IMAGE SENSOR
Type 22.3 x 14.9mm CMOS
Effective Pixels approx. 32.50 megapixels
Total Pixels approx. 34.4 megapixels
Aspect Ratio 3:2
Low-Pass Filter Built-in/Fixed with fluorine coating
Sensor Cleaning EOS integrated cleaning system
Colour Filter Type Primary Colour
IMAGE PROCESSOR
Type DIGIC 8
LENS
Lens Mount EF-M (EF and EF-S lenses compatible via Mount Adapter EF-EOS M)
Crop factor 1.6x (the field-of-view of a lens attached ot the EOS 90D is equivalent to a lens with a focal length 1.6x greater attached to a full-frame camera)
image Stabilisation (IS)
Optical IS on compatible lenses.
Stills: Dual sensing IS with compatinle lenses
Movie: Movie Digital IS, Combination IS
FOCUSING
Type
Dual Pixel CMOS AF system. Phase detection pixels built onto imaging sensor
AF System / Points Maximum 143/99 points depending on lens. Freely position 1 AF point / 1 AF Zone via manual selection (area available lens dependent)
AF Working Range EV -5 to 18 (at 23°C, ISO 100)
AF Modes One Shot AF and Servo AF
AF Point Selection Face+Tracking: Face and subject tracking via automatic recognition / manual selection via touchscreen. Automatic selection over AF points when no face recognised within frame.
Eye AF: Enables Eye detection and focusing in One Shot and Servo AF
Spot AF: Enables AF in a pinpoint area, half the size of 1-point AF
Zone AF: Manual zone selection, plus automatic selection over AF points within sleected zone
1-point AF: Manual selection via touchscreen / buttons
Selected AF Point Display Indicated on LCD monitor / EVF
AF Lock Locked when shutter button is pressed half way in One-shot AF mode, or customisable AE Lock button
AF Assist Beam Via LED assist beam
Manual Focus
With EF / EF-S lenses: Select via AF/MF switch on lens
With EF-M lenses: Select via dedicated MF Button / other customisable buttons (toggle AF/MF).
MF Peaking available
AF+MF available (Manual focus adjustment after One-Shot AF)
Magnify image available during MF (5x or 10x)
Focus Bracketing Yes
AF Microadjustment ±20 steps (wide and telephoto settings for zoom lenses). Adjust all lenses by the same amount or adjust up to 40 lenses individually. Adjustments remembered for lens by serial number.
EXPOSURE CONTROL
Metering Modes Real time metering from the image sensor
(1) Evaluative metering (384 zones)
(2) Partial metering at centre (approx. 4.5% of viewfinder)
(3) Spot metering (approx. 2.6% of viewfinder)
(4) Centre-weighted average metering
Evaluative and centre-weighted average available in Movie mode
Metering Range
EV -2 to 20 (at 23°C, ISO 100)
Movie mode: EV 0 to 20 (at 23°C, ISO 100)
AE Lock Auto: in One-shot AF mode with evaluative metering exposure is locked when focus is achieved. Manual: by AE lock button in creative zone modes
Exposure Compensation ±3 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments (can be combined with AEB)
AEB 2, 3, 5 or 7 shots, ±3 EV, 1/2 or 1/3-stop increments
ISO Sensitivity Auto: 100-25600; Manual: 100-25600 in 1/3 or 1-stop increments: ISO can be expanded to H: 51200. During movie shooting: Auto: 100-12800; Manual: 100-25600 in 1/3 or 1-stop increments
SHUTTER
Type Vertical-travel mechanical focal-plane shutter, electronically controlled at all speeds, fully electronic shutter available
Speeds 30 seconds to 1/4000 second (1/3 stop increments), Bulb. (Total shutter speed range; available range varies by shooting mode). Electronic shutter up to 1/16000.
WHITE BALANCE
Type Auto white balance with the imaging sensor
Settings AWB (Ambience priority, White priority), Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, White Fluorescent light, Flash, Custom, Colour Temperature setting (100 Kelvin increments.
White balance compensation 1) Blue/Amber ±9; 2) Magenta/ Green ±9.
Custom White Balance Yes, one setting can be registered
WB Bracketing ±3 levels in single level increments; Selectable Blue/Amber bias or Magenta/ Green bias. White balance shift and AEB can alse be set in combination.
VIEWFINDER
Type Optional Electronic Viewfinder EVF-DC1, EVF-DC2
Viewfinder Information (with EVF-DC2)
Customisable and toggle via INFO. Button
(1) Live View image with exposure info
(2) Live View image with basic info
(3) Live View image with full info
Customisable settings:
Shooting Info, Grid overlay (x3 formats), Histogram (Brightness/ RGB), Electronic Level, Aspect Ratio
Depth-of-field preview Yes
LCD MONITOR
Type 7.5cm (3-inch) 3:2 Clear View II Touchscreen LCD (TFT). Approx. 1040K dots. Electrostatic capacitive type. Tiltable 180 degrees up and 45 degrees down.
