EOS 450D Product Specifications

The Canon EOS-450d is a feature packed camera with excellent specifications. The more you get to use it, the more you'll love it and what it will do for your pictures.

SHOOTING Modes for the EOS-450d
Automatic , Portrait, Landscape, , Sports, Night Portrait, No Flash, Close-up, Program AE , Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual, A-DEP
Picture Styles are Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome and 3 user defined
Colour Space via sRGB and Adobe RGB
Image Processing allows Highlight Tone Priority, both Basic and Creative modes using Auto Lighting Optimizer Long exposure noise reduction High ISO speed noise reduction

Drive Modes are Single, Continuous, Self timer (2s, 10s+remote, 10s + continuous shots 2-10) The Continuous Shooting has a maximum of around 3.5fps.

LIVE VIEW MODE

Electronic viewfinder with image sensor has coverage with Approx. 100% (horizontally and vertically)
Frame Rate is an superb 30 fps
Focusing Manual Focus (Magnify the image 5x or 10x at any point on screen)
Autofocus: Quick mode, Live mode

Metering specifications

Using Real-time evaluative metering with image sensor
Note the active metering time can be changed
Display Options are both Grid overlay & Histogram

EOS-450d IMAGE SENSOR   Type 22.2 x 14.8mm CMOS
Effective Pixels                            Approx. 12.M
Total Pixels Approx.                   12.4M
Aspect Ratio                                3:2
Low-Pass Filter                           Built-in/Fixed with Self Cleaning Sensor Unit
Sensor Cleaning                        EOS integrated cleaning system
Colour Filter Type                       Primary Colour

IMAGE PROCESSOR               Type DIGIC III
LENS
Lens Mount                                  EF/EF-S
Focal Length                             Equivalent to 1.6x the focal length of the lens

FOCUSING                                  Type TTL-CT-SIR with a CMOS sensor
AF System/ Points                      9 AF points (f/5.6 cross type at centre, extra                                                       Sensitivity at f/2.8)

AF Working Range                     EV -0.5 -18 (at 23°C & ISO100)
AF Modes                                   AI Focus One Shot AI Servo
AF Point Selection                      Automatic selection, Manual selection
Selected AF Point Display        Superimposed in viewfinder and indicated on LCD                                                       monitor
Predictive AF                              Yes, up to 10m ¹
AF Lock                                        Locked when shutter button is pressed half way in                                                       One Shot AF mode.
AF Assist Beam                         Intermittent firing of built-in flash or emitted by optional                                                       dedicated Speedlite
Manual Focus                              Selected on lens, default in Live View Mode

EXPOSURE CONTROL for the Canon EOS-450d
Metering Modes
TTL full aperture metering with 35-zone SPC
(1) Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points)
(2) Partial metering at center (approx. 9% of viewfinder)
(3) Spot metering (approx. 4% of viewfinder at center)
(4) Center weighted average metering

Metering Range                          EV 1-20 (at 23°C with 50mm f/1.4 lens ISO100)
                                                       AE Lock
                                                       Auto: In 1-shot AF mode with evaluative metering                                                            exposure is locked when focus is achieved.
                                                      Manual: By AE lock button in creative zone modes.
Exposure Compensation           +/-2 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments (can be                                                               combined with AEB).
AEB                                              +/- 2 EV, 1/2 or 1/3-stop increments
ISO Sensitivity*                           Auto(100-800), 100 - 1600 (in 1-stop increments)
SHUTTER
Type                                             Electronically-controlled focal-plane shutter
Speed
30-1/4000 sec (1/2 or 1/3 stop increments), Bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode)
WHITE BALANCE

Type Auto white balance with the imaging sensor
Settings
AWB, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, White
Fluorescent light, Flash, Custom.
White balance compensation:
1. Blue/Amber +/-9
2. Magenta/ Green +/-9.
Custom White Balance a single setting can be registered

WB Bracketing +/-3 levels in single level increments
3 bracketed images per shutter release.
Selectable Blue/Amber bias or Magenta/ Green bias.

