Canon EOS C500 Specs, Sensor Size & Crop Factor

Q: What is the crop factor of the Canon EOS C500?

The Canon EOS C500 has a crop factor of 1.46× relative to 35 mm full frame (diagonal 29.6 mm vs 43.3 mm).

1.46×

Crop factor

26.2×13.8 mm

Sensor size

362 mm²

Area · 42% of full frame

8.8 MP

Resolution

6.40 µm

Pixel pitch

f/9.5

Diffraction-limited aperture

Specifications#

Brand: Canon
Model: EOS C500
Camera type: Cinema / video camera
Lens mount: Canon EF
Sensor size: 26.2 × 13.8 mm (APS-C)
Crop factor: 1.46×
Resolution: 8.8 MP (4,096 × 2,160 px)
Sensor type: CMOS
Storage: CompactFlash (CF) (Type I or Type II)
Successor: Canon EOS C500 II

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Sensor size compared#

The Canon EOS C500 sensor (highlighted) drawn to scale against common formats. Its area is 42% of a full-frame sensor, which collects about 1.3 stops less total light at the same exposure.

Focal length equivalents & field of view#

Multiply any focal length by 1.46 to get the full-frame field of view. Angles are for a rectilinear lens focused at infinity.

Lens on this camera	Full-frame equivalent	Horizontal	Vertical	Diagonal
8 mm	12 mm	117.2°	81.6°	123.2°
10 mm	15 mm	105.3°	69.2°	111.9°
12 mm	18 mm	95.0°	59.8°	102.0°
14 mm	20 mm	86.2°	52.5°	93.2°
16 mm	23 mm	78.6°	46.7°	85.6°
18 mm	26 mm	72.1°	41.9°	78.9°
20 mm	29 mm	66.4°	38.1°	73.0°
24 mm	35 mm	57.3°	32.1°	63.3°
28 mm	41 mm	50.1°	27.7°	55.7°
35 mm	51 mm	41.0°	22.3°	45.9°
40 mm	58 mm	36.3°	19.6°	40.6°
50 mm	73 mm	29.4°	15.7°	33.0°
56 mm	82 mm	26.3°	14.0°	29.6°
70 mm	102 mm	21.2°	11.3°	23.9°
85 mm	124 mm	17.5°	9.3°	19.8°
100 mm	146 mm	14.9°	7.9°	16.8°
135 mm	197 mm	11.1°	5.9°	12.5°
200 mm	292 mm	7.5°	4.0°	8.5°
300 mm	438 mm	5.0°	2.6°	5.7°
400 mm	584 mm	3.8°	2.0°	4.2°
600 mm	877 mm	2.5°	1.3°	2.8°
800 mm	1169 mm	1.9°	1.0°	2.1°

Depth of field table#

Total depth of field at each subject distance, using a circle of confusion of 20.5 µm (the 0.030 mm full-frame standard scaled by the crop factor). Detailed tables: 24 mm f/1.8, 24 mm f/2.8, 35 mm f/1.8, 35 mm f/2.8, 50 mm f/1.8, 50 mm f/2.8.

