Canon EOS 70D
The Canon EOS 70D is a digital single-lens reflex camera by Canon publicly announced on July 2, 2013 with a suggested retail price of $1,199. As a part of the Canon EOS two-digit line, it is the successor to the EOS 60D and is the predecessor of the EOS 80D.
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Type | Digital single-lens reflex camera |
| Intro price | US$1199/€1099/£1080 (body only) |
| Lens | |
| Lens | Interchangeable (EF / EF-S) |
| Sensor/medium | |
| Sensor type | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 22.5 × 15.0 mm (APS-C format) |
| Maximum resolution | 5472 × 3648 pixels (4,1 μm pixel size) (20.2 effective megapixels) |
| Film speed | 100 – 12800 in 1/3 stop increments (expandable to H: 25600) |
| Storage media | SD/SDHC/SDXC card (UHS-I bus supported) |
| Focusing | |
| Focus modes | One Shot, AI Focus, AI Servo, Live View (FlexiZone - Multi, FlexiZone - Single, Face detection, Movie Servo), Manual |
| Focus areas | 19 cross-type AF points |
| Exposure/metering | |
| Exposure modes | Scene Intelligent Auto, Flash Off, Creative Auto, Special Scenes (Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, Handheld Night Scene, HDR Backlight Control), Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual exposure, Bulb exposure, Custom, Movie |
| Exposure metering | Full aperture TTL, 63 zones iFCL SPC |
| Metering modes | Evaluative, Partial, Spot, Centre-weighted Average |
| Flash | |
| Flash | E-TTL II auto-pop-up built-in / External |
| Flash bracketing | N/A |
| Shutter | |
| Shutter | Electronic focal-plane |
| Shutter speed range | 1/8000 sec. - 30 sec. and Bulb; X-sync at 1/250 sec. |
| Continuous shooting | 7.0 fps for 40 JPEG frames or for 15 raw frames |
| Viewfinder | |
| Viewfinder | Eye-level pentaprism with 98% coverage and 0.95x magnification / LCD (Live View) |
| Image processing | |
| Image processor | DIGIC 5+ |
| White balance | Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, White Fluorescent, Flash, Kelvin (2500 – 10000 K in 100 K steps) |
| WB bracketing | Yes |
| General | |
| LCD screen | 3.0" (7.7 cm) Clear View II colour TFT vari-angle LCD touchscreen with 1.040.000 dots |
| Battery | Li-Ion LP-E6 rechargeable (1800 mAh) |
| Optional battery packs | BG-E14 grip allows the use of 6 AA cells, one LP-E6 battery or two LP-E6 batteries |
| Weight | 675 g (23.8 oz) (body only) |
| Made in | Japan |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Canon EOS 60D |
| Successor | Canon EOS 80D |
The EOS 70D is the launch platform for Canon's Dual Pixel CMOS Autofocus, which provides great improvement in focusing speed while in Live View, both for stills and video. At large apertures such as f/1.8, the 70D's Dual Pixel CMOS Autofocus provides a significant improvement in focus accuracy and consistency over conventional autofocus.
The 70D can be purchased as a body alone, or in a package with an EF-S 18–55mm f/3.5–5.6 IS STM lens, EF-S 18–135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens, and/or EF-S 18–200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens.
The most recent available firmware is version 1.1.3.