| Type | Type | Digital single-lens non-reflex AF/AE camera |
| Recording media | SD memory card, SDHC memory card, SDXC memory card
• UHS-I compatible |
| Image sensor size | Approx. 22.3 x 14.9 mm (APS-C Size) |
| Compatible lenses | Canon EF-M, EF*, and EF-S* lenses
(35mm film equivalent focal length is approx. 1.6 times the lens focal length)
* Requires Mount Adapter EF-EOS M |
| Lens mount | Canon EF-M mount |
| Image Sensor | Type | CMOS sensor (supporting Hybrid CMOS AF II) |
| Effective pixels | Approx. 18.0 megapixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 |
| Dust removal feature | Auto / Manual |
| Recording Format | File Format | Design rule for Camera File system 2.0 |
| Data Type | JPEG, RAW (14-bit, Canon original) RAW+JPEG
simultaneous recording possible |
| Recording Pixels | L (Large): Approx. 17.9 megapixels (5184 x 3456)
M (Medium): Approx. 12.4 megapixels (4320 x 2880)
S1 (Small 1): Approx. 5.5 megapixels (2880 x 1920)
S2 (Small 2): Approx. 3.5 megapixels (2304 x 1536)
S3 (Small 3): Approx. 350,000 pixels (720 x 480)
RAW: Approx. 17.9 megapixels (5184 x 3456) |
| Folder setting | Monthly and daily can be selected |
| File No. | Continuous, Auto 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 white balance correction feature available |
| 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 |
| Creative Assist | Background (Blurred–Sharp), Brightness (Dark– Light), Contrast (Low–High), Saturation (Neutral– Vivid), Color tone (Cool–Warm), Monochrome |
| Autofocus | Type | Hybrid CMOS AF II system (1-point AF, Face+Tracking priority AF) |
| AF points | 49 points (Maximum) |
| Focusing brightness range | EV 1 - 18 (at room temperature, ISO 100, with EF-M22mm f/2 STM) |
| AF operation | One-Shot AF, Servo AF |
| AF-assist beam | Built-in (LED lamp) |
| Exposure Control | Metering modes | Real-time metering using the image sensor
Evaluative metering
Partial metering
Spot metering
Center-weighted average |
| Brightness metering range | EV 1 - 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100) |
| Exposure control | Program AE (modes other than Tv, Av, and M), Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual exposure |
ISO speed
(Recommended exposure index) | Automatically or manually set in a range of ISO 100–12800 (equivalent to 25600 when expanded) Max. auto ISO speed can be configured when mode dial is set to P, Tv, Av, M, or Movie mode |
| Exposure compensation | Manual: ± 3 stops in 1/3-stop increments |
| AE lock | Auto / Manual |
| Shutter | Type | Electronically controlled focal-plane shutter |
| Shutter speed | 1/4000 sec. to 30 sec. (total shutter speed range; available range varies by shooting mode), X-sync at 1/200 sec. |
| Flash Units | Built-in flash | Retracting, manual pop-up flash Guide No. approx. 5 (ISO 100/m)
Supports angle of view equivalent to focal length of approx. 15 mm (35mm film equivalent: approx. 24 mm)
Recharging time: approx. 3 sec. |
| Flash metering mode | E-TTL II autoflash |
| Flash exposure compensation | ±2 stops in 1/3-stop increments |
| FE lock | Provided |
| Drive, Self-timer System | Drive mode | Single-image shooting, Continuous shooting |
| Continuous shooting speed | Max. approx. 4.6 fps |
| Max. burst | JPEG: Approx. 1000 images
RAW: Approx. 7 images
RAW+JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 4 images
• Measured by Canon testing standards (ISO 200, Picture Style: using standard settings), using a 16 GB UHS-I memory card, which complies with Canon testing standards |
| Self-timer mode | Off, 2-second self-timer, 10-second self-timer, Custom timer |
| Still Image Shooting | Aspect ratio settings | 3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 1:1 |
| Focus mode | AF, MF, AF+MF (MF, and MF in AF+MF mode: approx. 5x/10x magnification and MF peaking supported) |
| Continuous AF | Provided |
| Touch Shutter | Provided |
| Grid display | Two types |
| Depth-of-field preview | Provided |
| Movie Shooting | Recording Format | MP4 |
| Movie | MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
Variable (averaged) bit rate |
| Audio | MPEG-4 AAC-LC |
| Recording size and frame rate | 1920x1080 (Full HD): 29.97 fps (NTSC) / 23.98 fps*
(NTSC) / 25.00 fps (PAL)
1280x720 (HD): 59.94 fps (NTSC) / 50.00 fps (PAL)
640x480 (SD): 29.97 fps (NTSC) / 25.00 fps (PAL)
* Actual frame rate: 23.976 fps. |
| File size | 1920x1080 (29.97 fps/23.98 fps/25.00 fps): 172.6 MB/min.
1280x720 (59.94 fps/50.00 fps): 115.4 MB/min.
