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If there is a problem with the camera, an 
error message appears. Follow the on-
screen instructions.
To recover from the error screen, turn the 
power switch  and < 1>, or 
remove and reinstall the battery. 
If error 02 (Card problem) is displayed, 
remove and reinstall t he card or format the 
card. This may resolve the problem.
If the same error keeps appearing,  there may be a problem. Write 
down the error code and cons ult your nearest Canon Service 
Center.
Error Codes
No.Error Message & Solution
01
Communications between the camera  and lens is faulty. Clean the 
lens contacts.
Î Clean the electrical contacts on  the camera and lens, use a Canon 
lens, or have the came ra or lens checked or repaired. (p.13,16)
02
There is a problem with the card. Replace the card.
ÎRemove and install the card again,  replace the card, or format the 
card. (p.29, 43)
04
Cannot save images because the card is full. Replace the card.
Î Replace the card, eras e unnecessary images,  or format the card. 
(p.29, 160, 43)
06
Self Cleaning Sensor Unit ma lfunction. Consult with Canon 
Service Center.
Î Operate the power switch or have  the camera checked or repaired. 
(p.27)
10, 20,
30, 40,
50, 60,
70, 80Shooting is not possible. Tu rn the power switch to  and 
 again or re-ins tall the battery.
ÎOperate the power switch, remove an d install the battery again, use 
a Canon lens, or have  the camera checked or  repaired. (p.27,26)
Error No.
Countermeasures
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System Map
270EX
ST-E2 430EX II 580EX II Macro Ring Lite 
MR-14EXMacro Twin Lite 
MT-24EX
Eyecup Eb
Rubber Frame Eb
Eyepiece Extender 
EP-EX15
Angle Finder C
E-series Dioptric 
Adjustment Lenses
Focusing Screen  Eg-D    Eg-S     Wide Strap
EW-EOS5DMKII
Bundled 
Accessories
Focusing 
Screen Eg-A
Date / time 
CR1616 lithium batteryBattery Pack LP-E6
Battery Charger
LC-E6 or LC-E6E
Battery Grip BG-E6
Battery Magazine BGM-E6 AC Adapter 
AC-E6 DC Coupler 
DR-E6
AC Adapter Kit 
ACK-E6Car Battery Charger CBC-E6
Car Battery 
Cable
CB-570
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System Map
Timer RemoteControllerTC-80N3 Remote
Switch
RS-80N3 Wireless
Controller LC-5 Remote
Controller
RC-6/RC-5 Remote
Controller RC-1
EF lenses
HDMI Cable HTC-100 External microphone
Interface Cable IFC-200U
Interface Cable IFC-500U
EOS DIGITAL Solution Disk Software Instruction
Manual
Wireless File Transmitter
WFT-E4 II A/B/C/D or WFT-E4/E4A
USB external media
USB GPS unit TV/Video
Wireless LAN access point
Wireless LAN adapter
Ethernet port
PC card slot USB port
Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Mac OS X
PictBridge-compatible printer
Personal  computer
CF card Card reader
PCMCIA adapter
Original Data 
Security Kit  OSK-E3
Stereo Video Cable STV-250N
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•TypeType:Digital, single-lens reflex, AF/AE camera
Recording media: Type I or  II CF card, UDMA-compatible
Image sensor size: A pprox. 36 x 24 mm
Compatible lenses: Canon EF  lenses (except EF-S lenses)
(The effective lens focal length is the same as indicated on the lens)Lens mount: Canon EF mount
• Image SensorType: CMOS sensor
Effective pixels: Approx. 21.10 megapixels
Aspect ratio: 3:2
Dust delete feature: Auto, Manual, Dust Delete Data appending
• Recording SystemRecording format: Des ign rule for Camera File System 2.0
Image type: JPEG, RAW (14-bit Canon original) RAW+JPEG simultaneous  recording possible
Recorded pixels: Large : Approx. 21 .00 megapixels (5616 x 3744)
Medium: Approx. 11.10 m egapixels (4080 x 2720)
Small : Approx. 5.20 me gapixels (2784 x 1856)
RAW : Approx. 21.00 mega pixels (5616 x 3744)
sRAW1 : Approx. 10.00 me gapixels (3861 x 2574)
sRAW2 : Approx. 5.20 me gapixels (2784 x 1856)
Create/select a folder: Possible
• Image ProcessingPicture Style: Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, 
Monochrome, User Def. 1 - 3
White balance: Auto, Preset (Dayligh t, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, 
White fluorescent light,  Flash), Custom, Color 
temperature setting (2500-10000K)
White balance correction an d white balance bracketing 
features provided
* Color temperature information transmission enabled
Noise reduction: Applicable to long  exposures and high ISO speed shots
Automatic image 
brightness correction: A uto Lighting Optimizer
Highlight tone priority: Provided
