Canon EOS Rebel T2I

Canon EOS Rebel T2I EF-S 18-55MM IS Black Digital Camera - XT2IREB1855/ 18.0 Megapixel/ Compatible With SDXC Memory Cards/ Auto Pop-Up Flash/ Live View/Movie Shooting Button/ Quick Control Screen Button/ Wide 3.0" Clear View LCD Monitor/ EOS Movie Mode/ Black Finish

Product Details

Canon EOS Rebel T2I EF-S 18-55MM IS Black Digital Camera

Features:

• 18.0 Megapixel CMOS (APS-C) sensor and .4 Image Processor for high image quality and speed.
  
• New compatibility with SDXC memory cards, plus new menu status indicator for Eye-Fi support.
  
• 3.7 fps continuous shooting up to approximately 34 JPEGs or approximately 6 RAW.
  
• Improved layout with dedicated Live View/Movie shooting button.
  
• Enhanced 63-zone, Dual-layer metering system; and 9-point AF system utilizing a highprecision, f/2.8 cross-type center point.
  
• New Quick Control Screen button for easy access to frequently used settings.
  
• Wide 3.0-inch (3:2 aspect ratio) Clear View LCD monitor (1.04 million dots) for improved viewing.
  
• ISO 100.6400 (expandable to 12800) for shooting from bright to dim light.
  
• Improved EOS Movie mode with manual exposure control, expanded recording (1920 x 1080Full HD): 30p (29.97) / 24p (23.976) / 25p, 1280 x 720: 60p (59.94) / 50p, 640 x 480 (SD):60p (59.94) / 50p), new Movie Crop recording in 640 x 480 and external microphone IN terminal for access to improved sound quality.

Package Content:

• EOS Rebel T2i Body
  
• EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens
  
• Eyecup Ef (not shown)
  
• Wide Strap EW-100DBIII
  
• USB Interface Cable IFC-130U
  
• AV Cable AVC-DC400ST
  
• Battery Pack LP-E8
  
• Battery Charger LC-E8
  
• EOS Digital Solution Disc and Instruction Manuals
  
• "Great Photography is Easy" Booklet and "Do More with Macro" Booklet (not shown)

Specifications:

Type

• Type: Digital, single-lens reflex, AF/AE camera
  
• Recording Media: SD memory card, SDHC memory card, SDXC Memory Card
  
• Image Sensor Size: 22.3mm x 14.9mm (APS-C size)
  
• Compatible Lenses: Canon EF lenses including EF-S lenses (35mm-equivalent focal length is approx. 1.6x the lens focal length)
  
• Lens Mount: Canon EF mount

Image Sensor

• Type: High-sensitivity, high-resolution, large single-plate CMOS sensor
  
• Pixels: Effective pixels: Approx. 18.00 Megapixels
  
• Aspect Ratio: 3:2 (Horizontal: Vertical)
  
• Color Filter System: RGB primary color filters
  
• Low-pass Filter: Fixed position in front of the CMOS sensor
  
• Dust Deletion feature
  
  • (1) Self-Cleaning Sensor Unit
    
  • (2) Dust Delete Data appended to the captured image
    
  • (3) Manual cleaning of sensor

Recording System

• Recording Format: Design rule for Camera File System 2.0 and Exif 2.21
  
• Image Type:
  • Still: JPEG, RAW (14-bit, Canon original), RAW+JPEG
    
  • Video: MOV (Image data: H.264, Audio: Linear PCM)
    
• File Size
  
  • (1) Large/Fine: Approx. 6.4MB (5184 x 3456 pixels)
    
  • (2) Large/Normal: Approx. 3.2MB (5184 x 3456 pixels)
    
  • (3) Medium/Fine: Approx. 3.4MB (3456 x 2304 pixels)
    
  • (4) Medium/Normal: Approx. 1.7MB (3456 x 2304 pixels)
    
  • (5) Small/Fine: Approx. 2.2MB (2592 x 1728 pixels)
    
  • (6) Small/Normal: Approx. 1.1MB (2592 x 1728 pixels)
    
  • (7) RAW: Approx. 24.5MB (5184 x 3456 pixels)
    
  • Exact file sizes depend on the subject, ISO speed, Picture Style, etc.
    
