A quick Review and Specification for the Canon EOS 70D
Camera manufacturer Canon unveiled back in 2013 the EOS 70D, which had a groundbreaking focusing technique that unlocks the potential of Live View: Dual Pixel CMOS AF. This is the first DSLR camera to have this technology.
The EOS 70D’s Live View video captures smooth and accurate focusing like that of a camcorder, with the exceptional picture quality that is a trademark of EOS cameras. As a result, the Vari-angle Touch Screen 3.0-inch Clear View LCD display II’s Vari-angle Touch Screen enables you to take full use of the flexibility of angle provided by Dual Pixel CMOS AF during Live View still picture recording.
Can you Live without Live View?
With the two real-world options of Live View and viewfinder shooting, the compositional possibilities are now practically unlimited. EOS 70D’s new Dual Pixel CMOS AF is compatible with over 103 of the company’s most popular EF lenses, which dramatically enhances photographers’ creative options.
The Camera Connect app*
The Camera Connect app* and built-in wireless technology* expand shooting options and make it even easier to share photos and videos. A first for an EOS camera with an APS-C sensor, the EOS 70D’s 20.2 Megapixel CMOS (APS-C) sensor produces stunning images. As a result of the strong DIGIC 5+ Image Processor, the camera can shoot at 7.0 frames per second and has an increased ISO range of 100–12800 (H: 25600).
Accuracy
The impressive 19-point all-cross-type AF system, which has a high accuracy dual cross f/2.8 center point and sophisticated display settings on the Intelligent Viewfinder, may be used to take stunning photographs.
Handheld Night Scene, HDR, and other real-time in-camera photography technologies like HDR and HDR Backlight Control make it easy to create stunning photographs with basic settings like a single exposure.
The EOS 70D with Dual Pixel CMOS AF puts the power of creative expression at your fingertips, allowing you to take stunning stills and stunning video.
Canon EOS 70D Specifications
| 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. | ||
| Image sensor size | Approx. 22.5 x 15.0mm | |
| 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)Lens mountCanon EF mountImage SensorTypeCMOS sensorEffective pixelsApprox. 20.20 megapixelsAspect ratio3:2Dust delete featureAuto, Manual, Dust Delete Data appendingRecording SystemRecording formatDesign rule for Camera File System (DCF) 2.0Image typeJPEG, RAW (14-bit Canon original)RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording possibleRecorded pixelsL (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 | ||
| 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. 22mm) | |
| Magnification | Approx. 0.95x (-1 m–1with 50mm lens at infinity) | |
| Eye point | Approx. 22mm (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. | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 exposureISO 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 automaticallyP, Tv, Av, M, B: Auto ISO, ISO 100 – ISO 12800 (in 1/3- or whole-stop increments), or ISO expansion to H (equivalent to ISO 25600)ISO speed settingsISO speed range, Auto ISO range, and Auto ISO minimum shutter speed settableExposure compensationManual: ±5 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop incrementsAEB: ±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments (can be combined with manual exposure compensation)AE lockAuto: Applied in One-Shot AF mode with evaluative metering when focus is achievedManual: By AE lock buttonHDR ShootingDynamic range adjustmentAuto, ±1 EV, ±2 EV, ±3 EVAuto image alignPossibleMultiple ExposuresNumber of multiple exposures2 to 9 exposuresMultiple-exposure controlAdditive, AverageShutterTypeElectronically-controlled, focal-plane shutterShutter speeds1/8000 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. | ||
| 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. | ||
| * Figures in parentheses apply to an UHS-I compatible 8 GB card based on Canon’s testing standards. | ||
| Flash | Built-in flash | Retractable, auto pop-up flash |
| Guide No.: Approx.12/39.4 (ISO 100, in meters/feet) | ||
| Flash coverage: Approx. 17mm lens angle of view | ||
| Recycling time approx. 3 sec. | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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: 23.98 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: IPB: at least 6 MB per sec./ALL-I: at least 20 MB per sec. | |
| Focusing | Same as focusing with Live View shooting * Quick mode disabled during movie shooting | |
| Digital zoom | Approx. 3x-10x | |
| Metering modes | Center-weighted average and Evaluative metering with the image sensor * Automatically set by the focus method. | |
| Metering brightness range | EV 0 – 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100) | |
| Exposure control | Autoexposure shooting (Program AE for movies) and manual exposure | |
| Exposure compensation | ±3 stops in 1/3-stop increments (±5 stops for still photos) | |
| (Recommended exposure index) | For autoexposure 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Interface languages | 25 | |
| 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 | Type | PictBridge (USB and Wireless LAN) |
| 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 |
| 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. * With Battery Grip BG-E14 attached, size-AA/LR6 batteries can be used. |
| 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) | |
| 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. | |
| 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 | Approx. 755 g / 26.7 oz. (CIPA Guidelines), approx. 675 g / 23.8 oz. (Body only) | |
| Operation Environment | Working temperature range | 0°C – 40°C / 32°F – 104°F |
| Working humidity | 85% or less |
Canon EOS 70D Wi-Fi Specifications
| Wireless LANStandards complianceIEEE802.11b/g/nTransmission methodDS-SS modulation (IEEE802.11b) OFDM modulation (IEEE802.11g/n)Transmission rangeApprox. 30 m/98.4 ft * With no obstructions between the transmitting and receiving antennas and no radio interference. * With a large, high-performance antenna attached to the wireless LAN access point.Transmission frequency (Center frequency)Frequency: 2412 – 2462MHz Channels: 1 – 11chConnection methodInfrastructure mode*, ad hoc mode, camera access point mode * Wi-Fi Protected Setup supportedSecurityAuthentication method: Open system, Shared key, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK Encryption: WEP, TKIP, AESNetwork FunctionsTransfer images between camerasTransferring one image Transferring selected images Transferring resized imagesConnection to smartphonesImages can be viewed, controlled, and received using a smartphone. Remote control of the camera using a smartphoneRemote operation using EOS UtilityRemote control functions and image viewing functions of EOS Utility can be used via a wireless LAN.Print from Wi-Fi printersImages to be printed can be sent to a printer supporting Wi-Fi.Send images to a Web serviceImages in the camera or links to images can be sent to registered Web services.View images using a media playerImages can be viewed using a DLNA-compatible media player. |
Battery Pack LP-E6
| Battery Pack LP-E6TypeRechargeable lithium-ion batteryRated voltage7.2 V DCBattery capacity1800 mAhDimensions (W x H x D)Approx. 38.4 x 21.0 x 56.8 mm / 1.5 x 0.8 x 2.2 in.WeightApprox. 80g / 23.6 oz. |
Battery Charger LC-E6
| Battery Charger LC-E6Compatible batteryBattery Pack LP-E6Recharging timeApprox. 2 hr. 30 min.Rated input100 – 240 V AC (50/60 Hz)Rated output8.4 V DC / 1.2 AWorking temperature range5°C – 40°C / 41°F – 104°FWorking humidity85% or lessDimensions (W x H x D)Approx. 69.0 x 33.0 x 93.0 mm / 1.5 x 0.8 x 3.7 in.WeightApprox. 130g / 23.6 oz. |