Lens peripheral 
illumination correction: Provided
Specifications
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Specifications
• ViewfinderType:Eye-level pentaprism
Coverage: Vertical/Horizontal approx. 98%
Magnification: Approx. 0.71x (-1 m
-1 with 50mm lens at infinity)
Eye point: Approx. 21 mm (From eyep iece lens center at -1 m-1)Built-in dioptric adjustment: -3.0 - +1.0 m-1 (dpt)
Focusing screen: Interchangeable (2 ty pes sold separately), Eg-A standard 
focusing scre en provided
Mirror: Quick-return type
Depth-of-field preview: Provided
• AutofocusType: TTL secondary image-registration, phase detection
AF points: 9 plus 6 Assist AF points
Metering range: EV -0.5 - 18  (at 23°C/73°F, ISO 100)
Focus modes: One-Shot AF , AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF, Manual focusing 
(MF)
AF-assist beam: Emitted by the EO S-dedicated external Speedlite
AF Microadjustment: AF Microadjustment possible
• Exposure ControlMetering modes: 35-zone TT L full-aperture metering
• Evaluative metering (linkable to any AF point)
• Partial metering (a pprox. 8% of viewfinder at center)
• Spot metering (approx. 3. 5% of viewfinder at center)
• Center-weighted average metering
Metering range:
EV 1 - 20 (at 23°C/73°F with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)Exposure control: Program AE (Full Auto, Creative Auto, Program), shutter- priority AE, aperture-priority  AE, manual exposure, bulb 
exposure
ISO speed:
Full Auto, Creative Auto:  ISO 100 - 3200 set automatically(Recommended  P, Tv, Av, M, B: ISO 100  - 6400 (in 1/3-stop increments)
exposure index) settable, Auto, or expandable to ISO 50  (L), ISO 12800 (H1), or ISO 25600 (H2)
Exposure compensation: Manual and AEB (Settable in  combination with manual 
exposure compensation)
Settable amount: ±2 stops in  1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
AE lock: Auto: Applied in One-Sh ot AF mode with evaluative 
metering when focus is achieved
Manual: By AE lock button
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Specifications
•ShutterType:Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutterShutter speeds: 1/8000 sec. to 30 sec., bulb (Tot al shutter speed range. 
Available range varies by shooti ng mode.) X-sync at 1/200 sec. 
• Drive SystemDrive modes:Single shooting, continuous shooting, 10-sec. self-timer/
remote control, 2-sec.  self-timer/remote control
Continuous shooting speed:Max. approx. 3.9 shots/sec.
Max. burst:JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 78  shots (Approx. 310 shots),
RAW: Approx. 13 shots (Approx. 14 shots), 
RAW+JPEG Large/Fine: Approx . 8 shots (Approx. 8 shots)
* Figures are based on Canon’s testing standards (ISO 
100 and Standard Picture St yle) using a 2GB card.
* Figures in parentheses appl y to an Ultra DMA (UDMA) 
2GB card based on Canon’s testing standards.
• External SpeedliteCompatible flash: EX-series Speedlites
Flash metering: E-TTL II autoflash
Flash exposure 
compensation: ±2 stops in 1/ 3- or 1/2-stop increments
FE lock: Provided
PC terminal: Provided
• Live View ShootingFocusing: Quick mode (Phase-difference dete ction), Live mode, 
Live face detection mode (Contrast detection) 
Manual focusing (5x/10x magnification possible)
Metering modes: Evaluative me tering with the image sensor
Metering range: EV 0 - 20 (at 23°C /73°F with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, 
ISO 100)
Grid display: Two types
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Specifications
• Movie ShootingMovie compression:MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
Variable (average) bit rate
Audio recording format: Linear PCM
Recording format: MOV
Recording size
and frame rate: 1920x1080 (Full HD) : 30p/25p/24p 640x480 (SD) : 30p/25p
* 30p: 29.97 fps, 25p: 25.0 fps, 24p: 23.976 fps
File size: 1920x1080 (30p/25p/ 24p): Approx. 330 MB/min.
640x480 (30p/25p) : Ap prox. 165 MB/min.
Focusing: Same as focusing with Live View shooting
Metering modes: Center-weighted aver age and evaluative metering with 
the image sensor
* Automatically set by  the focusing mode
Metering range: EV 0 -  20 (at 23°C/73°F with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, 
ISO 100)
Exposure control: 1. Auto  exposure, 2. Shutter-priority AE, 3. Aperture-
priority AE, 4. Manual exposure
* Exposure compensa tion and AE lock are enabled for 1, 
2, and 3 (except in Full  Auto and Creative Auto 
modes).
