Combine fast, instinctive DSLR handling with 50.6-megapixel resolution, and capture exquisite detail in every moment. The EOS 5DS will transform the way you look at the world.

See more detail and new levels of image quality

The 50.6 megapixel full frame CMOS sensor is capable of recording extraordinary levels of detail. The ultra-high resolution enables extensive cropping and still delivers stunning image quality. Even the built in 1.3x and 1.6x cropped shooting modes produce 30.5 and 19.6 megapixel files, respectively.

Reduced mirror vibration for maximum sharpness

The EOS 5DS uses Canon’s Mirror Vibration Control System to reduce vibrations caused by internal movements within the camera, which can spoil image sharpness and reduce resolution. Cams are used to drive the mirror up and down in a more controlled fashion, avoiding any sudden stops and also softening the shutter-release sound.

React and respond, staying ahead of the action

Enjoy fast image processing and camera responsiveness – even with the large amounts of data captured by the 50.6-MP sensor - thanks to the Dual DIGIC 6 processors. You can catch all the action with an unrivalled ability to capture 50.6-MP resolution images at 5fps while USB 3.0 connectivity allows fast tethered shooting and remote camera control.

Dual memory card slots

CompactFlash and SD memory card slots enable automatic back up of files as you shoot, allowing easy sharing with clients and extending storage capacity.

High dynamic range imaging

Preserve the detail in highlight and shadow areas using HDR imaging. Ideal for shooting landscape and still-life shots it combines three images of different exposures: standard, underexposure and overexposure.

Full HD EOS movies

Capture Full HD EOS Movies, with creative manual control over picture and sound.

Technical Specifications

Image Sensor

• Type: 36 x 24 mm CMOS
• Effective Pixels: Approx. 50.6 megapixels
• Total Pixels: Approx. 53 megapixels
• Aspect Ratio: 3:2
• Low-Pass Filter: Built-in/Fixed
• Sensor Cleaning: EOS integrated cleaning system
• Colour Filter Type: Primary Colour

Image Processor

• Type: Dual "DIGIC 6"

Lens

• Lens Mount: EF (excludes EF-S / EF-M lenses)
• Focal Length: Equivalent to 1.0x the focal length of the lens

Focusing

• Type: TTL-CT-SIR with a dedicated CMOS sensor
• AF System/ Points: 61 Point / 41 f/4 cross-type AF points inc 5 dual cross type at f/2.8 and 1 cross-type at f/8 The number of cross-type AF points will differ depending on the lens.
• AF working range: EV -2 - 18 (at 20°C & ISO100)
• AF Modes: AI Focus, One Shot, Predictive AI Servo
• AF Point Selection: Automatic selection: 61 point AF, Manual selection: Single point AF (selectable points 61, 15, 9 or cross type only points selectable), Manual selection: Spot AF, Manual selection: AF point Expansion (4 points up, down, left, right or 8 surrounding 8 points), Manual selection: AF point Expansion surrounding 8 points, Manual selection: Zone AF, Manual selection: Large Zone AF, AF points can be selected separately for vertical and horizontal shooting
• Selected AF point display: Superimposed in viewfinder and indicated on top LCD panel and Quick Control screen
• AF Lock: Locked when shutter button is pressed half way or AF ON is pressed in One Shot AF mode
• AF Assist Beam: Emitted by an optional dedicated Speedlite
• Manual Focus: Selected on lens, default in Live View Mode
• AF Microadjustment: Manual: Enter adjustment +/- 20 steps, Adjust all lenses by same amount, Adjust up to 40 lenses individually, Adjustments remembered for lens by serial number

Exposure Control

• Metering modes: 150,000-pixel RGB+IR metering sensor, EOS iSA System with 252-zone metering: (1) Evaluative metering (linked to All AF point), (2) Partial metering (approx. 6.1% of viewfinder at centre), (3) Spot metering (approx. 1.3% viewfinder at centre), AF point-linked spot metering not provided, (4) Centre weighted average metering
• Metering Range: EV 0 - 20 (at 23°C with 50mm f/1.4 lens ISO100)
• AE Lock: Auto: Operates in 1-shot AF mode with evaluative metering when focus is achieved Manual: By AE lock button in all exposure modes
• Exposure Compensation: '+/-5 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments (can be combined with AEB).
• AEB: 2, 3, 5 or 7 Shots +/-3 EV 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments
• ISO Sensitivity [8]: 100-6400 (in 1/3-stop or whole stop increments), ISO can be expanded to L:50 or H1: 12800

Shutter

• Type: Electronically-controlled focal-plane shutter
• Speed: 30-1/8000 sec (1/2 or 1/3 stop increments), Bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode)
• Shutter Release: Soft touch electromagnetic release

White Balance

• Type: Auto white balance with the imaging sensor
• Settings: AAWB (Ambeince priority/White priority), Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, White Fluorescent light, Flash, Custom, Colour Temperature Setting. White balance compensation: 1. Blue/Amber +/-9, 2. Magenta/ Green +/-9.
• Custom White Balance: Yes, 1 setting can be registered
• Yes, 1 setting can be registered: '+/-3 levels in single level increments, 3, 2, 5 or 7 bracketed images per shutter release., Selectable Blue/Amber bias or Magenta/ Green bias.

