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- Specifications
| Marketed | September 1995 |
| Original Price | 88,000 yen (body), 140,000 yen (w/EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 USM) |
Following the EOS 5, this is the second AF SLR camera featuring Eye Controlled Focus. The EOS 55’s Eye Controlled Focus is twice as fast as the EOS 5’s. Also, the Eye Control BASIS AF sensor enables Eye Controlled Focus even during vertical shooting. The new AF sensor also enables focus tracking with your eye while you press the shutter button halfway or during continuous shooting. The camera controls include a Command Dial (well received on other EOS cameras), LCD panel, a new AF mode dial on the camera’s right shoulder, a metering mode lever, and a film advance mode lever. This two-dial and two-lever system makes camera operation quick and easy. The exterior finish incorporates high-quality aluminum.
| Type | 35mm focal-plane shutter multi-mode AF SLR camera |
| Picture Size | 24×36 mm, panorama (13x36mm) enabled (Japanese version only) |
| Compatible Lenses |
Canon EF lenses |
| Lens Mount | EF mount |
| AF System | TTL phase detection. AF modes: One-Shot AF/Predictive AI Servo AF (automatic switchover). The AF mode is set with AF mode dial. Multi-BASIS (|+|) for the AF sensor. Three focusing points selectable by Eye Control, dial operation, or by the camera. AF operating range at ISO 100: EV 0 – 18. |
| In-focus Indicator | Displayed on external LCD panel and superimposed on viewfinder (beeper can be turned off/on). |
| Shutter | Vertical-travel, focal-plane electronic shutter. 30 sec. – 1/4000 sec., B. X-sync at 1/125 sec. In the manual and shutter speed-priority AE modes, 1/125 sec. and slower shutter speeds can be set in 1/2-stop increments. Hot shoe provided for flash sync. Built-in electronic self-timer (with beeper and blinking AF-assist lamp). |
| Viewfinder | Fixed eye-level pentaprism. 0.71x magnification, 90% vertical coverage and 92% horizontal coverage. |
| Viewfinder Information |
Three focusing points (superimposed in red when selected by Eye Control or dial operation), panorama frame (LED), and depth-of-field preview mark all within the image area. Outside the image area, the shutter speed, aperture setting, calibration, depth-of-field AE, FE lock are displayed by a 7-segment yellow LCD. The following indicators use a yellow LCD mask: AE lock, exposure dot scale, exposure compensation, exposure compensation amount, flash, manual exposure level, autobracketing amount, red-eye reduction lamp-ON indicator, flash exposure compensation, flash ready, in-focus indicator (blinks when focus is impossible), incorrect exposure warning during FE lock, Eye Control icon (lights during Eye Control and blinks when Eye Control is impossible), and high-speed sync. Orange LEDs outside the image area illuminate to indicate the panorama image area. They also light during depth-of-field preview with the Eye-Controlled depth-of-field mark or AE lock button. |
| Metering & Exposure Control |
Composite SPC for TTL full-aperture metering (6-zone evaluative, 9.5% partial metering at center linked to focusing point, center-weighted averaging) with shutter speed-priority AE, aperture-priority AE, depth-of-field AE, shiftable Intelligent program AE, four program AE modes, and metered manual. Manual exposure compensation range of ±2 EV (in 1/2-stop increments). AE lock enabled with a button. Autobracketing range of ±2 EV (in 1/2-stop increments) for three consecutive frames. Metering range at ISO 100 and f/1.4: EV 1 – 20. Film speed range: ISO 6 to 6400 (ISO 25 – 5000 can be set automatically with DX code in 1/3-stop increments). Maximum 9 multiple exposures (cancellable or resettable anytime). 11 Custom Functions. |
| Built-in Flash | Located on pentaprism hump. Retractable head. TTL autoflash control (fires automatically in backlight and low-light conditions in the Full Auto and certain Programmed Image Control modes) with off-the-film metering. |
| Quick Control Dial | Dial on camera back sets exposure compensation amount in AE modes, the aperture in the manual mode, and the flash exposure compensation amount for the built-in flash. |
| Power Source | One 6 V 2CR5 lithium battery |
| Film Loading & Advance |
Align film leader at mark, then close the camera back for auto loading. Automatic film advance with built-in motor. Film advance speed: approx. 2.5 fps and single-frame advance. |
| Frame Counter | Counts up on external LCD panel (counts down during film rewind) |
| Film Rewind | Fully automatic with built-in motor. Midroll rewind enabled. |
| Dimensions & Weight |
153 x 105 x 71 mm, 595 g |