Canon EOS 1500D with EF-S 18-55mm IS II Lens

Camera Type
Digital, AF/AE single-lens reflex camera with built-in flash

Recording Media
SD, SDHC and SDXC Memory Cards:
Compatible with SD speed class cards
Not compatible with UHS speed class cards
Compatible with Eye-Fi Cards
Multimedia cards (MMC) cannot be used (A card error will be displayed)

Image Format
Approx. 22.3mm x 14.9mm (APS-C)

Compatible Lenses
Canon EF Lenses (including EF-S lenses and excluding EF-M lenses)

Lens Mount
Canon EF mount

Type
CMOS sensor

Pixels
Effective pixels: Approx. 24.10 megapixels (rounded to the nearest 100,000)
Total pixels: Approx. 24.70 megapixels (rounded to the nearest 100,000)

Pixel Unit
Approx. 3.72 Mum square

Aspect Ratio
3:2 (Horizontal: Vertical)

Color Filter System
RGB primary color filters

Low Pass Filter
Installed in front of the image sensor, non-detachable

Dust Deletion Functions
1. Dust Delete Data acquisition and appending:
The coordinates of the dust adhering to the low-pass filter are detected by a test shot and appended to subsequent images
The dust coordinate data appended to the image is used by the EOS software to automatically erase the dust spots

2. Manual cleaning by hand:
Self Cleaning Sensor Unit not provided

Recording Format
Compliant to Design rule for Camera File system 2.0 and Exif 2.30

Image Format
JPEG, RAW (14 bit Canon original)

File Size
3:2 Aspect Ratio:
Large: 6000 x 4000
Medium: 3984 x 2656
Small 1: 2976 x 1984
Small 2: 1920 x 1280
Small 3: 720 x 480
RAW: 6000 x 4000

4:3 Aspect Ratio:
Large: 5328 x 4000
Medium: 3552 x 2664
Small 1: 2656 x 1992
Small 2: 1696 x 1280
Small 3: 640 x 480
RAW: 6000 x 4000

16:9 Aspect Ratio:
Large: 6000 x 3368
Medium: 3984 x 2240
Small 1: 2976 x 1680
Small 2: 1920 x 1080
Small 3: 720 x 408
RAW: 6000 x 4000

File Size (Cont.)
1:1 Aspect Ratio:
Large: 4000 x 4000
Medium: 2656 x 2656
Small 1: 1984 x 1984
Small 2: 1280 x 1280
Small 3: 480 x 480
RAW: 6000 x 4000

Values are rounded to the nearest 100,000. (Nearest 10,000 for S3)
For JPEG, the image will be generated according to the selected aspect ratio
RAW images are generated in [3:2] and the set aspect ratio is appended

File Numbering
The following three types of file numbering method can be set:
(1) Continuous numbering:
The numbering of captured images will continue even after you replace the card (The numbering continues even when the folder changes)

(2) Auto reset:
When you replace the camera's card, the numbering will be reset to start from 0001. If the new card already contains images, the numbering will continue from the last recorded image in the card

File Numbering (Cont.)
(3) Manual reset:
Resets the file number to 0001 and creates a new folder automatically

Color Space
sRGB/Adobe RGB

Picture Style
(1) Auto
(2) Standard
(3) Portrait
(4) Landscape
(5) Neutral
(6) Faithful
(7) Monochrome
(8) User Defined 1-3
a. In Basic Zone modes, "Auto" is set automatically
b. In Creative Zone modes, you can select and set the Picture Style
c. Default settings for [User Defined 1-3] are [Auto]

Settings
(1) Auto (Ambience priority / White priority)
(2) Daylight
(3) Shade
(4) Cloudy
(5) Tungsten light
(6) White fluorescent light
(7) Flash
(8) Custom (Custom WB)

Auto White Balance
Option between ambience priority and white priority settings

Color Temperature Compensation
Blue/amber bias: +/-9 levels
Magenta/green bias: +/-9 levels
Corrected in reference to the current WB mode's color temperature

Type
Eye-level single lens reflex (with fixed pentamirror)

Coverage
Approx. 95% vertically and horizontally (with Eye point approx. 21mm)

