Canon 500D Specifications:

Type: Digital, single-lens reflex, AF/AE camera
Recording: medium SD and SDHC card
Compatible lenses: Canon EF lenses (including EF-S lenses)
Lens Mount: Canon EF mount

Image Sensor
Type: CMOS sensor
Effective Pixels: Approx. 15.10 megapixels
Image Sensor Size: 22.3mm x 14.9mm
Aspect ratio: 3:2
Dust deletion feature: Auto, Manual, Dust Delete Data appending

Recording System
Recording format: Design rule for Camera File System 2.0
Image type: JPEG, RAW (14-bit Canon original), RAW + JPEG simultaneous recording possible, MOV
Recording pixels: (1) Large: Approx. 15.10 megapixels (4752 x 3168), (2) Medium: Approx. 8.00 megapixels (3456 x 2304), (3) Small: Approx. 3.70 megapixels (2352 x 1568), (4) RAW: Approx. 15.10 megapixels (4752 x 3168)
File numbering: Consecutive numbering, auto reset and manual reset

Imaging Processor
Picture Style: Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Def. 1-3
White Balance: Auto (AWB), daylight, shade, cloudy, tungsten, light, white fluorescent light, flash, custom (custom WB)
Noise Reduction: Applicable to long exposures and high ISO speed shots
Automatic Image Brightness Correction: Auto Lighting Optimizer with Face Detection
Highlight Tone Priority: Provided
Lens Peripheral Illumination Correction: Provided
Colour Space: sRGB, Adobe RGB

Viewfinder
Type: Eye-level pentamirror
Coverage: Vertical/Horizontal approx. 95%
Magnification: Approx. 0.87 x (-1m-1 with 50mm lens at infinity)
Eyepoint: Approx. 19mm (From eyepiece lens center at -1m-1)
Built-in dioptric adjustment: -3.0 - +1.0 m-1dpt
Focusing screen: Fixed
Mirror: Quick-return type
Depth-of-field preview: Enabled with depth-of-field preview button

Autofocus
Type: TTL secondary image-registration, phase detection
AF Points: 9
AF Working Range: EV -0.5 - 18 (at 23°C/73°F, ISO 100)
Focusing Modes: One-Shot AF, AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF, Manual focusing
AF-assist beam Intermittent firing of built-in flash
Effective range: Approx. 4.0m/13.1 ft. at center, approx 3.5m/11.5ft at periphery (with an EOS-dedicated Speedlite attached, the Speedlite’s AF-assist beam is emitted instead)

Exposure Control
Metering Modes: TTL full aperture metering with 35-zone SPC
(1) Evaluative metering (linkable to all AF points)
(2) Partial metering (approx. 9% of viewfinder at center)
(3) Spot metering (center, approx. 4% viewfinder)
(4) Center-weighted average metering
Metering range: EV 1-20 (at 23°C/73°F with EF50mm f/1.4 lens, ISO 100)
Exposure control Program AE, shutter-priority AE, aperture-priority AE, depth-of-field AE, full auto (Program AE non-shiftable), Programmed Image Control Modes: (Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, Flash OFF), manual exposure (including bulb), E-TTL II autoflash program AE (evaluative & average metering)
ISO Speed: (Recommended exposure index) ISO 100-3200 (whole-stop increments), ISO expansion 6400, 12800.
* In Basic Zone modes, Auto ISO sets the ISO automatically within 100-1600
*The minimum ISO speed when (highlight tone priority) is enabled will be ISO 200
Exposure compensation +/-3 stops in 1/3-stop or 1/2-half increments, Manual and AEB correction
AE lock Auto: Applied in One-Shot AF mode with evaluative metering when focus is achieved
Manual: By AE lock button

Shutter
Type: Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter
Shutter Speeds: 1/4000 sec. to 30 sec., bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode.), X-sync at 1/200 sec.

Drive System
Drive modes: Single, continuous, Self-time 10sec. Delay//Remote control, self-timer 2sec. delay, Self-timer 10sec delay + continuous shooting (2 to 10 shots)
Continuous shooting speed: Max. approx. 3.4 shots/sec.
Max. burst: JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 170 shots, RAW: Approx. 9 shots

Built in Flash
Type: Auto pop-up, retractable, built-in flash in the pentamirror
Guide No. 13/43 (at ISO 100 meters/feet)
Recycle time: Approx. 3 sec
Flash coverage: 17mm focal length (equivalent to 27mm in 135 format)
Flash metering system: E-TTL II autoflash (evaluative, average), FE lock

Live View Functions
Shooting modes: Still photo shooting and movie shooting
Focusing Quick mode: (Phase-difference detection) Live mode, Live face detection mode (Contrast detection) Manual focusing (5x/10x magnification possible)
Metering modes: Evaluating metering with the image sensor (still photos) / Center-weighted: average metering (movies)
Metering range EV 0-20 (at 23°C/73°F with EF50mm f/1.4 lens, ISO 100)
Movie: MOV (Video: H.264, Audio: Linear PCM)
Recording size: 1920 x 1080:20fps (Full HD), 1280 x 720:30fps and 640 x 480:30fps (SD)
Continuous movie shooting time: Full HD approx. 12 min.
SD approx. 24 min. Max file size: 4GB per clip

LCD Monitor
Type: TFT colour liquid-crystal monitor
Monitor Size and Dots: 3-in. with approx. 920,000 dots (VGA)
Coverage: Approx. 100%
Brightness: adjustment Manual (7 levels)
Interface languages: 25

Image Playback
Image Display Formats: Single, Single + Info (Image-recording quality, shooting information, histogram) 4-image index, 9-image index, image rotate possible
Zoom Magnification: Approx. 1.5x - 10x
Image Browsing Methods: Single image, jump by 10 or 100 images, jump by screen, by shooting date, by movie, by stills
Highlight Alert: Overexposed highlights blink
Movie Playback: Enabled (LCD monitor, video/audio OUT, HDMI OUT) Built-in speaker

Direct Printing
Compatible printers: PictBridge-compatible printers
Printable images: JPEG and RAW images
Print Ordering: DPOF Version 1.1 compatible

Interface
Digital Terminal: For personal computer communication and direct printing (Hi-Speed USB), audio/video output (NTSC/PAL)
HDMI Mini OUT Terminal: Type C (Auto switching of resolution)
Remote Control Terminal: Compatible with remote control via RS-60E3
Wireless Remote Control: With Remote Controller RC-1/RC-5

Power Source
Battery Battery Pack: LP-E5 (Qty.1)
*AC power can be supplied via AC Adapter Kit ACK-E5
*With Battery Grip BG-E5 attached, 6 size-AA/LR6 batteries or 2 LP-E5 battery packs can be used
Battery Life (Based on CIPA testing standards): With viewfinder shooting:
At 23°C/73°F, approx. 500 shots. At 0°C/32°F, approx. 490 shots.
With Live View shooting:
At 23°C/73°F, approx. 190 shots. At 0°C/32°F, approx. 180 shots.

Dimensions and Weight
Dimensions: (W X H X D) 128.8 x 97.5 x 61.9 mm / 5.1 x 3.8 x 2.4 in.
Weight: Approx. 480g / 16.9oz. (body only)

Operating Environment
Working temperature range: 0°C - 40°C / 32°F - 104°F
Working humidity: 85% or less

Price: $1,218.55 $1,056.86

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