640x480 (29.97 fps/25.00 fps): 22.4 MB/min. |
| Focusing | Hybrid CMOS AF II system (1-point AF, Face+Tracking priority AF) |
| Focus mode | AF, MF, AF+MF (Manual focus after One-Shot AF)
(MF, and MF in AF+MF mode: MF peaking supported) |
| Servo AF | Can be paused and resumed. |
| Brightness metering range | EV 1 - 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100) |
| Metering mode | Evaluative metering |
| Exposure control | Movie auto exposure mode, miniature effect movie mode, still image mode: Shutter speed of 1/30 to 1/4000 sec.*, with aperture and ISO speed set automatically.
Movie manual exposure mode: Shutter speed of 1/30 to 1/4000 sec.*, with aperture and ISO speed (auto or a specific value) set manually.
* The minimum shutter speed is limited to 1/30 sec. at 24/25/30 fps or 1/60 sec. at 50/60 fps. |
| Exposure compensation | ±3 stops in 1/3-stop increments |
ISO speed
(Recommended exposure index) | Automatically or manually set in a range of ISO 100 – 6400 (equivalent to 12800 when expanded)*
* Manual mode only |
| Miniature effect movie | Provided |
| Still image shooting | Provided |
| Grid display | Two types |
| Sound recording | Built-in stereo microphone, recording level adjustable, wind filter provided, attenuator provided |
| Screen (Monitor) | Type | TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor |
| Screen size / Dots | Wide 3.0-type (3:2) / approx. 1.04 million dots |
| Brightness adjustment | Manual (5 levels) |
| Angle adjustment | Tilt type: Approx. 180° upward |
| Interface languages | English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukraine, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese |
| Hints & Tips | Displayable |
| Playback Functions | Image display formats | Single image display, single image + info display (basic info, shooting info, histogram, lens info, Picture Style, noise reduction, correction data), image index (6/12/42/110), image rotate possible |
| Zoom magnification | Approx. 1.5x to 10x |
| Highlight alert | Overexposed highlights blink |
| Image browsing methods | Single image, jump by 10 or 100 images, filter images (by shooting date, by people, by movies, by stills, by rating), Scroll Display |
| Image rotate | Provided |
| Rating | Provided |
| Image search | Rating, Shot Date, People, Stills, Movie, Digest |
| Movie playback | Provided |
| Protect images | Provided |
| Slideshow | All images
• Playback is also possible after filtering the images using Image Search |
Post-processing of Images
Possible only with images taken with same model | Creative filters | Grainy B/W, Soft focus, Fish-eye effect, Art bold effect, Water painting effect, Toy camera effect, Miniature effect |
| Resize | Provided |
| Red-eye correction | Provided |
| Direct Printing | Type | PictBridge(USB and Wireless LAN) |
| Printable images | JPEG and RAW images (can print RAW images displayed as JPEG only with images taken with the same model), MP4 |
| Print ordering | Complies to DPOF Version 1.1 |
| Custom Functions | Custom Functions | 6 types |
| Copyright information | Entry and inclusion possible |
| Interfaces | Digital terminal | For communications with a computer and PictBridge (Hi-Speed USB equivalent) |
| HDMI mini OUT terminal | Type C (Switches resolution automatically) |
| Wi-Fi (Wireless LAN) | Standards compliance | IEEE 802.11b/g/n |
| Transmission method | DS-SS modulation (IEEE 802.11b), OFDM modulation (IEEE 802.11g/n) |
| Transmission range | Approx. 15 m (49 ft.)
• When connected to a smartphone or tablet
• With no obstructions between transmitting and receiving antennas, and there is no radio interference |
| Transmission frequency (central frequency) | Frequency: 2412-2462 MHz
Channels: 1-11 ch |
| Connection method | Infrastructure mode*, Camera access point mode, Ad hoc mode
* Wi-Fi Protected Setup supported |
| Security | Authentication method: Open system, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK
Encryption: WEP, TKIP, AES |
| Network Functions | Transfer images between cameras | Transferring one image, transferring selected images, transferring resized
images |
| Connection to smartphones | Viewing, controlling, receiving images using a smartphone
Sending images to smartphone connected via NFC
Remote control of the camera using a smartphone |
| Print from Wi-Fi printers | Images to be printed can be sent to a printer supporting Wi-Fi |
| Send images to a Web service | Images in the camera or links to images can be sent to registered Web services |
| View images using a media player | Images can be viewed using a DLNA-compatible media player |
| Power Supplies | Battery | One Battery Pack: LP-E12
• AC power can be supplied via AC Adapter Kit ACK-E12. |
| Number of possible shots | Room temperature (23°C/73°F): approx. 255 images; low temperature (0°C/32°F): approx. 210 images |
| Recordable movie time | Room temperature (23°C/73°F): approx. 1 h 45 min.; low temperature (0°C/32°F): approx. 1 h 40 min.
(When using fully charged Battery Pack LP-E12) |
| Dimensions and Weight | Dimensions | Approx. 108.0 (W) x 66.6 (H) x 35.0 (D) mm (4.25 x 2.62 x 1.38 in.) |
| Weight | Approx. 301 g (10.6 oz.) (including Body + battery pack + card)
Approx. 265 g (9.35 oz.) (Body only, excluding lens cap) |
| Operating Environment | Working temperature | 0°C - 40°C (32°F - 104°F) |
| Working humidity | 85% or less |