VIEWFINDER

Type Pentamirror
Coverage (Vertical/Horizontal) is aApprox. 95%
Magnification is approx. 0.87x ¹
The Eyepoint is approx. 19mm (from eyepiece lens center) and has a Dioptre Correction of -3 to +1 (1/m) (dioptre)

The Focusing Screen is fixed
It has a Quick-return half mirror (Transmission: reflection ratio of 40:60, no mirror cut-off with EF600mm f/4 or shorter)

The Viewfinder Information is comprehensive presenting the following information

AF information: AF points, focus confirmation light
Exposure information: Shutter speed, aperture value, ISO speed (always displayed), AE lock, exposure level/compensation, spot metering circle, exposure warning, AEB
Flash information: Flash ready, high-speed sync, FE lock, flash exposure compensation, red-eye reduction light
Image information: White balance correction, SD card information, monochrome shooting, maximum burst (2 digit display)

Depth of Field Preview is provided via a Depth of Field preview button.
There is an Eyepiece Shutter on the strap

LCD MONITOR

Type 3.0" TFT, approx. 230K dots
Coverage gives approx. 100%
Viewing Angle (Horizontally/Vertically) is approx 160°
Brightness Adjustment is adjustable to one of seven levels

Display Options
(1) Shooting settings
FLASH Built-in Flash GN (ISO 100, meters)
Built-in Flash Coverage is up to 17mm focal length (35mm equivalent: 27mm)
The built-in Flash Recycle Time takes approx. 3 seconds
Modes
Auto, Manual Flash On/Off, Red-Eye Reduction
It has the ubiquitous Red-Eye Reduction
X-Sync of 1/200sec
Flash Exposure Compensation is +/- 2EV in 1/2 or 1/3 increments
Flash Exposure Bracketing is possible with a compatible External Flash
Flash Exposure Lock is provided Yes
HotShoe/ PC Terminal Yes/ -

External Flash Compatibility provided by E-TTL II with EX series Speedlites,
wireless multi-flash support and External Flash Control is via camera menu screen

FILE TYPE

Still Image Type
JPEG: Fine, Normal (Exif 2.21 [Exif Print] compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system (2.0),
RAW: RAW (14bit, Canon original RAW 2nd edition),
Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant
RAW+JPEG Simultaneous Recording is possible (RAW + Large JPEG only)
Image Size
JPEG: (L) 4272x2848, (M) 3088x2056, (S) 2256x1504
RAW: (RAW) 4272x2848
File Numbering
(1) Consecutive numbering
(2) Auto reset
(3) Manual reset

OTHER FEATURES

Custom Functions
13 Custom Functions with 34 settings

Intelligent Orientation Sensor
Playback Zoom 1.5x - 10x

Display Formats
(1) Single image with information (2 levels)
(2) Single image
(3) 4 image index
(4) 9 image index
(5) Jump Display

Slide Show Autoplay: All images, repeat

Menu Categories
(1) Shooting menu (x2)
(2) Playback menu
(3) Setup menu (x3)
(4) My Menu

The menu is available in 20 Languages
English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Russian, Polish, Hungarian, Czech

INTERFACE Computer USB 2.0 Hi-Speed (Mini-B)
Other Video output (PAL/ NTSC)

STORAGE is via SD card, SDHC card
SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEM

PC & Macintosh
Windows 2000 (SP4) / XP (SP2) / Vista (excl. Starter Edition)
OS X v10.3-10.5

Canon do not specify Windows 7 on the website so no compatability can be inferred for the EOS-450d

Included SOFTWARE for Browsing & Printing is ZoomBrowser EX / ImageBrowser
and for Image Processing it is Digital Photo Professional

Other
PhotoStitch, EOS Utility (inc. Remote Capture, Original Data Security Tools*), Picture Style Editor * Requires optional accessory

POWER SOURCE

Batteries 1 x Rechargeable Li-ion Battery LP-E5
Battery Life Approx. 500 (at 23°C, AE 50%, FE 50%) Approx. 400 (at 0°C, AE 50%, FE 50%)

Battery Indicator has 4 levels

Power Saving The Power turns off after 30sec or 1, 2, 4, 8 or 15mins.

Power Supply & Battery Chargers
AC Adapter Kit ACK-E5, Battery charger LC-E5E, Car Battery charger CBC-E5
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Body Materials are Stainless Steel/Plastic
Operating Environment is 0 – 40 °C, 85% or less humidity

Dimensions (WxHxD) 128.8 x 97.5 x 61.9 mm
Weight (Body Only) Approx. 475g

EOS 450D Product Specifications

Metering specifications