Canon 5D manuale d’uso

THE CANON E O S5 D CAMERA: THE W ORLD’S FIRST PREMIUM D SLR C WHITE P APER[...]

T able of C ontent s I OVERVIEW 3 I I SUMMARY OF NEW AND IMPROVED FEATURES 5 I II PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY 7 R emark able New Ful l-Frame 12.8 Megapi xel CMOS Sensor 7 S ophistic ated New AF S ystem 8 Highly D urable New High- Speed Shutter 9 Design and C onstruction 10 Power Sour ces 11 E- TTL II Autofla sh 11 IV CONTROLS AND DISPLAY 12 High Pe[...]

3 In the Canon D SLR lineup, the gap between the E OS 20D camera, at about $1,500, and the new EO S-1D Mark II N camera, at about $4,000, represents an irresis tible mark eting and engineering opportunity . Of c ourse, many combin ations of s ize, performanc e, ruggednes s and comple xity are pos sible, espec ially for C anon. Canon h as the inesti[...]

4 t o use. Also new and sh ared with the EO S-1D Mark II N c amer a is the Picture Style a pproac h to the manag ement of imag e ch aracteristics, whic h users will appreci ate for its e ase of use and more coher ent set of c ontrols. T rim and convenient siz e and weight are important parts of the E OS 5D camer a’s c haracter . At 810 grams, the[...]

II. SUMMARY OF NEW AND IMPROVED FEA TURES 5 II. SUMMARY OF NEW AND IMPRO VED FEA TURES • W orld’s sm allest and lightest full-fr ame digital SLR (as of August 2005) • Ful l-size 12.8 meg apixel Canon-des igned and -manuf actured CMOS image sensor with l arge 8.2µm square pix els for ultra-fine detail and high im age quality • Incredib le v[...]

II. SUMMARY OF NEW AND IMPROVED FEA TURES 6 • Powerful new Jump function for im age view ing (jump by 10 or 100 imag es, date o r folder) • Storage of one set of fr equently used camer a settings • 21 Cus tom functions with 57 settings • Flexib le folder cre ation and selection • USB 2.0 Hi- Speed c onnection for fast image tr ansfers •[...]

III. PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY 7 Remarkab le New Ful l-Frame 12.8 Megapi xel CMOS Sensor The heart of the C anon EOS 5D Digital SLR i s its extraor dinary new, C anon-designed and –manuf actured, full-fr ame, single-plat e 12.8 megapi xel sensor. This is enough resolution for a double pag e spread in a m agazine, a larg e print of the bride and[...]

a s the E OS-1D Mark II camera. Seen in its totality , this i s groundbre aking performanc e: t op-of-the-m ark imag e quality in a beautiful ly balanc ed pac kage for thous ands les s than e ver before. T he EO S 5D camer a has a new 9-point AF unit w ith si x Supplement al AF points, a new AF algorithm and new AF circuitry . The new AF system imp[...]

III. PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY 9 High ly Dur able New High- Speed Shutt er p revious camera s, focusing s tarts from the center AF point. If it c annot trac k the s ubject, t he other AF points w ill help. The S upplemental AF points enhanc e subject trac king p erformanc e and enable a smoother tran sition from the cent er AF point to adj acent [...]

III. PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY 10 Design and C onstruction 1 00,000-cycle life thi s unit enj oys. Thi s is a lev el of durability expected in a profession al c amer a. For example, ba sed on Canon’s t est stand ards, the EO S-1D Mark II and – 1 Ds Mark II camera s are rated at 200,000 shots; the EOS-1v model is rated at 150,000 s hots and th[...]

III. PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY 11 P ower Sour ce s E- T TL II Aut oflash T he EO S 5D camer a is normal ly powered b y one B attery Pac k BP-511A/514/511/512. (The B P-511A/514 holds 1,390mAh, 26% more than t he 1,100mAh of the BP-511/512.) W ith a fully c harged BP-511A or BP-514, the E OS 5D c an tak e approx imately 800 shots at 20° C/68°F o[...]

IV . CONTROLS AND DISPLAY 12 High Perform ance L CD Screen Large, Bright Viewfinder With Int erc hange able Focu sing Screen s The EO S 5D camer a has a 2.5 inc h polysi licon TF T L CD screen w ith appro ximately 230,000 pi xels. It h as an exc eptionally wide v iewing angle of 170 degrees, and the di splay ar ea is doubl e that of the EO S 20D’[...]

IV . CONTROLS AND DISPLAY 13 New Pict ur e Style m aximum aperture. Lik e the E e-D and Ee- S, it has the P recis ion Matte random m icrolen s con struction with e lements of varying siz e and s ensitiv ity. T wo optional s creen s are availab le, the Ee-D grid-type, also good f or all lense s down to f/5.6 max imum aper ture, and the Ee- S, havin [...]

