Canon 5Ds and 5Ds R Detailed Specifications Leak Out

[UPDATE: The 5Ds and 5Ds R have been officially announced. Click here for all of the details, pricing and availability.]

The Canon 5Ds and 5Ds R cameras are due to be announced later this week and the leaks just keep on coming. The latest leak reveals a more detailed specification list that further confirms the 50MP full frame sensor and other powerful features of the new cameras.

The new 5Ds is believed to feature the same body construction with the 5D Mark III; however, there are some serious upgrades inside that body.

Canon 5Ds and 5Ds R Specifications

• 50.6MP effective CMOS sensor (total sensor res is 53MP)
• 5Ds R is the same camera with the low-pass filter disabled (similar to the Nikon D800/D800E product placement)
• RAW (50MP), M-RAW (28MP), S-RAW (12.4MP)
• CF UDMA 7 and SD, SDHC, SDXC (UHS-I) card slots
• Dual DIGIC6 processor
• 1.3x and 1.6x crop modes
• Pentaprism finder with 100% field of view and 0.71x magnification, the eye point is 21mm
• Electronic level
• Grid display
• 61-point AF system (41-point cross-type sensors); EV-2 support
• ITR AF
• Anti-flicker
• Time-lapse movie
• Bulb timer
• Contrast AF (face recognition) during Live View
• 150,000 pixel RGB-TR metering sensor
• 252 zone TTL metering
• EOS iSA system
• ISO 100-6400 (extended with ISO 50 and ISO 12,800)
• Shutter speed 30s – 1/8000s
• Flash sync at 1/200s
• 5fps continuous shooting speed
• 1080/30p (ALL-I or IPB) video
• 3.2″ LCD monitor with 1.04M-dot resolution
• Mini-HDMI output
• External mic input
• Battery LP-E6N / LP-E6
• Size 152 x 116.4 x 76.4mm
• Weight 930g (CIPA guidelines) / 845g (body only)

Video seems to be an afterthought on this camera with what appears to be zero enhancements. It looks to be built for the stills shooter. And there is no word yet on the price of it.

We should know something official later this week. Stay tuned…

[via DCI]