Magnification/Angle of View
Approx. 0.8x / 22.4 deg. (-1m-1 with 50mm lens at infinity)

Eye Point
Approx. 21mm (At -1m-1 from eyepiece lens center)

Dioptric Adjustment Correction
Adjustable from approx. -2.5 to +0.5 m-1 (dpt)

Focusing Screen
Fixed

Mirror
Quick-return half mirror

Viewfinder Information
AF point, AF point activation indicator, ISO speed, White balance correction, Focus indicator, Maximum burst, Monochrome shooting, ISO speed, Highlight tone priority, Exposure level indicator, Exposure compensation amount AEB range, Red-eye reduction lamp ON, Aperture, Card full warning, Card error warning, No card warning, Shutter speed, FE lock, Busy, Built-in flash recycling, Flash exposure compensation

Viewfinder Information (Cont.)
High-speed sync (FP flash), FE lock/FEB in-progress, Flash-ready, FE lock out of range warning, AE lock/AEB in-progress, Focusing screen

Depth of Field Preview
Possible (with C.Fn-9 (Assign SET button) setting)

Type
TTL secondary image-forming phase-difference detection system with AF-dedicated sensor

AF Points
9 points
All AF points support f/5.6
Cross-type AF with center AF point

AF Working Range
With One-Shot AF (at room temperature and ISO 100, based on Canon's testing standards)
EV 0-18 (center AF point)
EV 1-18 (other AF points)

Focusing Modes
(1) Autofocus:
1. One-Shot AF
2. Predictive AI Servo AF
3. AI Focus AF
a. Switches between One-Shot AF and AI Servo AF automatically

(2) Manual focus

AF Point Selection
(1) Manual selection
(2) Auto selection
a. AF point selection for Basic Zone modes is fixed to Automatic selection

AF Assist Beam
Intermittent firing of built-in flash

Effective range:
Center: Approx. 13.1' (4.0m)
Periphery: Approx. 11.5' (3.5m)

With an EOS-dedicated Speedlite attached, the Speedlite's AF-assist beam is emitted instead

Metering Mode
Dual-layer metering sensor with the area divided into 63 zones
(1) Evaluative metering (supporting all AF points)
(2) Partial metering (center, approx. 10% of viewfinder)
(3) Center-weighted average metering

Metering Range
EV 1-20 (room temperature, ISO 100, evaluative metering)

Exposure Control Systems
Creative Zone:
(1) Program AE (shiftable)
(2) Shutter-priority AE
(3) Aperture-priority AE
(4) Manual exposure (including bulb)

Basic Zone:
(1) Scene Intelligent Auto (Program AE/non-shiftable)
(2) Flash Off
(3) Creative Auto
(4) Portrait
(5) Landscape
(6) Close-up
(7) Sports
(8) Food
(9) Night Portrait

ISO Speed Range
Manual ISO setting: ISO 100-6400 (in whole-stop increments), expandable equivalent to ISO 128
If highlight tone priority is set, the ISO speed is automatically set within ISO 200 to ISO 6400

ISO Auto setting: ISO 100-6400
In Creative Zone modes, the maximum ISO speed (ISO 400, 800, 1600, 3200 or 6400) for ISO Auto can be set

ISO Speed Range (Cont.)
Shooting Mode:
Scene Intelligent Auto, Flash Off, Creative Auto, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Food, Night Portrait at ISO 100-3200
Portrait at ISO 100
P, Tv, Av, M at ISO 100-6400
With flash at ISO 800
With bulb exposures at ISO 800

Exposure Compensation
(1) Manual: +/-5 stops in 1/3 or 1/2-stop increments:
If the exposure compensation exceeds +/-2 stops, the left or right icon will appear in the viewfinder
(2) AEB: +/-2 stops in 1/3 or 1/2-stop increments

Manual exposure compensation and AEB can be set in combination
AEB is set in the following sequence: Standard exposure, decreased exposure and increased exposure

Exposure Compensation (Cont.)
If AEB is used with the self-timer, the three bracketed shots will be taken in succession after the 10-sec. or 2-sec. delay

AE Lock
(1) Auto AE lock:
In the One-Shot AF mode with evaluative metering, AE lock takes effect when focus is achieved
(2) Manual AE lock:
In P, Tv and Av modes, possible with the AE lock button (Press again to update)
Possible in all metering modes

Type
Vertical-travel shutter with electronic first-curtain control and mechanical second-curtain control

Shutter Speeds
1/4000 to 30 sec., Bulb (Total shutter speed range)
X-sync at 1/200 sec.

