| Model: | Canon EOS DCS 1 |
| Sensor: | CCD, 1.3x crop factor (APS-H) |
| Res: | 3,060 x 2,036 (6.2 megapixels) |
| Lens: | Interchangeable (EF) |
| Viewfinder: | Optical |
| Storage: | PCMCIA card slot |
| Shutter: | electronic focal plane |
| Shutterrange: | 30 to 1/8000 s |
| Metering: | TTL, full aperture, zones |
| Emode: | Full auto, programmed, shutter-priority, aperture priority, manual |
| Mmode: | Evaluative, Center Weighted, Average |
| Farea: | 5 points |
| Fmode: | One-shot, AI-Servo, AI-Focus, Manual |
| Cont: | 2 frames in 1.2 seconds, then 1 frame every 8 seconds |
| Speedrange: | 80 |
| Rearlcd: | none |
| Flbkt: | none |
| Fcbkt: | none |
| Wb: | 7 presets, including Auto and custom |
| Wbbkt: | none |
| Flash: | Canon hotshoe |
| Weight: | 1800 g (body only) |
| Battery: | Built-in, rechargeable |
| Obp: | none. |
The Canon EOS DCS 1 was Kodak's third Canon-based Digital SLR camera (a rebranded Kodak EOS DCS-1). It was released in December 1995, following the cheaper EOS DCS 3, which was released earlier that year. Like that camera, it combined an EOS-1N body with a modified Kodak DCS 460 digital back. Despite offering a then-enormous resolution of 6 megapixels with a relatively large APS-H sensor, a number of technical issues (together with its 3.6 million yen price) meant that it was never a very popular camera other than for a few people with specialized roles.
Although the sensor was much larger than the EOS DCS 3, the DCS 1 had a lower fixed sensitivity of ISO 80. The large image size resulted in a burst rate of just over one image per second for two images, followed by an eight-second delay to clear the buffer.[1] A typical contemporary 340MB PCMCIA card or IBM Microdrive could store 53 images.[2] In line with the rest of the Kodak DCS range, the EOS DCS 1 could not produce JPEG files in camera.
The EOS DCS 1 was succeeded in 1998 by the EOS D6000 (a rebranded Kodak DCS 560).