IV . CONTROLS AND DISPLAY 14 New Aut omatic and Int el ligent Noise R eduction Fu nction Flexib le and C onvenient Fol der Cre ation and Selection S aturation are set to obtain vivid c olors. The P or trait Style ha s C olor T one and Saturation s et to obt ain natural skin tones. Sharpness, one s tep weaker th an in Stand ard, is kinder t o skin. [...]

IV . CONTROLS AND DISPLAY 15 Ultra-prec ise White B alance Exten sive Exposur e C ontrol a s 999E OS5D . Any folder c an be selected for sav ed i mages, e xcept during pla yback. U p to 9999 images can b e saved in a f older, as opposed to 100 in the E OS 20D c amer a. Folders are c reated automatic ally if the file n umber reac hes 9999 or if the [...]

IV . CONTROLS AND DISPLAY 16 Image R ecordin g, Proc essin g and Prot ection m etering sensor zone areas. E valuative (set aut omatically in the Ful l Auto mode), p artial, spot (updated for e ach shot during continuous shooting) and c enterweighted a verage met ering modes are pro vided. Partial metering re ads appro ximat ely 8% of the v iewfinde[...]

IV . CONTROLS AND DISPLAY 17 Image Pla ybac k S mall (4.2 megapix els, Fine/low compre ssion or Normal/high c ompression). RA W+JPEG s imult aneous recordin g is enab led in all JPE G recording mode s so eac h of these six c hoices c an be combined with RA W , creatin g a total of thirteen imag e recording quality p oss ibilities. The RA W and JPEG[...]

IV . CONTROLS AND DISPLAY 18 M enus Cus tomization i s en abled by c hoosin g C.Fn-18-1, shooting priority , and pressing the Dir ect Print button a nd the Magnify/Reduce butt on simultaneously . T he EO S 5D Digital SLR has three menu s: Shooting, Pla yback and Setup . They are c olor c oded red, b lue and yellow , respectively . The Shooting menu[...]

The EO S 5D Digital SLR will be p ack aged with the EO S Digital Solution Disk, V er. 11, whic h includes Z oomBrowser EX 5.5, ImageBro wser 5.5, EOS Capture 1.5 (Windo ws/ Macintosh), Phot oStitch 3.1 (W indows/Macinto sh) and a set of P TP , WIA and TWAIN Drivers (W indows). At no extra c ost, the camer a will also come w ith Digital Photo Profes[...]

V . SOFTWARE P ACKAGE, C OMPA TIBILITY AND SUPPORT 20 Interfac es F ace Brighten er F ac e Brightener, whic h mak es dark, b ac klit f aces bright er, is an effect that a ppeared origin ally in Easy -Photo- P rint V er . 3.0. It is now av ailable, w ithout a c omputer, in the new serie s o f C anon PictBridge printers. It pro vides an e asy way to [...]

VI. SPECIFICA TIONS 21 TYPE IMAGING ELEMENT REC ORDING SYSTEM WHITE BALANCE T ype: Digital AF/AE SLR Rec ording Media: C ompactFla sh (CF) Card T ype I and II Sensor Siz e: 1.41 x 0.94 in./35.8 x 23.9mm C ompatible L enses: C anon EF lenses (except EF- S len ses) Len s Mount: Canon EF mount T ype: High-sen sitivity , High-resolution, Single-plate, [...]

VI. SPECIFICA TIONS 22 V IEWFINDER AUT OFOCUS EXPOSURE C ONTROL T ype: E y e-level SLR with fix ed pentaprism C overa ge: A pprox. 96% horiz ontally and vertically (c overage ag ainst JPE G Large) M agnification: 0 .71x (-1 diopter with 50mm lens at infinity) E yepoint: 2 0mm B uilt-in Dioptric Adjustment: - 3.0 to +1.0 diopter F ocu sing Screen: I[...]

VI. SPECIFICA TIONS 23 S HUTTER FLASH DRIVE SY STEM L CD MONITOR IMAGE PLA YBACK IMAGE PROTE CTION AND ERASE T ype: V er tical-trav el, mechanic al, focal-pl ane shutter with all s peeds electronic ally- c ontro lled S hutter S peeds: 1 /8000 to 30 sec. (1/3- stop increments), X -sync at 1/200 sec. S hutter R elease: S oft-touc h electromagnetic re[...]

VI. SPECIFICA TIONS 24 M ENUS POWER SOURCE DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT WORKING C ONDITIONS M enu C ategories: ( 1) Shooting (2) Playbac k (3) Setup L CD Monitor Language: 1 5 (Engli sh, German, Frenc h, Dutc h, Danish, Finnish, Italian, N orwegian, Swedish, S panish, Russian, Simp lified/Tr aditional Chinese, Korean, J apanese) F irmwar e Update: E nab l[...]

VI. C ONCLUSION 25 The Canon E OS 5D Digital SLR is an extraordinary product. It has ver y high resolution, modest dimen sions and weight, r emarkabl e ease of use, gr eat ac curacy , high-quality cons truction and a superior software pac kage. With the exc eption of EF- S lenses, it enjoys essential ly compl ete compatibility with the C anon EOS s[...]