Shutter Release
Soft-touch electromagnetic release

Self Timer
10-sec. delay, 2-sec. delay

Shutter Lag Time
(1) During SW-1 ON, time lag between SW-2 ON and start of exposure: Approx. 120 ms
(2) Time lag between simultaneous SW-1/SW-2 ON and start of exposure: Approx. 240 ms

Remote Control
Possible by using Remote Switch RS-60E3

Type
Auto pop-up, retractable, built-in flash in the pentamirror

Flash Metering System
E-TTL II autoflash (Evaluative, Average), FE lock

Guide Number
Approx. 30.2' (9.2m) (at ISO 100)

Recycling Time
Approx. 2 sec.

Flash Coverage
Up to approx. 17mm focal length (equivalent to approx. 28mm in 35mm format)

Flash Exposure Compensation
Up to +/- 2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
Flash exposure compensation for built-in flash and external Speedlite can be set with the camera

FE Lock
Possible

Flash Exposure Compensation
+/-2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments

Drive Modes
(1) Single shooting
(2) Continuous shooting
a. Max. approx. 3.0 fps
b. Shutter speed 1/500 sec., Maximum aperture
c. Continuous shooting speed may become slower depending on the shutter speed, aperture, subject condition, brightness, lens model, flash use, remaining battery capacity, etc.
(3) 10-sec. self-timer
(4) 2-sec. self-timer
(5) Continuous shooting after 10-sec. self-timer (2 to 10 shots)

Continuous Shooting Speed
Max. approx. 3.0 fps

Shooting Modes
Still photo and video recording

Focusing Modes
(1) Contrast AF
1. FlexiZone-Single
2. Face Detection Live mode
a. Covers approx. 80% of the image display area vertically and horizontally
3. Quick mode
a. TTL secondary image registration, phase-difference detection with AF-dedicated sensor
b. AF point manual selection and a selection possible
c. Automatically set in Basic Zone modes

(2) Manual focus
a. Magnify the image by approx. 5x or 10x and focus manually

Metering Modes
Evaluative metering (315-zone)

Metering Range
EV 0-20 (room temperature, ISO 100)

Grid Display
One of two types of grids can be selected and displayed on the screen
(1) Grid 1: 2 vertical and 2 horizontal lines (3x3)
(2) Grid 2: 5 vertical and 3 horizontal lines (6x4)

File Format
MOV:
Movie: MPEG4 AVC/H.264
Audio: Linear PCM

File Size
[Full HD]: 1920 x 1080 (30 fps/24 fps): 340 MB/min.
[HD]: 1280 x 720 (60 fps): 340 MB/min.
[SD]: 640 x 480 (30 fps): 90 MB/min.

Frame Rates
1920 x 1080 (Full HD): 30 fps (29.97 fps) / 24 fps (23.98 fps)
1280 x 720 (HD): 60 fps (59.94 fps)
640 x 480 (SD): 30 fps (29.97 fps)

Exposure Control
(1) Program AE for movie shooting
a. Shutter speed 1/30-1/4000 sec. (signal accumulation time), aperture and ISO speed automatically set

(2) Manual exposure
a. Shutter speed (signal accumulation time), aperture and ISO speed (auto/manual) manually set. The shutter speed (signal accumulation time) is limited to 1/4000 sec. at the maximum and to 1/30 sec. at the minimum for 24/30 fps or to 1/60 sec. or higher for 60 fps

Focusing
(1) Contrast AF
(2) Manual focus

Exposure Compensation
Possible (+/-3 stops)

Type
TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor

Monitor Size
3.0-inch (Screen aspect ratio of 4:3)
Approx. 7.5cm diagonal (width: approx. 6.0cm, height: approx. 4.5cm)