• File Numbering: Continuous numbering, auto reset, manual reset
  
• Color Space: sRGB, Adobe RGB selectable
  
• Picture Style: Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Defined 1-3

Image Processing

• Type: Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten Light, White Fluorescent Light, Flash, Custom
  
• 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

Viewfinder

• Type: Eye-level SLR (with pentamirror)
  
• Coverage: Vertical/Horizontal approx. 95%
  
• Magnification: Approx. 0.87x (with 50mm lens at infinity, -1 m-1 (dpt))
  
• Eyepoint: Approx. 19mm (from eyepiece lens center)
  
• Built-in Dioptric Adjustment: -3.0 to +1.0m-1 (diopter)
  
• Focusing Screen: Fixed, Precision Matte
  
• Mirror: Quick-return half mirror (transmission: reflection ratio of 40:60, no mirror cut-off with EF600mm f/4L IS USM or shorter lenses)
  
• Viewfinder Information:
  
  • AF information: AF points and focus confirmation light
  • Exposure information: Shutter speed, aperture, ISO speed (always displayed), AE lock, exposure level, spot metering circle, exposure warning
  • Flash information: Flash ready, flash exposure compensation, high-speed sync, FE lock, red-eye reduction light
  • Image information: Highlight tone priority (D+), monochrome shooting, maximum burst (1-digit display), white balance correction, SD card information
• Depth-of-Field Preview: Enabled with depth-of-field preview button

Autofocus

• Type: TTL-CT-SIR AF-dedicated CMOS sensor
  
• AF Points: 9 AF points (center AF point is cross-type)
  
• Focusing Modes: Auto, One-Shot AF, Predictive AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF, Manual Focusing (MF)
  
• AF Point Selection: Automatic selection, manual selection
  
• Selected AF Point Display: Superimposed in viewfinder and indicated on LCD monitor
  
• AF-assist Beam
  
  • Intermittent firing of built-in flash
    
  • Effective range: Approx. 4.0m/13.1 ft. at center, approx. 3.5m/11.5 ft. at periphery. When EOS-dedicated Speedlite attached, the Speedlite's AF-assist beam is emitted instead.

Exposure Control

• Metering Modes: 63-zone TTL full-aperture metering
  
  • Evaluative metering (linkable to any AF point)
    
  • Partial metering (approx. 9% of viewfinder at center)
    
  • Spot metering (approx. 4% of viewfinder at center)
    
  • Center-weighted average metering
    
• Metering Range: EV 1-20 (at 73°F/23°C with EF 50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)
  
• Exposure Control
  
  • (1) Program AE (shiftable)
    
  • (2) Shutter-priority AE
    
  • (3) Aperture-priority AE
    
  • (4) Depth-of-field AE (A-DEP, non-shiftable)
    
  • (5) Full Auto (Program AE, non-shiftable)
    
  • (6) Programmed Image Control modes (6 modes)
    • * Flash OFF, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait
  • (7) Manual exposure (including bulb)
    
  • (8) E-TTL II autoflash program AE
    
    • * Evaluative metering, Averaged metering
      
• ISO Speed (Recommended Exposure Index)
  
  • ISO 100~6400 (in 1-stop increments), H: 12800
    
  • Basic Zone modes: ISO 100~3200 set automatically
    
• Exposure Compensation: Manual: ±5 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments (can be combined with AEB)
  
• 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
    • * With AE lock button. (AE lock is updated each time you press the button.)
  • Enabled in all metering modes.

Shutter

• Type: Vertical-travel, mechanical, focal-plane shutter with all speeds electronically controlled
  
• Shutter Speeds
  
  • 1/4000 sec. to 1/60 sec., X-sync at 1/200 sec.
    
  • 1/4000 sec. to 30 sec., bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode)
    
• Shutter Release: Soft-touch electromagnetic release
  
• Self-timer: 10-sec. or 2-sec. delay or 10-sec. delay plus continuous shooting
  
• Remote Control
  
  • Remote Switch RS-60E3
    
  • Remote Controller RC-1/RC-5/RC-6

Built-in Flash

• Type: Retractable, auto pop-up flash
  
• Flash Metering: E-TTL II autoflash
  
• Guide Number: 13/43 (ISO 100, in meters/feet)
  
• Recycling Time: Approx. 3 sec.
  
• Flash-ready Indicator: Flash-ready icon lights in viewfinder
  
• Flash Coverage: Up to 17mm lens focal length (equivalent to 27mm in 135 format)
  
• FE Lock: Provided
  
• Flash Exposure Compensation
  
  • ±2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
    
  • Flash exposure compensation for built-in flash and Speedlite can be set with the camera.

Drive System

• Drive Modes: Single, continuous, self-timer (10 sec. or 2 sec. delay)/remote control
  
• Continuous Shooting Speed: Max. 3.7 shots/sec. (with One-Shot AF or AI Servo AF)
  
• Maximum Burst
  
  • JPEG (Large/Fine): Approx. 34, RAW: Approx. 6
    
  • Based on Canon's testing standards with a 2GB SD memory card, ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style
    
  • Varies depending on the subject, SD memory card brand, image-recording quality, etc.