Coverage Approx. 100%
Viewing Angle (horizontally/vertically) Approx 170°
Coating Anti smudge
Brightness Adjustment Adjustable to one of seven levels
Display Options Customisable and toggle via INFO. Button
(1) Live View image with exposure info
(2) Live View image with basic info
(3) Live View image with full info
Customisable settings:
Shooting Info, Grid overlay (x3 formats), Histogram (Brightness/ RGB), Electronic Level, Aspect Ratio
FLASH
Built-in Flash GN (ISO 100, metres) 4.6
Built-in Flash Coverage to 15mm focal length
Built-in Flash Recycle Time approx. 4 seconds
Modes Auto (E-TTL II)
Red-Eye Reduction with red eye reduction lamp
X-Sync 1/200sec
Flash Exposure Compensation ±2EV in 1/3 increments
Flash Exposure Bracketing with compatible external flash
Flash Exposure Lock Yes
Second Curtain Synchronisation Yes
HotShoe Yes
PC Terminal No
External Flash Compatibility E-TTL II with EX-series Speedlites, wireless optical multi-flash support
External Flash Control via camera setting /flash setting menu
SHOOTING
Modes Scene Intelligent Auto, Hybrid Auto, Creative Assist, SCN (Self-Portrait, Portrait, Smooth Skin, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, Handheld Night Scene, HDR Backlight Control, Food, Panning) Creative filters (Grainy B/W, Soft focus, Fish-eye, Water painting, Toy camera, Miniature effect, HDR Art vivid, HDR Art Bold, HDR Art embossed, HDR Art standard), Program AE , Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Flexible priority (Fv), Manual, Movie (Movie auto exposure, Movie manual exposure, HDR movies, Movie creative Effects, Time- lapse movie (3 scenes and custom)
Picture Styles Auto,Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Fine detail, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Defined (x3)
Colour Space sRGB and Adobe RGB
Image Processing
Highlight Tone Priority (normal plus enhanced)
Auto Lighting Optimizer (4 settings)
Digital Lens Optimizer
Long exposure noise reduction
High ISO speed noise reduction (4 settings)
Multi-shot Noise Reduction
Lens Peripheral illumination, Chromatic aberration, Diffraction Correction
Creative Assist
Drive Modes Single, Continuous low speed, Continuous high speed, Self timer (2 seconds, 10 seconds, Custom, Remote)
Continuous Shooting Max. approx. 14fps for up to 54 JPEG images (Large/Fine quality) with UHS-II card, 23 images RAW or 36 in CRAW with UHS-II card in One Shot and Servo AF. (Based on Canon's testing conditions and varies depending on the subject, memory card brand and capacity, image recording quality, ISO speed, drive mode, Picture Style, Custom Functions, etc. Maximum fps and buffer capacity may be reduced depending on the camera settings and light levels.)
Intervalometer Built-in, number of shots selectable from 1 to 99 orunlimited. Interval 10sec-99hr, 59min, 59sec.
FILE TYPE
Still Image Type
JPEG: Fine, Normal (Exif 2.31 [EXIF Print] compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system (2.0),
RAW: RAW (CR3 14-bit)
Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant
RAW+JPEG Simultaneous Recording Any combination of RAW+JPEG
Image Size
JPEG 3:2: (L) 6960x4640, (M) 4800x3200, (S1) 3472x2320, (S2) 2400x1600
JPEG 4:3: (L) 6160x4640, (M) 4256x3200, (S1) 3072x2320, (S2) 2112x1600
JPEG 16:9: (L) 6960x3904, (M) 4800x2688, (S1) 3472x1952, (S2) 2400x1344
JPEG 1:1: (L) 4640x4640, (M) 3200x3200, (S1) 2300x2300, (S2) 1600x1600
RAW (3:2) 6960x4640; (4:3) 6160x4640; (16:9) 6960x3904; (1:1) 4640x4640
In-camera RAW processing and image resize available in Playback
Movie Type MP4 (Video: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, Audio: MPEG-4 AAC-LC (stereo))
Movie Size
4K: 3840x2160 (29.97, 25 fps)
Full HD: 1920x1080 (119.88, 100, 59.94, 50, 29.97, 25 fps)
HD: 1280x720 (59.94, 50 fps)
HDR: 1920x1080 (29.97, 25 fps)
4K time-lapse: 3840x2160 (29.97, 25 fps)
Movie Length Max. duration 29min 59sec, Max. file size 4GB (if file size exceeds 4GB a new file will be created automatically except in Time-lapse Movie mode. ExFat formatted cards have no file size limitation)
Folders New folders can be manually created and selected
File Numbering 1) Consecutive; 2) Auto reset; 3) Manual reset
OTHER FEATURES
Custom Functions 9 customisable buttons / 3 dials
Metadata Tag User copyright information (can be set in camera); Image rating (0-5 stars)
Playback zoom 1.5x to 10x steps plus smooth pinch-to-zoom
Display Formats 1) Single image with information (toggle options); 2) Single image; 3) Index display (4/9/36/100 images); 4) Jump Display (1/10/custom number image, by shot date, by rating, by folder, by movies only, protected only)
Slide Show
Playback time: 1/2/3/5/10/20 seconds
Repeat: On/Off
Background music: On/Off
Transition effect: off, slide in 1, slide in 2, fade 1, fade 2, fade 3
Histogram Brightness and RGB
Highlight Alert Yes
Image Erase/Protection
Erase: Single image, Selected images, Selected range, All images on card
Protection: Selected images, Selected range, All images on a card, Unprotect all images
Menu Categories 1) Shooting menu (x8); 2) Playback menu (x4); 3) Setup menu (x5); 4) Display menu; 5) My Menu
Languages 29 Languages: English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Vietnamese, Hindi, Ukrainian, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Malay, Indonesian and Japanese
Firmware Update Update possible by the user.
