min. at room temperature (23°C/73°F), approx. 1 hr. 20 min. at low temperatures (0°C/32°F) * With a fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E6. |
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| Dimensions and Weight | ||
| Dimensions (W x H x D) | Approx. 139.0 x 104.3 x 78.5 mm / 5.5 x 4.1 x 3.1 in. | |
| Weight | with Wi-Fi function | Approx. 755 g / 26.7 oz. (CIPA Guidelines), approx. 675 g / 23.8 oz. (Body only) |
| without Wi-Fi function | Approx. 750 g / 26.5 oz. (CIPA Guidelines), approx. 670 g / 23.7 oz. (Body only) |
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| Operating Environment | ||
| Working temperature range | 0°C – 40°C / 32°F – 104°F | |
| Working humidity | 85% or less | |