17 September 2008 218 views One Comment Print This Post

Canon EOS 5D Mark II is the official name of the Canon 5D successor model, announced today.

Here it is.

Isn’t it beautiful?

OK, beauty is only skin deep. What’s inside?

Well apparently it can shoot full frame HD video. This is a D-SLR, right? Hmm. Didn’t really expect or care about that, but interesting, none-the-less.

It’s got 21 Megapixels of full frame richness. It has the cool new DIGIC 4 processor which we saw in the Canon EOS 50D. It has Crazy noise reduction and ISO up to 25600 (what?!).

HD and SD Video Capture
The EOS 5D Mark II will record video up to 4GB per clip or a maximum continuous movie capture time of 29 minutes and 59 seconds.

Live View Shooting
The 5D Mark II features three Live View AF modes - Quick, Live and Face Detection Live mode - for capturing either still photos or video, each with its own attributes.

Peripheral Illumination Correction
The Canon EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR camera automatically conducts peripheral illumination correction when shooting JPEG images. Peripheral illumination correction evens brightness across the image field, making an image of a blue sky even toned throughout and reducing light fall-off at image edges.

Auto Lighting Optimizer
Canon’s enhanced Auto Lighting Optimizer technology helps ensure each picture’s subject is clearly visible by analyzing image brightness and automatically adjusting dark areas in images so that they appear brighter.

Canon’s New Creative Auto Mode
Recently introduced with the new EOS 50D, Canon’s “CA” Creative Full Auto setting can also be found on the EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR camera’s mode dial. This setting allows users to make image adjustments such as aperture or shutter speed through an easy-to-understand navigation screen on the camera’s LCD menu, allowing them to “blur the background” or “lighten or darken the image.” These easy-to-understand image options allow photographers to experiment with image options while still shooting in an automatic mode.

Two Small RAW Formats

Silent Shooting in Live View

EOS Integrated Cleaning System

So, what’s the damage?

The Canon EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR camera is compatible with Canon EF lenses and is scheduled for delivery by the end of November. The EOS 5D Mark II will be sold in a body-only configuration at an estimated retail price of $2,699. It will additionally be offered in a kit version with Canon’s EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM zoom lens at an estimated retail price of $3,499.

Here is a link to the official Canon press release on the EOS 5D Mark II.

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