Live View – allows you to frame still or video shots using the LCD screen in real time rather than the viewfinder, similar to a compact digital camera. Very helpful for unusual shooting positions such as holding the camera overhead; also great for critical manual focusing when performing macro shots.

High Resolution 3” 3:2 LCD Screen - 3.0” Wide (1,040,000 dots) LCD screen with antireflection & anti-smudge coating for great image previews and composition.

Sharp Focusing - 9-point AF for ultra sharp images. You can manually select any of the 9 points to ensure correct sharp focus.

Incredible Image Detail In Low Light - Standard ISO (100-6400) and expandable to an incredible H:12800

18 Megapixel CMOS Sensor & Dig!c IV Image Processor – 18.0 mega pixel Canon-developed CMOS sensor captures superb image quality with low noise and natural colour.

Fast Shooting – capture images at 3.7 frames per second. Great for sports, wildlife, kids & pets.

HDMI Mini Output – Output stills and video in full High-Definition to a HDTV using a mini HDMI cable (sold separately)

Live Face Detection AF Mode – In Live View mode focuses on detected human faces rather than other objects that might appear in the frame.

Auto Lighting Optimiser – if the image comes out dark or the contrast is too low, the brightness and contrast can be corrected automatically.

Auto Correction Of Lens Peripheral Illumination – when enabled automatically corrects peripheral light “fall off” when using some lenses (JPEG only). For RAW images correction can be done in supplied software.

Movie Crop - An SD quality movie can be cropped to the equivalent of approx. 7x magnification of regular shooting

Self Cleaning Sensor – prevents and automatically removes tiny dust particles resulting in cleaner images.

Fast Start Up – incredibly fast 0.1 second start up time so you’ll never miss a moment

SDXC* Memory Card Compatible – takes ultra-high capacity SDXC cards so you will have plenty of storage for Full HD movies which create very large file sizes.

Picture Style Modes – Wide range of picture modes for quick & easy camera set up in any shooting situation.

Compact & Lightweight – Body weighs only 475grams – very light for a D-SLR camera.

Lenses – wide range of compatible Canon EF & EF-S lenses as well as third party lenses such as Tamron and Sigma.

RAW file format – file format that allows greater adjustment of various camera settings on your computer after you have captured your images, without losing image quality, such as adjustment of colour balance, exposure, etc.

External Microphone Jack - Add an additional microphone for better quality sound using the 3.5mm stereo jack socket.