Viewfinder

• Type: Pentaprism
• Coverage (Vertical/Horizontal): Approx. 100%
• Magnification: Approx. .71x
• Eyepoint: Approx. 21mm (from eyepiece lens centre)
• Dioptre Correction: '-3 to +1 m-1 (dioptre)
• Focusing Screen: Fixed
• Mirror: Quick-return half mirror (Transmission: reflection ratio of 40:60, no mirror cut-off with EF600mm f/4 or shorter)
• Viewfinder Information: AF information: Single/Spot AF points, AF Frame, AF status, Focus indicator, AF mode, AF point selection, AF point registration, Exposure information: Shutter speed, aperture value, ISO speed (always displayed), AE lock, exposure level/compensation, flash metering, spot metering circle, exposure warning, AEB, metering mode, shooting mode, Flash information: Flash ready, high-speed sync, FE lock, flash exposure compensation, red-eye reduction light., Image information: Card information, maximum burst (2 digit display), Highlight tone priority (D+). Composition information: Crop area, Aspect ratio, Grid, Electronic, Other information: Battery check, Warning symbol, Flicker Detection, drive mode, white balance, JPEG/RAW indicator
• Depth of field preview: Yes, with Depth of Field preview button.
• Eyepiece shutter: None (eyepiece cover attached to strap)

LCD Monitor

• Type: 8.11cm (3.2") Clear View II TFT, approx. 1040K dots
• Coverage: Approx. 100%
• Viewing Angle (horizontally/vertically): Approx. 170°
• Coating: Anti-reflection and Solid Structure
• Brightness Adjustment: Auto: Using extenal ambient light sensor, Manual: Adjustable to one of seven levels
• Display Options: (1) Quick Control Screen, (2) Camera settings, (3) Dual Axis Electronic Level, (4) Custom Quick control screen

Flash

• Modes: E-TTL II Auto Flash, Metered Manual
• X-sync: 1/200sec
• Flash Exposure Compensation: '+/- 3EV in 1/3 increments with EX series Speedlites
• Flash Exposure Bracketing: Yes, with compatible External Flash
• Flash Exposure Lock: Yes
• Second Curtain Synchronisation: Yes
• HotShoe/ PC terminal: Yes/ Yes
• Flash Exposure Bracketing: Yes, with compatible external flash
• External Flash Compatibility: E-TTL II with EX series Speedlites, wireless multi-flash support
• Second Curtain Synchronisation: Yes
• HotShoe/ PC terminal: Yes/ No
• External Flash Compatibility: E-TTL II with EX series Speedlites, wireless multi-flash support
• External Flash Control: Via camera menu screen

Shooting

• Modes: Scene Intelligent Auto, Program AE , Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual (Stills and Movie), Bulb, Custom (x3)
• Picture Styles: Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, Fine Detail, User Defined (x3)
• Colour Space: sRGB and Adobe RGB
• Image Processing: Highlight Tone Priority, Auto Lighting Optimizer (4 settings), Long exposure noise reduction, High ISO speed noise reduction (4 settings), Multi Shot Noise Reduction, Auto Correction of Lens Peripheral illumination, Chromatic aberration correction, Resize to M, S1, S2 or S3, RAW image processing - during image Playback only, Image cropping - during image Playback only, Multiple exposure, HDR images 5 presets
• Drive modes: Single, Continuous L, Continuous H, Self timer (2s+remote, 10s+remote), Silent single shooting, Silent continous shooting
• Continuous Shooting: Max. Approx. 5fps. (speed maintained for up to 510 number of JPEGs or 14 RAW images) with UDMA mode 7 card.
• Intervalometer: Built-in, number of shots selectable from 1-99 or unlimited. Bulb timer possible

Live View Mode

• Type: Electronic viewfinder with image sensor
• Coverage: Approx. 100% (horizontally and vertically)
• Frame Rate: 29.97 fps
• Focusing: Manual Focus (Magnify the image 6x or 16x at any point on screen), Autofocus: Quick mode, Live mode, Live Face detection mode
• Metering: Real-time evaluative metering with image sensor, Active metering time can be changed
• Display Options: Grid overlay (x3), Histogram

