| key specs |
| Camera Type | Digital Camera | DSLR Camera |
| Effective Pixels | 20 MP | 22.3 MP |
| Sensor Type | CCD | CMOS |
| Display Type | LCD | - |
| Display Size | 2.7 inch | 3.2 inch |
| Battery Type | Lithium ion | Lithium ion |
| Touchscreen | - | No |
| general |
| Brand | Canon | Canon |
| Model | IXUS 185 20MP Digital Camera | EOS 5D Mark III 22.3MP DSLR Camera |
| Model Name | IXUS 185 | EOS 5D Mark III |
| Model Number | 185 | EOS 5D Mark III |
| Color | Silver | Black |
| Type | Digital Camera | DSLR Camera |
| Effective Pixels | 20 MP | 22.3 MP |
| Dimensions(WxHxD) | 95.25 x 54.3 x 22.1 cm | 116.4 x 152 x 76.4 mm |
| Weight | 126 GM | 950 GM |
| Temperature | 0 to 40 | 0 to 40 |
| SLR Variant | - | Body Only |
| Tripod Socket | - | Yes |
| Face Detection | - | Yes |
| Ports | - | Mini HDMI |
| sensor features |
| Sensor Type | CCD | CMOS |
| Sensor Size | 1/2.3 inch | 22.3 x 14.9 mm |
| ISO Rating | ISO 100 | ISO 100 - 12800 |
| Maximum ISO | - | 12800 ISO |
| lens features |
| Focal Length | 5 W - 40.0 T mm 35 mm Film Equivalent 28 W - 224 T mm | - |
| Digital Zoom | 8x | - |
| Optical Zoom | 8x | - |
| Lens Mount | - | Canon EF Mount |
| Manual Focus | - | Yes |
| Color Filter | - | Primary RGB Color Filter |
| Dust Reduction | - | Yes |
| Other Lens Features | - | Canon EF Compatible Lenses, Depth-of-field Preview |
| viewfinder features |
| View Finder | Yes | Yes |
| View Finder Type | - | Eye-level Pentaprism |
| focus features |
| Focus Mode | Autofocus Continuous, Servo AF | - |
| Focus Range | 1 cm - infinity W, 1.3 m - infinity T, Macro 1 - 50 cm W | - |
| Metering Modes | Evaluative, Center-weighted Average, Spot | Evaluative Metering with the Image Sensor |
| Auto Focus | - | Yes |
| White Balancing | - | Auto, Preset Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten Light, White Fluorescent Light, Flash, Custom, Color Temperature Setting, White Balance Correction, and White Balance Bracketing, Flash Color Temperature Information Transmission Enabled |
| Other Focus Features | - | Manual focusing 5x, 10x Magnification, Closest Focusing Distance 0.45m, Zoom Magnification 1.5x - 10x |
| exposure features |
| Exposure Mode | Program Auto | - |
| Exposure Compensation | - | 3 EV in Increments of 1/3 EV or 1/2 EV |
| Manual Exposure | - | Yes |
| Other Exposure Features | - | Exposure Control Autoexposure, Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE |
| shutter features |
| Shutter Speed | 1 - 1/2000 sec, 15 - 1 sec Long Shutter Mode | 1/8000 sec |
| Self-timer | Yes | Yes |
| Continuous Shots | - | Yes, 6 fps High Speed, 3 fps Low Speed, 3 fps Silent Mode |
| flash features |
| Built-in Flash | Yes | - |
| External Flash | - | Yes |
| Flash Modes | - | E-TTL II Auto Flash, Metered Manual |
| Other Flash Features | - | Compatible Speedlites EX-series Speedlites, External Speedlite Control, PC Terminal, |
| display features |
| Display Type | LCD | - |
| Display Size | 2.7 inch | 3.2 inch |
| Display Resolution | 230000 dots | - |
| Touch Screen | - | No |
| Other Display Features | - | Movie Playback, Image Rotate Playback, Slide Show, Image Protect, Copying Images, Maximum Magnification 0.23x |
| storage and power features |
| Batteries Included | Yes | - |
| Battery Type | Lithium ion | Lithium ion |
| Number of Batteries | 1 | - |
| audio and video features |
| Video Resolution | 5152 x 3864 Pixels, 3648 x 2736 Pixels, 2048 x 1536 Pixels, 2560 x 1920 Pixels, 640 x 480 Pixels | 1920 x 1080 |
| Video Quality | HD | - |
| Video Format | - | MOV, MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 |
| modes and functions features |
| HD Support | Yes | - |
| Shooting Modes | Auto, P, Digital IS, Portrait, Face Self-timer, Low Light, Fish-eye Effect, Miniature Effect, Toy Camera Effect, Monochrome, Super Vivid, Poster Effect, Snow, Fireworks, Long Shutter | Auto, Program AE, Shutter Priority AE, Aperture Priority AE, Manual, Custom x3, HDR Shooting, Live Mode, Face Detection Live Mode Contrast Detection, Quick Mode Phase-difference Detection, Shooting Modes Ratio 32, 43, 169, 11 |
| image features |
| Image Format | - | JPEG, RAW, RAW JPEG, DCF |
| connectivity features |
| Wifi | - | No |