Appendix B. EOS 40D Specifications

Type of camera

Type: Digital AF/AE SLR

Recording media: CF Card Type I and II and external media (USB v.2.0 hard drive, via optional Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E3A)

Image sensor size: 0.87 × 0.58 in./22.2 × 14.8mm (APS-C size sensor) Canon EF, EF-S, TS-E, and MP-E lenses

Lens mount: Canon EF mount

Lens focal length conversion factor: 1.6x

Image sensor

Type: High-sensitivity, high-resolution, single-plate CMOS sensor

Effective pixels: Approx. 10.10 megapixels

Total pixels: Approx. 10.50 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 delete feature: (1) Self-Cleaning Sensor Unit, (2) Dust Delete Data, (3) Manual Sensor Cleaning

Recording system

Recording format: DCF 2.0 (Exif 2.21): JPEG, RAW, and RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording possible. Multiple options for recording images on a memory card, and onto compatible external USB hard drives (via optional Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E3A)

File size on CF card: (1) JPEG/Large: Approx. 3.5MB (3888 × 2592), (2) JPEG/Medium: Approx. 2.1MB (2816 × 1880), (3) JPEG/Small: Approx. 1.2MB (1936 × 1288), (4) RAW: Approx. 12.4MB (3888 × 2592), (5) sRAW: Approx. 7.1MB (1936 × 1288)

File numbering: (1) Continuous numbering (2) Auto reset (3) Manual reset (the image numbering is reset to 0001, a new folder is created and selected automatically)

Color space: Selectable between sRGB and Adobe RGB

Picture Style: Six ...

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