Preview Canon Camera EOS 5D Mark II
Canon's update to the wildly popular full frame EOS 5D is here, and it's better than ever. Back in August 2005 Canon 'defined a new DSLR category' (their words) with the EOS 5D. Unlike any previous 'full frame' sensor camera, the 5D was the first with a compact body (i.e. not having an integral vertical grip) and has since then proved to be very popular, perhaps because if you wanted a full frame DSLR to use with your Canon lenses and you didn't want the chunky EOS-1D style body then the EOS 5D has been your only choice. Three years on and two competitors have turned up in the shape of the Nikon D700 and Sony DSLR-A900, and Canon clearly believes it's time for a refresh.
So here is the 5D Mark II, which punches high in terms of both resolution and features, headlining: 21 megapixels, 1080p video, 3.0" VGA LCD, Live view, higher capacity battery. In other words, a camera that aims to leapfrog both its direct rivals, either in terms of resolution (in the case of the D700) or features (in the case of the DSLR-A900). Full detail below.
Key features / improvements
- 21 megapixel CMOS sensor (very similar to the sensor in the EOS-1Ds Mark III)
- Sensor dust reduction by vibration of filter
- ISO 100 - 6400 calibrated range, ISO 50 - 25600 expansion (1Ds Mark III & 5D max ISO 3200)
- Auto ISO (100 - 3200) in all modes except manual
- 3.9 frames per second continuous shooting
- DIGIC 4 processor, new menus / interface as per the EOS 50D
- Image processing features:
- Highlight tone priority
- Auto lighting optimizer (4 levels)
- High ISO noise reduction (4 levels)
- Lens peripheral illumination correction (vignetting correction)
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- RAW and SRAW1 (10 MP) / SRAW2 (5 MP)
- RAW / JPEG selection made separately
- Permanent display of ISO on both top plate and viewfinder displays
- AF microadjustment (up to 20 lenses individually)
- Three custom modes on command dial, Creative Auto mode
- Image copyright metadata support
- 98% coverage viewfinder (0.71x magnification)
- 3.0" 920,000 dot LCD monitor with 'Clear View' cover / coatings, 170° viewing angle
- Automatic LCD brightness adjustment (ambient light sensor)
- Live view with three mode auto-focus (including face detection)
- No mirror-flip for exposures in Live View if contrast detect AF selected
- Movie recording in live view (1080p H.264 up to 12 minutes, VGA H.264 up to 24 mins per clip)
- Two mode silent shooting (in live view)
- New jump options in play mode
- HDMI and standard composite (AV) video out
- Full audio support: built-in mic and speaker, mic-in socket, audio-out over AV (although not HDMI)
- IrPort (supports IR remote shutter release using optional RC1 / RC5 controllers)
- UDMA CompactFlash support
- New 1800 mAh battery with improved battery information / logging
- New optional WFT-E4 WiFi / LAN / USB vertical grip
- Water resistance: 10 mm rain in 3 minutes
TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor
Monitor Size
3.0 in.
Dots
Approx. 920,000 (VGA)
Coverage
Approx. 100% (viewing angle: approx. 170°)
Brightness Adjustment
Auto, 7 levels provided
Interface Languages
25 (English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukraine, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese)
| Image Playback | |
| Display Format | Single image, Single image + Image-recording quality/shooting information, histogram, 4- or 9-image index, magnified view (approx. 1.5x-10x), rotated image (auto/manual), image jump (by 10/100 images, index screen, by shooting date, by folder), slide show (all images/selected by date/folder) |
| Highlight Warning | Provided (Overexposed highlights blink) |
| Direct Printing | |
| Compatible Printers | PictBridge-compatible printers |
| Printable Images | JPEG images compliant to Design rule for Camera File System (DPOF printing possible) and RAW/sRAW images captured with the EOS 5D Mark II |
| Easy Print feature | Provided |
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| Power Source | |
| Battery | One Battery Pack LP-E6 AC power can be supplied via AC Adapter Kit ACK-E6 with Battery Grip BG-E6 attached. |
| Battery Check | Auto |
| Power Saving | Provided. Power turns off after 1, 2, 4, 8, 15 or 30 min. |
| Date/Time Battery | One CR1616 lithium-ion battery |
| Start-up Time | Approx. 0.1 sec. By all measures, it's priced fairly aggressively, coming out as the least expensive of its cohort by several hundred dollars. As long as Canon can pull off the image quality--which we've seen it do with the same sensor in the 1Ds Mark III--the high-resolution sensor will prove to be an asset. The sacrifice, however, is in burst performance. It's the slowest of all the new models, partly because of Nikon's significantly lower resolution and Sony's doubling up on the processors to maintain burst rates. Based on the specifications, its autofocus system seems to lag Nikon's as well, though specs only tell a fraction of the AF story. The most notable difference between the 5D Mark II and its competitors is the movie-capture capability. It's interesting that Nikon chose to introduce video in its consumer-focused D90, while Canon opted for a debut in the higher-end model. Canon supports 1,920x1,080 at 30fps, true 1080p HD, with stereo audio, and longer clips of up to 4GB compared with the D90's monoaural 1,280x720 24fps for 2GB. (And as with that camera, it works in Live View mode.) While there are some obvious applications for it in areas like wedding, law enforcement, insurance and other professional and commercial environments, a lot of its usefulness will rest on the implementation. In a nice touch, the camera has a minijack for an external microphone. While several of the new capabilities definitely target pros--a pair of low-resolution raw formats (10 and 5.2 megapixels), in-camera peripheral illumination correction to compensate for brightness nonuniformity across the image, and a silent Live View mode--Canon also adds the Creative Auto mode which debuted with the 50D. That latter's more of a newbie feature than I'd expect to see in a camera of this class. The company did upgrade the body for improved weather resistance. All in all, the EOS 5D Mark II looks quite intriguing, but doesn't provoke the knee-jerk WANT response I expected. Still, I can't wait to get it in and give it a shot (or several hundred). It's slated to ship at the end of November; body only for $2,699 or with the24-105mm f4 L USM lens for $3,499. |
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