Focal	Aperture	50.0 cm	1.00 m	2.00 m	3.00 m	5.00 m	10.0 m	Hyperfocal
15 mm	f/1.8	8.0 cm	33.2 cm	1.46 m	3.87 m	24.8 m	∞	6.10 m
15 mm	f/2.8	12.6 cm	53.7 cm	2.73 m	10.9 m	∞	∞	3.93 m
15 mm	f/4	18.3 cm	82.6 cm	6.10 m	∞	∞	∞	2.75 m
15 mm	f/8	40.5 cm	2.98 m	∞	∞	∞	∞	1.38 m
30 mm	f/1.8	1.9 cm	8.0 cm	32.6 cm	74.3 cm	2.13 m	9.84 m	24.4 m
30 mm	f/2.8	3.0 cm	12.4 cm	51.1 cm	1.18 m	3.53 m	21.4 m	15.7 m
30 mm	f/4	4.3 cm	17.8 cm	74.3 cm	1.76 m	5.71 m	106 m	11.0 m
30 mm	f/8	8.6 cm	36.6 cm	1.65 m	4.61 m	51.2 m	∞	5.51 m
51 mm	f/1.8	0.6 cm	2.7 cm	11.1 cm	25.2 cm	70.7 cm	2.89 m	70.4 m
51 mm	f/2.8	1.0 cm	4.2 cm	17.3 cm	39.3 cm	1.11 m	4.62 m	45.3 m
51 mm	f/4	1.4 cm	6.0 cm	24.7 cm	56.4 cm	1.60 m	6.97 m	31.7 m
51 mm	f/8	2.8 cm	12.0 cm	50.0 cm	1.16 m	3.46 m	20.8 m	15.9 m
84 mm	f/1.8	0.2 cm	1.0 cm	4.0 cm	9.2 cm	25.8 cm	1.04 m	191 m
84 mm	f/2.8	0.3 cm	1.5 cm	6.2 cm	14.3 cm	40.1 cm	1.63 m	123 m
84 mm	f/4	0.5 cm	2.1 cm	8.9 cm	20.4 cm	57.4 cm	2.34 m	86.0 m
84 mm	f/8	1.0 cm	4.3 cm	17.9 cm	40.9 cm	1.16 m	4.88 m	43.0 m

Equivalent aperture#

Exposure is identical at the same f-number on any format; equivalence only describes depth of field and total light.

Aperture on this camera	Full-frame equivalent (depth of field)	Hyperfocal at 30 mm
f/1.2	f/1.8	36.6 m
f/1.4	f/2.0	31.3 m
f/1.8	f/2.6	24.4 m
f/2	f/2.9	21.9 m
f/2.8	f/4.1	15.7 m
f/4	f/5.8	11.0 m
f/5.6	f/8.2	7.86 m
f/8	f/11.7	5.51 m

Diffraction & pixel pitch#

With 6.40 µm pixels, diffraction starts to soften pixel-level detail around f/9.5. For maximum sharpness keep landscapes between f/5.2 and f/10; stopping down further trades detail for depth of field.

Aperture	Airy disk diameter	Spread over	At 100% view
f/2.8	3.8 µm	0.6 px	sharp
f/4	5.4 µm	0.8 px	sharp
f/5.6	7.5 µm	1.2 px	sharp
f/8	10.7 µm	1.7 px	sharp
f/11	14.8 µm	2.3 px	slight softening
f/16	21.5 µm	3.4 px	visibly soft
f/22	29.5 µm	4.6 px	visibly soft

Maximum print sizes#

At 8.8 MP the Canon EOS C500 produces 4,096 × 2,160 pixel images. See the 8 megapixel guide or the print size calculator.

Resolution	Typical use	Inches	Centimetres
300 DPI	Photo-lab quality	13.7 × 7.2 in	35 × 18 cm
240 DPI	Fine-art inkjet	17.1 × 9.0 in	43 × 23 cm
200 DPI	Wall print	20.5 × 10.8 in	52 × 27 cm
150 DPI	Poster, viewed from 1 m+	27.3 × 14.4 in	69 × 37 cm

Night-sky exposure limits#

Longest exposure before stars trail. The NPF rule accounts for pixel pitch and is stricter than the classic 500 rule — use it for pin-sharp stars on high-resolution sensors.

Focal length	500 rule	NPF f/1.8	NPF f/2.8	NPF f/4
10 mm (15 mm eq.)	34.2 s	25.5 s	29.0 s	33.2 s
14 mm (20 mm eq.)	24.4 s	18.2 s	20.7 s	23.7 s
16 mm (23 mm eq.)	21.4 s	15.9 s	18.1 s	20.7 s
24 mm (35 mm eq.)	14.3 s	10.6 s	12.1 s	13.8 s
34 mm (50 mm eq.)	10.1 s	7.5 s	8.5 s	9.8 s

Open the NPF / 500 rule calculator →

Handheld shutter speed guide#

The reciprocal rule uses the equivalent focal length. High-resolution sensors may need one stop faster than this for pixel-sharp results.