Live View Functions

• Shooting Modes: Still photo shooting and video shooting
  
• Focusing: Autofocus (One-Shot AF): Live mode, Face Detection Live mode, Quick mode; Manual focus (5x or 10x manually)
  
• Metering Modes: Real-time evaluative metering with image sensor
  
• Metering Range: EV 0-20 (at 73°F/23°C with EF 50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)
  
• Grid Display: Provided (Two grid displays)
  
• Exposure Simulation: Provided

Video Shooting

• File Format: MOV (image data: H.264; audio: Linear PCM (with internal mic: monaural, with external mic: stereo))
  
• File Size: Recording Size: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD): 30p (29.97) / 24p (23.976) / 25p, 1280 x 720: 60p (59.94) / 50p, 640 x 480 (SD): 60p (59.94) / 50p), Movie Crop recording in 640 x 480
  
• Continuous Shooting Time
  
  • Approx. 12 min. (1920 x 1080), 18 min. (1280 x 720), 24 min. (640 x 480)
    
  • Based on Canon's testing standards using a 4GB card
    
• Focusing: Autofocus: Quick mode, Live mode, Face Detection Live mode; manual
  
• Exposure Control
  
  • (1) Program AE for movie shooting
    
    • * For shooting modes other than manual exposure.
      
    • * Shutter speed (1/30 - 1/4000 sec., signal accumulation time), aperture, and ISO speed automatically set.
      
  • (2) Manual exposure
    
    • * For manual exposure.
      
    • * 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 24/25/30 fps or 1/60 sec. or higher for 50/60 fps.
      
• Exposure Compensation: Up to ±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
  
  • * Possible only with autoexposure.
    
• Audio recording method
  
  • Linear PCM
    
• (1) Internal monaural microphone
  
• (2) External stereo microphone jack
  • * Recording level automatically adjusted.
    
  • * Sampling frequency: 48 KHz, Bits: 16 bit x 2 ch
    
  • * Compatible with a commercially-available external microphone with 3.5mm dia. stereo mini-jack.
• Video Playback: Playback, slow motion (variable speed possible), jump to first frame, previous frame, next frame, jump to last frame, cut out first or last, frame, and audio volume (6 levels, including mute).
  
  • * The audio level when the camera is connected to a TV set is adjusted with the TV set.

LCD Monitor

• Type: TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor
  
• Monitor Size: 3.0 in.
  
• Dots: Approx. 1,040,000 dots (VGA)
  
• Coverage
  
  • Approx. 100%
    
  • Viewing angle: 160°
    
• Brightness Adjustment: 7 levels provided
  
• Interface Languages: English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukraine, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Japanese

Image Playback

• Display Format
  
  • (1) Single image display
    
    • - Two types of single-image full display and two types of shooting information display.
      
  • (2) Index display
    
    • - 4-image index and 9-index image.
      
  • (3) Jump display
    
    • - 10/100 images, shooting date, movies, stills
      
• Highlight Warning: Provided (Overexposed highlights blink)

Image Protection and Erase

• Protect: Erase protect (or cancel) each image individually
  
• Erase: Single image, selected images or all images in the SD card can be erased (except protected images)

Direct Printing

• Compatible Printers: PictBridge-compatible printers
  
• Printable Images: JPEG images compliant to Design rule for Camera File System (DPOF printing possible) and RAW images captured with the EOS Rebel T2i
  
• Easy Print feature: Provided

DPOF: Digital Print Order Format

• DPOF: Version 1.1 compatible

Direct Image Transfer

• Compatible Images: JPEG and RAW images
  
• Only JPEG images can be transferred as wallpaper on the personal computer screen

Customization

• Custom Functions: Total 12
  My Menu Registration: Up to 6 menus, Custom functions and other top-tier options can be registered

Interface

• USB Terminal: For personal computer communication and direct printing (USB 2.0 Hi-Speed)
  
• Video Out Terminal
  
  • (1) Video OUT terminal: NTSC/PAL selectable
    
  • (2) mini-HDMI OUT terminal

Power Source

• Battery
  
  • One Battery Pack LP-E8
    
  • AC power can be supplied via AC Adapter Kit ACK-E8
    
  • With Battery Grip BG-E8, AA-size batteries can be used
    
• Number of Shots: Number of shots (approx.)

Temperature	Shooting Conditions
AE 100%	AE 50%, FA 50%
At 73°F/23°C	550	470
At 32°F/0°C	440	400
Live View shooting at 73°F/23°C	200	170
Live View shooting at 32°F/0°C	180	150
Movie Shooting Time	1 hr. 40 min.	1 hr. 20 min.
The above figures apply with a fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E8. The figures above are based on CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association) testing standards.

• Battery Check: Auto
  
• Power Saving: Provided. Power turns off after 30 sec., 1, 2, 4, 8, 15 min.
  
• Date/Time Battery: Built-in secondary battery
  
• Start-up Time: Approx. 0.1 sec.

Operating Environment

• Working Temperature Range: 32-104°F/0-40°C
  
• Working Humidity Range: 85% or less

Approximate Dimensions:

• Width: 5.1"
• Height: 3.8"
• Depth: 3"

Approximate Weight:

• Unit: 1.17 lbs
• Shipping: 2 lbs

Warranty Information:

• Manufacturers Warranty(authorized online retailer): 1 Year Parts and Labor

 

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