ISO speed: During auto exposure, sh utter-priority AE, and aperture-
priority AE shooting: Automatically set
During manual exposure shooting:
Auto (ISO Auto), manual se tting within ISO 100 - 6400 
(1/3- or whole-stop incremen ts) and expandable to H1 
(ISO 12800)
Sound recording: Built-in monaural  microphone and external stereo 
microphone jack provided
Manual adjustment of  recording level enabled
Grid display: Two types
• LCD MonitorType: TFT color liquid-crystal monitor
Monitor size and dots: 3-in. with approx. 920,000 dots (VGA)
Coverage: Approx. 100%
Brightness adjustment: Auto (Darker/St andard/Brighter), Manual (7 levels)
Interface languages: 25
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Specifications
• Image PlaybackImage 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  folder, by movie, by stills
Highlight alert: Overexposed highlights blink
Movie playback: Enabled (LCD moni tor, video/audio OUT, HDMI OUT)
Built-in speaker
• Direct PrintingCompatible printers: PictB ridge-compatible printers
Printable images: JPEG and RAW images
Print ordering: DPOF V ersion 1.1 compatible
• CustomizationCustom Functions: 25
Camera user settings: Register under Mode Dial’s C1, C2, and C3 positions
My Menu registration: Provided
• InterfaceDigital  terminal: For personal comput er communication and direct printing 
(Hi-Speed USB)
Audio/video output 
terminal: 3.5mm dia. stereo mini jack (NTSC/PAL selectable)
HDMI mini OUT terminal: Type C (Auto switching of resolution)
External microphone 
input terminal: 3.5mm dia. stereo mini jack
Remote control terminal: Compatible with remote control via N3 TypeWireless remote control: With Remote Controller RC-6/RC-1/RC-5
Extension system 
terminal: For connection to Wirele ss File Transmitter WFT-E4 II A/
B/C/D or WFT-E4/E4A
• Power SourceBattery: Battery Pack LP-E6 (Qty. 1)
* AC power can be supplied  via AC Adapter Kit ACK-E6
* With Battery Grip BG-E 6 attached, size-AA/LR6 
batteries can be used
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Specifications
Battery information: Remaining capacity, Shutter count, and Recharge 
performance displayed
Battery life: With viewfinder shooting:
(Based on CIPA  At 23°C/73°F, approx. 850 shots. At 0°C/32°F, approx. 
testing standards) 750 shots
.With Live View shooting:
At 23°C/73°F, approx. 200 sh ots. At 0°C/32°F, approx. 
180 shots.
Maximum movie
shooting time: Approx. 1 hr.  30 min. total at 23°C/73°F
Approx. 1 hr. 20 min.  total at 0°C/32°F
* With fully-charged  Battery Pack LP-E6 
Date/Time battery: One  CR1616 lithium battery
• Dimensions and WeightDimensions (W x H x D): 152 x 113.5 x 75 mm / 6.0 x 4.5 x 3.0 in.
Weight: Approx. 810 g /  28.6 oz. (body only)
• Operation EnvironmentWorking temperature range:0°C - 40°C / 32°F - 104°F
Working humidity: 85% or less
• Battery Pack LP-E6Type: Rechargeable lithium-ion battery
Rated voltage: 7.2 V DC
Battery capacity: 1800 mAh
Working temperature range:0°C - 40°C / 32°F - 104°F
Working humidity: 85% or less
Dimensions (W x H x D): 38.4 x 21 x 56.8 mm  / 1.5 x 0.8 x 2.2 in.
Weight: Approx. 80 g / 2.8 oz.
• Battery Charger LC-E6Type: Charger dedicated to the Battery Pack LP-E6
Recharging time: Approx. 2 hours 30 min.
Rated input: 100 - 240 V AC (50/60 Hz)
Rated output: 8.4 V DC/1.2A
Working temperature range:5°C - 40°C / 41°F - 104°F
Working humidity: 85% or less
Dimensions (W x H x D): 69 x 33 x 93 mm / 2.7 x 1. 3 x 3.7 in. (Plug collapsed)
Weight: Approx. 130 g / 4.6 oz.
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Specifications
• Battery Charger LC-E6EType:Charger dedicated to the Battery Pack LP-E6
Recharging time: Approx. 2 hours 30 min.
Rated input: 100 - 240 V AC (50/60 Hz)
Rated output: 8.4 V DC/1.2A
Working temperature range:5°C - 40°C / 41°F - 104°F
Working humidity: 85% or less
Dimensions (W x H x D): 69 x 33 x 93 mm / 2.7 x 1.3 x 3.7 in.
Weight: Approx. 125 g / 4.4 oz . (excluding power cord)
• EF24-105mm f/4L IS USMAngle of view: Diagonal extent: 84° - 23°20
Horizontal extent: 74° - 19°20
Vertical extent: 53° - 13°Lens construction: 18 el ements in 13 groups
Minimum aperture: f/22
Closest focusing 
distance: 0.45 m / 1.48 ft.  (From image sensor plane)
Max. magnification: 0.23x (at 105 mm)
Field of view: 535 x 345  - 158 x 106 mm / 21.1 x 13.6 - 6.2 x 4.2 in. (at 
0.45 m)
Image Stabilizer: Lens shift type
Filter size: 77 mm
Lens cap: E-77U
Max. diameter x length: 83. 5 x 107 mm / 3.3 x 4.2 in.
Weight: Approx. 670 g / 23.6 oz.
Hood: EW-83H
Case: LP1219 (sold separately)
  All specifications ab ove are based on Cano n’s testing standards.
  The camera’s specifications  and exterior are subject to change without notice.
  If a problem occurs with a  non-Canon lens attached to  the camera, consult the 
respective lens maker.
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