Focal length	No stabilisation (1/equiv. focal)	With 3-stop IS	With 5-stop IBIS
16 mm	1/25 s	0.3 s	1.3 s
34 mm	1/50 s	1/6 s	0.6 s
68 mm	1/100 s	1/13 s	0.3 s
137 mm	1/200 s	1/25 s	1/6 s

Lenses for the Canon EOS C500#

Native Canon EF lenses in our database (267 total). Also adaptable: T-mount (T2), M42 screw mount, Deckel (DKL), Tamron Adaptall, M39 / LTM (Leica thread).

Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Fish-Eye CS 8 mm
Samyang 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS 10 mm
Laowa 12mm f/2.8 Zero-D 12 mm
Samyang 12mm f/2.8 Fish-Eye ED AS NCS 12 mm
Canon EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM 14 mm
Samyang 14mm f/2.8 AE ED AS IF UMC 14 mm
Samyang AF 14mm f/2.8 14 mm
Sigma 14mm f/1.8 DG HSM | A 14 mm
Laowa 15mm F/4 Wide Angle Macro 15 mm
Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM 16–35 mm
Samyang 16mm f/2.0 ED AS UMC CS 16 mm
Samyang 20mm f/1.8 ED AS UMC 20 mm
Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM 24 mm
Samyang 24mm f/1.4 ED AS IF UMC 24 mm
Samyang T-S 24mm f/3.5 ED AS UMC 24 mm
Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM | A 24 mm
Sigma 28mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 28 mm
Viltrox AF 33mm f/1.4 XF 33 mm
Sigma 40mm F1.4 DG HSM | Art 40 mm
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 50 mm
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II 50 mm
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM 50 mm
Viltrox AF 56mm f/1.4 XF 56 mm
Laowa 60mm f/2.8 2X Ultra-Macro 60 mm
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM 70–200 mm
Sigma 70-200mm F2.8 DG OS HSM | S 70–200 mm
Samyang 85mm f/1.4 IF UMC Aspherical 85 mm
Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | C 100–400 mm
Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM | C +1.4x ext. 100–400 mm
Sigma 105 mm F1.4 DG HSM Art 105 mm
Samyang 135mm f/2 ED UMC 135 mm
Sigma 4.5mm f/2.8 EX DC HSM circular fisheye 4.5 mm
Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM 8–15 mm
Sigma 8-16mm f/4.5-5.6 DC HSM 8–16 mm
Sigma 8mm f/3.5 EX DG circular fisheye 8 mm
Samyang XP 10mm f/3.5 10 mm

Similar cameras#

Other APS-C cameras from around the same time.

Frequently asked questions#

What is the crop factor of the Canon EOS C500?

The Canon EOS C500 has a crop factor of 1.46× relative to 35 mm full frame (diagonal 29.6 mm vs 43.3 mm).

What size is the Canon EOS C500 sensor?

26.2 × 13.8 mm (APS-C), an area of 362 mm² — 42% of full frame.

Is the Canon EOS C500 full frame?

No — its sensor is APS-C, which is 2.4× smaller in area than full frame.

How many megapixels does the Canon EOS C500 have?

8.8 megapixels (4,096 × 2,160 pixels), enough for a 14 × 7 inch print at 300 DPI.

What lens mount does the Canon EOS C500 use?

The Canon EOS C500 uses the Canon EF (flange distance 44.00 mm).

How long can I expose the night sky with the Canon EOS C500?

With a 14 mm lens (20 mm equivalent) the 500 rule gives 24 s and the stricter NPF rule at f/2.8 gives 21 s.

Sources & licences#

Wikipedia: Canon EOS C500 — CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata Q63311 — CC0

Last updated October 03, 2026 · How we calculate · Sources