Pixels
Approx. 920,000 dots

Coverage
Approx. 170 deg. vertically and horizontally

Brightness Control
Adjustable to one of seven brightness levels

Interface Languages
25 (English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Romanian, Ukraine, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese)

Display Format
(1) Single image display:
a. Basic information
b. Basic information + image quality/image file number
c. Shooting information
d. Histogram display

(2)Index display; 4 or 9 images

Highlight Alert
On the detailed information and histogram displays, highlight areas with no image data will blink

During Shooting
When you press the Quick Control button while shooting images, you can set various functions. Settable functions differ between viewfinder shooting, Live View shooting and movie shooting

During Playback
When you press the Quick Control button during playback, you can set various functions. Settable functions differ between still photo shooting and movie shooting

Protection
Erase protection can be applied/canceled for a single image, all images in a folder or all images in the card

Erase
Erase unprotected image(s) with selection from Single image, Selected images, All images on folder or All images in a card

Compatible Printers
PictBridge-compatible printers

Printable Images
RAW and JPEG images compliant to "Design rule for Camera File System (DCF)"
Movies cannot be printed

DPOF
Compliant to DPOF Version 1.1

Custom Functions
11 Custom Functions with 33 settings settable with the camera

My Menu Registration
Menu functions, Custom Functions
Up to six kinds of function settings can be selected and registered from the top-tier menu functions

USB Terminal
Hi-Speed USB equivalent:
Computer
PictBridge
Connect Station CS100 connection
GPS Receiver GP-E2 connection

Video Out Terminal
HDMI Type C (Resolution switches automatically)
Video output: (Switches automatically to 1, 2, 3 or 4 to suit the connected device)
(1) 1080/60i
(2) 1080/50i
(3) 480/60p
(4) 576/50p

Extension System Terminal
Remote Switch RS-60E3 Terminal

Standards Compliance
IEEE 802.11b/g/n

Transmission Range
Approx. 49.21' (15m):
When communicating with a smartphone or tablet
With no obstructions between the antennas and no radio interference from other devices

Connection Method
(1) Camera access point mode
(2) Infrastructure mode

NFC Connection
Possible

Battery
1x Battery Pack LP-E10

Battery Check
Automatic battery check when the power switch is turned ON
Battery level indicated in one of the four levels on LCD monitor

Power Saving
Power turns off automatically after the set time of non-operation elapses
[Auto power off] settable to 30 sec., 1 min., 2 min., 4 min., 8 min., 15 min. or Disable

Date/Time Battery
Built-in secondary battery
Maintains date/time for about 3 months when fully charged

Start-up Time
Approx. 0.1 sec. (CIPA standards)

Battery Info
required, included

Battery Material
lithium ion

Battery Quantity
1

Battery Type
non-universal

Working Temperature Range
32 to 104 deg. F (0 to 40 deg. C)

Working Humidity Range
85% or less

Focal Length
18 to 55mm
Comparable 35mm Focal Length: 28.8 to 88 mm

Aperture
Maximum: f/3.5 to 5.6
Minimum: f/22 to 38

Camera Mount Type
Canon EF-S

Format Compatibility
Canon (APS-C)

Angle of View
74 deg. 20' to 27 deg. 50'

Minimum Focus Distance
9.84" (25cm)

Magnification
0.34x

Maximum Reproduction Ratio
1:3

Optical Design
11 Elements in 9 Groups

Diaphragm Blades
6, Rounded

Image Stabilization
Yes

Autofocus
Yes

Filter Thread
Front: 58mm

Dimensions
Camera (WxHxD): Approx. 5.08 x 3.99 x 3.06" (12.90 x 10.13 x 7.77cm) (In CIPA guidelines)
EF-S 18-55mm Lens (Dia.xL): 2.7 x 3.33" (6.86 x 8.46cm)

Weight
Camera:
Approx. 15.06 oz (426.94g) (body only)
Approx. 16.75 oz (474.85g) (including battery and card)

EF-S 18-55mm Lens: 7.1 oz (201.28g)