Canon EOS R100

Create picture-perfect memories in outstanding quality with this intuitive EOS R camera that’s always at the ready.

Specifications in detail

Image Sensor

• Type
  22.3 x 14.9mm CMOS
• Effective Pixels
  Approx. 24.1 megapixels
• Total Pixels
  Approx 25.8 megapixels
• Aspect Ratio
  3:2
• Low-Pass Filter
  None
• Sensor Cleaning
  None
• Colour Filter Type
  RGB Primary Colour
• Sensor Shift-IS
  No

Image Processor

• Type
  DIGIC 8

Lens

• Lens Mount
  RF
• Compatibility
  RF, RF-S (EF and EF-S lenses compatible via mount adapter)¹
• Focal Length
  Equivalent to 1.6x the 35mm focal length of the lens
• Image Stabilisation
  Optical stabilisation with lenses featuring IS
  Movie Digital IS: Off / Enabled / Enhanced²

Focusing

• Type
  Dual Pixel CMOS AF System
  Contrast detection method is used during 4K Movie Servo AF
• Maximum AF Zones (Stills / Movies)
  143 / 117³
• AF System / Points

  Stills: Maximum 3975 positions
  Video: Maximum 3375 positions

  Maximum 143/99 points available for automatic selection in Face+Tracking mode. May vary depending on settings.

  Max 25 frames in Zone AF [1]

  Freely position 1 AF point/ 1 AF Zone via manual selection (area available lens dependent)

• AF Working Range
  EV -4 – 18 / EV -2 – 18⁴
• AF Modes
  One-Shot AF and Servo AF
• AF Point Selection

  Face+ Tracking
  Spot AF
  1-point AF
  Zone AF

  Stills: Maximum 3975 positions
  Video: Maximum 3375 positions

  Maximum 143/99 points available for automatic selection in Face+Tracking mode. May vary depending on settings.

  Max 25 frames in Zone AF [1]

  Freely position 1 AF point/ 1 AF Zone via manual selection (area available lens dependent)

• AF Tracking
  Humans (Eyes/Face/Head/Body)
• AF Lock
  Locked when shutter button is pressed half way or customisable AF Lock Button
• AF Assist Beam
  via LED assist beam
• Manual Focus
  With RF lenses: Via dedicated AF/MF switch on lens where available, or in menu
  With EF & EF-S lenses – Select via AF/MF switch on lens
  MF Peaking available
  AF+MF available (Manual focus adjustment after One-Shot AF)
  Magnify image available during MF (3-10x, in 0.1x increments)⁵
• Focus Bracketing
  Not provided

Exposure Control

• Metering Modes
  Real-time metering from the image sensor
  (1) Evaluative metering (384 zones, 24×16)
  (2) Partial metering at center (approx. 5.8% of Live View Screen)- stills only
  (3) Center weighted average metering
  (4) Spot metering (approx. 2.9% of Live View Screen)
  Partial and spot metering not available in movie
• Metering Brightness Range
  Still image: EV -2 – 20⁶
  Movie: EV 0 – 20
• AE Lock
  Auto: In One-shot AF mode, exposure is locked as soon as subjects are in focus
  Manual: By AE lock Button in creative zone or movie modes
• Exposure Compensation
  +/-3 EV in 1/3 stop increments
• AEB
  3 shots, +/- 2 EV, 1/3-stop increments
• Anti-flicker Shooting
  Yes. Flicker detected at a frequency of 100 Hz or 120 Hz High frequency anti-flicker shooting not provided⁷

• ISO Sensitivity

  Open
  Normal ISO speed: ISO 100-12800 in 1/3 or 1-stop increments
  Expanded ISO speed: H (equivalent to ISO 25600)⁸

Shutter

• Type
  Electronically controlled focal-place shutter (Rolling shutter, using the image sensor⁹). Electronic first curtain, mechanical 2nd curtain¹⁰
• Speed
  30 – 1/4000 sec (1/3 stop increments), Bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode)
• Shutter Release
  Soft-touch electromagnetic release

White Balance

• Type
  Auto white balance with the imaging sensor
• Settings
  AWB (Ambience priority/White priority), Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White Fluorescent light, Flash, Custom, Colour Temperature Setting White balance compensation:
  1. Blue/Amber +/-9
  2. Magenta/Green +/-9¹¹
• Shift
  Blue/Amber +/-9 levels
  Magenta/ Green +/-9 levels¹²
• Custom White Balance
  Yes, select an image on a card for use as a custom white balance
• WB Bracketing
  +/- 3 levels, single level increments¹³