File Type

• Still Image Type: JPEG: 2 compression options (Exif 2.3 compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system (2.0), RAW: RAW, M-RAW, S-RAW (14bit, Canon original RAW 2nd edition), Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant
• RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording: Yes, any combination of RAW + JPEG possible, separate formats to separate cards possible
• Image Size: JPEG: Full Frame - (L) 8688x5792, (M1) 7680x5120, (M2) 5760x3840, (S1) 4320x2880, (S2) 1920x1280, (S3) 720x480, 1.3x Crop - (L) 6768x4512, (M1) 6016x4000, (M2) 4512x3008, (S1) 3376x2256, (S2) 1920x1280, (S3) 720x480, 1.6x Crop - (L) 5424x3616, (M1) 4800x3200, (M2) 3616x2408, (S1) 2704x1808, (S2) 1920x1280, (S3) 720x480, 1:1 Crop - (L) 5792x5792, (M1) 5120x5120, (M2) 3840x3840, (S1) 2880x2880, (S2) 1280x1280, (S3) 480x480, RAW: (RAW) 8688x5792, (M-RAW) 6480x4320, (S-RAW) 4320x2880
• Movie Type: MOV (Video: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, Sound: Linear PCM)
• Movie Size: 1920 x 1080 (29.97, 25, 23.976 fps) intra or interframe, 1280 x 720 (59.94, 50 fps) intra or interframe, 640 x 480 (29.97, 25 fps) interframe only
• Movie Length: Max duration 29min 59sec, Max single file size 4GB
• Time-lapse Movie: Shooting interval can be set between 1 sec. to 99 hr. 59min. 59 seconds Sequence of images between 2 and 3600 shots, up to 2min. 24sec. (PAL) MOV format, Full HD (1920 x 1080) 25p (ALL-I)
• File Numbering: (1) Consecutive numbering, (2) Auto reset, (3) Manual reset, (2) Auto reset

Other Features

• Custom Functions: 16 Custom Functions
• Metadata Tag: Author, copyright, GPS (with GP-E2), Rating
• LCD Panel / Illumination: Yes / Yes
• Water/ Dust resistance: Yes
• Sound Memo: No
• Intelligent Orientation Sensor: Yes
• Playback zoom: 1x - 16x
• Display Formats: (1) Single image, (2) Single image with information (2 levels), (3) Two image Display image, (4) 4 image index, (5) 9 image index, (6) 36 image index, (7) 100image index, (8) Jump Display, (9) Movie edit, (10) RAW processing, (11) Rating
• Slide Show: Image selection: All images, by Date, by Folder, Movies, Stills, Rating, Protect images, Playback time: 1/2/3/5/10 or 20 seconds, Repeat: On/Off
• Histogram: Brightness: Yes, RGB: Yes
• Highlight Alert: Yes
• Image Erase/Protection: Erase protection of one image at a time, folder or card
• Image Erase: Single image, selected, folder, card or all unprotected
• Self Timer: 2 or 10 sec.
• Menu Categories: (1) Shooting menu 1 - 6, (2) AF Menu 1 - 5, (3) Playback menu 1 - 3, (4) Setup menu 1 - 4, (5) Custom Functions menu 1 - 4, (6) My Menu (1 - 5 user selectable)
• Menu Languages: 25 Languages, English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Japanese
• Firmware Update: Update possible by the user.

Interface

• Computer: USB 3.0 Hi-Speed (PTP)
• Other: HDMI Type C, External microphone (Stereo mini jack)

Direct Print

• Canon Printers: Canon Compact Photo Printers and PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge
• PictBridge: Yes

Storage

• Type: CompactFlash Type I (UDMA 7 compatible), SD card, SDHC card or SDXC card. High-speed writing with UHS-I type SD cards is supported

Supported Operating System

• PC & Macintosh: Windows 7 (excl. Starter Edition), Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, OS X v10.8-10.10

Software

• Image Processing: Digital Photo Professional 4 (RAW Image Processing)
• Other: PhotoStitch, EOS Utility 3 (inc. Remote Capture, WFT utility), Picture Style Editor, Requires optional accessory

Power Source

• Batteries: Rechargeable Li-ion Battery LP-E6N (supplied) / LP-E6
• Battery life: Approx. 700 shots (at 23°C), Approx. 660 (at 0°C)
• Battery Indicator: Automatic displayed in 6 levels
• Power saving: Power turns off after 1, 2, 4, 8, 15 or 30mins.
• Power Supply & Battery Chargers: AC Adapter Kit ACK-E6, Battery charger LC-E6, Car Battery charger CBC-E6

Physical Specifications

• Body Materials: Magnesium Alloy body covers
• Operating Environment: 0 – 40 °C, 85% or less humidity
• Dimensions (WxHxD): 152 x 116.4 x 76.4mm
• Weight (body only): Approx. 845 g