EOS 50D

Type

Type

Digital AF/AE SLR camera with built-in flash

Recording media

Type I or II CF Card, UDMA-compatible
* Recording to USB external media enabled with Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E3/E3A attached

Image sensor size

22.3 x 14.9mm

Compatible lenses

Canon EF lenses (including EF-S lenses)
(35mm-equivalent focal length is approx. 1.6 times the lens focal length)

Lens mount

Canon EF mount

Image Sensor

Type

CMOS sensor

Pixels

Effective pixels: Approx. 15.10 megapixels
Total pixels: Approx. 15.50 megapixels

Aspect ratio

3:2

Color filter system

RGB primary color filter

Low-pass filter

Located in front of the image sensor, non-removable

Dust deletion feature

(1) Self Cleaning Sensor Unit
(2) Manual cleaning of sensor
(3) Dust Delete Data appended to the captured image.

Recording System

Recording format

Design rule for Camera File System 2.0

Image type

JPEG, RAW (14-bit Canon original)

RAW+JPEG
simultaneous recording

Provided (Three RAW types and six JPEG types can be set in any combination)

File size

* Exact file sizes depend on the subject, ISO speed, Picture Style, etc.

Folder setting

Folder creation/selection enabled

File numbering

Consecutive numbering, auto reset, manual reset

Recording functions via WFT-E3/E3A

With a CF card in the camera and a USB external media connected to the WFT-E3/E3A, the following functions will be available:
(1) Standard
(2) Automatic switching of recording media
(3) Separate recordings according to image-recording quality
(4) Recording images having the same size
(5) Backup to external recording media

Image Processing

Color space

sRGB, Adobe RGB

Picture Style

Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Def. 1- 3

White Balance

Auto, daylight, shade, cloudy, tungsten light, white fluorescent light, flash, custom, color temperature setting (2500-10000K)

Auto white balance

Auto white balance with the image sensor

Color temperature compensation

White balance correction: +/-9 stops in full-stop increments
White balance bracketing: +/-3 stops in full-stop increments
* Blue/amber direction or magenta/green direction possible

Color temperature information transmission

Provided

Noise reduction

Applicable to long exposures and high ISO speed shots

Automatic image brightness correction

Auto Lighting Optimizer

Highlight tone priority

Provided

Lens peripheral illumination correction

Provided

Add original image verification data

Provided (Verified by optional Original Data Security Kit OSK-E3)