Viewfinder

• Type
  0.39-type OLED Electronic Viewfinder
• Dot Count
  Approx. 2,360,000 dots
• Coverage (Vertical/Horizontal)
  Approx 100%¹⁴
• Magnification
  Approx. 0.95x¹⁵
• Eyepoint
  Approx 22mm¹⁶
• Dioptre Correction
  Approx. -3.0 to +1.0 m-1 (dpt)
• Viewfinder Information
  Viewfinder sensor: provided
  Vertical display for Stills only. Exposure Simulation¹⁷
  ‘Customisable and toggle via [INFO] Button¹⁸
  (1) Liveview image with exposure info
  (2) Liveview image with basic info
  (3) Liveview image with full info
  Customisable settings:
  Grid overlay (x3 formats), Histogram (Brightness/ RGB)
  Viewfinder Brightness: Manually adjustable 1-5
• Depth of Field Preview
  Yes
• Eyepiece Shutter
  No

LCD Monitor

• Type
  7.5 cm (3.0”) LCD (TFT). 3:2 aspect ratio. Approx. 1,040,000 dots.
• Coverage
  Approx 100%
• Brightness Adjustment
  Adjustable to one of seven levels
• Touch Screen Operations
  No
• Display Options

  Customisable and toggle via [INFO] Button
  (1) Liveview image with exposure info
  (2) Liveview image with basic info
  (3) Liveview image with full info

  Customisable settings:
  Grid overlay (x3 formats), Histogram (Brightness/ RGB)

Flash

• Built-in Flash GN (ISO 100, meters)
  6
• Built-in Flash Coverage
  Approx. 18mm angle of view
• Built-in Flash Recycle Time
  Approx. 5 seconds
• Modes
  Auto
  Fire
  Off
  E-TTL II flash metering (Evaluative (Face Priority) / Evaluative / Average)
• Red-Eye Reduction
  Yes
• X-Sync
  1/250 sec
• Flash Exposure Compensation
  +/- 2 EV in 1/3 increments
• Flash Exposure Bracketing
  No
• Flash Exposure Lock
  Yes
• Second Curtain Synchronisation
  Yes¹⁹
• Multi-Function Shoe / HotShoe / PC Terminal
  5-pin shoe only
• External Flash Compatibility
  E-TTL II with EX and EL series Speedlites, wireless multi-flash support²⁰
• External Flash Control
  Via camera setting/ flash setting menu

Shooting

• Modes

  Stills:
  Scene Intelligent Auto
  Hybrid Auto
  SCN Special Scene Modes (x10)
  – Portrait
  – Landscape
  – Sports
  – Panning
  – Close-up
  – Food
  – Night Portrait
  – Handheld Night Scene
  – HDR Backlight Control
  – Silent shutter mode²¹
  Creative Filters
  – Grainy B/W
  – Soft focus
  – Fish-eye effect
  – Water painting effect
  – Toy camera effect
  – Miniature effect
  – HDR art standard
  – HDR art vivid
  – HDR art bold
  – HDR art embossed²²
  P (Program AE)
  Tv (Shutter-priority AE)
  Av (Aperture-priority AE)
  M (Manual exposure, bulb exposure)

  Movies:
  Movie auto exposure
  Movie manual exposure

• 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 (standard and enhanced)
  Auto Lighting Optimizer (4 settings)
  Long exposure noise reduction
  High ISO speed noise reduction (4 settings + Multi Shot NR)
  Lens peripheral illumination correction
  Chromatic aberration correction
  Diffraction correction
  Digital Lens Optimizer (DLO)

  Creative Assist:
  Presets
  Background Blur (5 settings)
  Brightness (19 levels)
  Contrast (9 levels)
  Saturation (9 levels)
  Color Tone 1 & 2 (19 levels)
  Monochrome (Off/Black and white/Sepia/Blue/Purple/Green)

• Drive Modes
  Single Shooting
  Continous Shooting
  Self-timer: 10 sec. / remote control
  Self-timer: 2 sec. / remote control
  Self-timer: continuous shooting
• Continuous Shooting
  One shot AF: Max. Approx. 6.5 shots/sec with Electronic 1st-curtain shutter, speed maintained for 97 JPEG(All sizes) or 6 RAW, 17 C-RAW, or RAW + L JPEG: 6, C-RAW + L JPEG: 13 images.²³
  Servo AF: Max. Approx. 3.5 shots/sec.
• Interval Timer
  No