INTERFACE
Computer USB type C
Wi-Fi Wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b/g/n) . 2.4GHz only, 1-11ch)
Wi-Fi security
Camera Access Point: WPA2-PSK with AES encryption or open
Infrastructure: Shared key, with WEP encrypton, WPS-PSK/WPA2-PSK with TKIP/AES encryption or open
Bluetooth version 4.1
Other HDMI (Micro - Type-D connector), Output options include [With info], [Clean / 4K output], and [Clean / FHD output]. HDR Image output to compatible TV supported
DIRECT PRINT
Canon Printers Canon Compact Photo Printers and PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge via wireless LAN
PictBridge Yes (via wireless LAN)
STORAGE
Type SD, SDHC or SDXC (UHS-II compatible) card
SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEM
PC Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7 SP1
* with Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 installed
Macintosh OS X v10.14, 10.13, 10.12
SOFTWARE
Image Processing Digital Photo Professional 4
Other EOS Utility, Picture Style Editor, Image Transfer Utility, Camera Connect app available on iOS 11.4 (or later) or Android 5.0 (or later)
POWER SOURCE
Batteries one rechargeable Li-ion Battery LP-E17
Battery Life Approx. 305 shots at 23°C, AE 50%, FE 50%; ECO mode approx. 410 shots. Movie recording approx. 80 mins. Playback time when playing back a slideshow of still images approx. 4 hours.
Battery Indicator 4 levels
Power Saving Display off (15, 30 sec or 1, 3, 5, 10, 30 mins). Auto Power Down (30 sec or 1, 3, 5, 10mins, Disable). ECO mode.
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Body Materials Magnesium alloy and electrolytic zinc-coated steel sheet chassis, Polycarbonate, or polycarbonate with glass fibre, thermoplastic exterior
Operating Environment 0 to 40°C, 85% or less humidity
Dimensions (WxHxD) 119.6 x 70.0 x 49.2 mm
Weight (body only) approx. 398g (both colours) (CIPA testing standard, including battery and memory card)
ACCESSORIES
Viewfinder
Optional Electronic Viewfinder EVF-DC1 (0.48 type), 4:3 aspect ratio, Approx. 2,360,000 dots, 100% coverage. Approx. 43g
Optional Electronic Viewfinder EVF-DC2 (0.39 type), 4:3 aspect ratio, Approx. 2,360,000 dots, 100% coverage.Approx.29g
Cases/straps
Neck Strap EM-E2 (light brown)
Neck Strap EM-E2(BW)(brown)
Neck Strap EM-E2(BK)(black)
Neck Strap EM -E2(WH) (white)
Lenses EF-M lenses; All EF and EF-S lenses compatible via Mount adapter EF-EOS M
Flash Canon Speedlites (90EX, 220EX, 270EX, 270EX II, EL-100, 320EX, 420EX, 430EX, 430EX II, 430EX III-RT, 470EX-AI, 550EX, 580EX, 580EX II, 600EX, 600EX-RT, Macro-Ring-Lite MR-14EX II, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT). Off-Camera Shoe Cord OC-E3
Remote Controller/Switch Remote Controller BR-E1
Other Interface Cable IFC-100U, IFC-400U, Mount Adapter EF-EOS M, USB Power Adapter PD-E1
All data is based on Canon standard testing methods except where indicated. Subject to change without notice. E&OE.