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IV. CONTROLS AND DISPLAY 12
High Performance
LCD Screen
Large, Bright Viewfinder
With Interchangeable
Focusing Screens
The EOS 5D camera has a 2.5 inch
polysilicon TFT LCD screen with
approximately 230,000 pixels. It has an
exceptionally wide viewing angle of 170
degrees, and the display area is double
that of the EOS 20D’s 1.8 inch screen.
Previous LCD screens had a narrow vertical
viewing angle. Picture brightness was lost
if it was viewed from even a slight vertical angle and image review involved some
uncertainty. The new screen maintains the same brightness from almost any viewing
angle. Brightness is adjustable in five levels with the menu item [LCD brightness].
The backlight uses six LED modules that illuminate the large monitor evenly. By
comparison, the 20D model’s 1.8 inch screen uses three LED modules.
Along with the larger screen, the menu text is also larger and easier to read. The full-
featured INFO screen includes file sizes, RGB histogram and AF frame displays. In
addition, Quick Review images are now enlargeable.
The viewfinder optics of the EOS 5D camera are newly
developed. They provide 96% vertical and horizontal
coverage with .71X magnification, a 20mm eyepoint and
–3 to +1 dpt dioptric adjustment. The result is a large
and bright view that is very much like that of the
EOS-1Ds Mark II (100% view, .7x magnification, 20mm
eyepoint, same range of dioptric adjustment).
Also like the EOS-1Ds Mark II, the EOS 5D features interchangeable focusing screens.
The standard screen is the Ee-A, designed to work with all EF lenses down to f/5.6
IV. CONTROLS AND DISPLAY
20˚
85˚
8
5
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60˚
Horizontal viewing angle
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OS 5D camera
EOS 20D camera
V
ertical
viewing
angle
40˚85˚ 85˚40˚
Actual LCD monitor viewing angle
Menu comparison (actual size)
EOS 5D (2.5in.) EOS 20D (1.8in.)
Viewfinder information