File Type

• Still Image Type
  JPEG: 8 bits, Standard / Fine: (Exif 2.31 compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system (2.0)
  RAW: RAW, C-CRAW (CR3 14 bits)
  Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant²⁴
• RAW+JPEG Simultaneous Recording
  Yes, RAW + various JPEG compression possible
• Image Size

  RAW / C-RAW:
  24.0 megapixels (6000 x 4000)

  JPEG 3:2:
  L 24 megapixels (6000 x 4000)
  M 10.6 megapixels (3984 x 2656)
  S1 5.9 megapixels (2976 x 1984)
  S2 3.8 megapixels (2400 x 1600)

  JPEG 4:3:
  L 21.3 megapixels (5328 x 4000)
  M 9.5 megapixels (3552 x 2664)
  S1 5.3 megapixels (2656 x 1992)
  S2 3.4 megapixels (2112 x 1600)

  JPEG 16:9:
  L 20.2 megapixels (6000 x 3368)
  M 8.9 megapixels (3984 x 2240)
  S1 5.0 megapixels (2976 x 1680)
  S2 3.2 megapixels (2400 x 1344)

  JPEG 1:1:
  L 16.0 megapixels (4000 x 4000)
  M 7.1 megapixels (2656 x 2656)
  S1 3.9 megapixels (1984 x 1984)
  S2 2.6 megapixels (1600 x 1600)²⁵

• Folders
  New folders can be created and selected
• File Numbering
  (1) Continuous, Auto Reset
  (2) Manual Reset

EOS Movie

• Movie Type
  MP4: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, Audio: AAC
• Movie Size
  4K UHD- 3840 x 2160, 23.98 / 25 fps, IPB (Standard), AAC
  Full HD – 1920 x 1080, 59.94 / 50 / 29.97 / 25 / 23.98 fps, IPB (Standard), AAC
  HD- 1280 x 720, 59.94 / 50 fps, IPB (Standard), AAC
  High Frame Rate movies- 1280 x 720, 119.88 / 100 fps, IPB (Standard), No audio
  Time-lapse movied- 3840 x 2160 / 1920 x 1080, 29.97 / 25 fps, All-I, No audio
  Miniature effect movies- 1920 x 1080, 29.97 / 25 / 23.98 fps, IPB (Standard), No audio²⁶
• Colour Sampling (Internal Recording)
  4K / Full HD: YCbCr4:2:0 8-bit
• Canon Log
  Not supported
• Movie Length
  Max duration 29min 59sec
  Max file size:
  SDXC: exFAT: Unlimited
  SDHC: FAT32: 4 GB
  SD: FAT16 / FAT12: 2GB
• High Frame Rate Movie
  HD 1280 x 720, at 100 or 119.88 fps
  Recorded aa 1/4 speed slow motion movie
• Frame Grab
  8.3-megapixel JPEG still image frame grab from 4K UHD movie possible
• Bitrate / Mbps
  4K UHD (23.98, 25 fps): IPB (Standard) 120 Mbps Full HD (59.94, 50 fps): IPB ( Standard) 60 Mbps
  Full HD (29.97, 23.98, 25 fps): IPB (Standard) 30 Mbps
  HD (59.94, 50 fps): IPB (Standard) 26 Mbps
  HFR movies (119.88, 100 fps): IPB (Standard) 52 Mbps
  4K time-lapse (29.97, 25 fps): ALL-I 300 Mbps
  Full HD time-lapse (29.97, 25 fps): ALL-I 90 Mbps
  Miniature effect (29.97, 23.98, 25 fps): IPB (Standard) 30 Mbps
• Dual Card Recording
  Not supported
• Microphone
  Built-in monaural microphone (48 KHz, 16-bit x 2 channels)
• HDMI Display
  Output to external monitor only (output of images and shooting information, images/video are recorded to the card)
  Camera screen and External Monitor output (Recording to camera is not possible, use with external recorder, camera screen shows images with shooting information)
• HDMI Output
  HDMI Micro OUT terminal (Type D)
  Auto:
  – 4K (UHD): NTSC (23.98), PAL (25.00p)
  – 1080 NTSC (59.94p / 59.94i), PAL (50.00p / 50.00i)
  – 480 NTSC (59.94p)
  – 576 PAL (50.00p)
  1080p:
  – 1080 NTSC (59.94p / 59.94i), PAL (50.00p / 50.00i)
  – 480 NTSC (59.94p)
  – 576 PAL (50p)
• Focusing
  4K: Contrast detection AF
  Full HD: Dual Pixel CMOS AF
  HFR Movie: Autofocus disabled
• ISO
  Auto: 100-12800, H: 25600
  Manual: 100-12800, H: 25600

Other Features

• Custom Functions
  ISO Expansion
  Safety shift
  7 customisable buttons
  – Shutter button (half press)
  – Exposure compensation button
  – AE lock button
  – ISO speed setting button
  – Flash button
  – Movie shooting button
  – Drive mode button
  Release shutter without lens
  Retract lens on power off
• Metadata Tag
  User copyright information (Author’s Name, Copyright Details)
  Image rating (0-5 stars)
• LCD Panel / Illumination
  No
• Water/Dust Resistance
  No
• Voice Memo
  No
• Intelligent Orientation Sensor
  No
• Playback Zoom
  1.5x – 10x in 15 levels
• Display Formats
  (1) Single image with information (toggle options)
  (2) Single image
  (3) Index display (4/9/36/100 images)
• SlideShow
  Playback time: 1/2/3/5/10/20 seconds
  Repeat: Enable / Disable
  Transition Effects: Off, Slide in 1-2, Fade 1-3
  Background music: Off / On
• Histogram
  Brightness/ RGB
• Highlight Alert
  Yes²⁷
• Image Erase
  Single image, select range, Selected images, Folder, Card
• Image Erase Protection
  Erase: Single image, Selected images, Selected range, folder, All images on card , All found images
  Protection: Selected images, Selected range, All images. Folder
• Self Timer
  2 sec, 10 sec
• Menu Categories
  (1) Shooting menu
  (2) Playback menu
  (3)Communication features menu
  (4) Function settings menu
  (5) Display level settings menu
  (6) My Menu
• Menu Languages
  29 Languages
  English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Malay, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Hindi, Japanese
• Firmware Update
  Firmware update possible by the user via SD card, EOS Utility or Camera Connect app

Interface

• Computer
  Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0), USB Type-C terminal
• Wi-Fi
  Wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b/g/n) (2.4 GHz), with Bluetooth 4.2 support Features supported – EOS Utility, Smartphone, Upload to image.canon, Wireless printing
• Other
  HDMI (Micro – Type-D connector), HDR output to compatible TV supported External microphone in (3.5mm stereo mini jack)

Direct Print

• Canon Printers
  Canon Compact Photo Printers and PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge
• PictBridge
  PictBridge-compatible (wireless LAN) printer compatible

Storage

• Type
  SD, SDHC, SDXC (UHS-I compatible)

Supported Operating System

• PC
  See support pages for up-to-date information
• Macintosh
  See support pages for up-to-date information

Software

• Image Processing
  Digital Photo Professional
• Other

  Picture Style Editor, EOS Utility, Image Transfer Utility

  Camera Connect app available on iOS and Android devices

Power Source

• Batteries
  1 x Rechargeable Li-ion Battery LP-E17
• Battery Life

  Viewfinder: Approx. 340 shots (Based on CIPA standards)
  Live view: Approx 430 shots (Based on CIPA standards)
  4K Movie Recording: Approx. 110 mins
  Full HD Movie Recording: Approx 160 mins
  Playback time when playing back a slideshow of still images: Approx. 190 mins

  (With a new, fully charged LP-E17)

• 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, 10 mins, Disable)
  Viewfinder off (1, 3 min, disable)
  Power saving mode
• Power Supply & Battery Chargers
  Battery charger LC-E17E
  AC adapter AC-E6N
  DC Coupler DR-E18²⁸

Accessories

• Wireless File Transmitter
  Not compatible
• Cases / Straps
  Protecting cloth PC-E1 / PC-E2
  Strap provided
• Lenses
  RF and RF-S lenses
  EF and EF-S lenses compatible via adapter
  EF-M lenses not compatible²⁹
• Lens Adapters
  Mount Adapter EF-EOS R, Drop-in Filter Mount Adapter EF-EOS R³⁰
• Flash
  EL series Speedlites: EL-1 / EL-100
  EX series Speedlites / Macrolite
  Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT (Ver. 2) / ST-E3-RT / ST-E2
  Off-Camera shoe cord OC-E3³¹
• Remote Controller / Switch
  Bluetooth Remote BR-E1
  Tripod grip HG-100TBR
  Remote Switch RS-60E3³²
• Other
  Interface cable IFC-100U
  Interface cable IFC-400U

Physical Specifications

• Body Materials
  Mainly polycarbonate resin with glass fibre that incorporates an aliminium alloy
• Operating Environment
  0 – 40 °C, 85% or less humidity
• Dimensions (W x H x D)
  116.3 x 85.5 x 68.8mm
• Weight (Body Only)
  Approx. 356 g