Canon EOS 5D Mark II : Price, Review and Specifications

  • Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

The EOS 5D Mark II is a product of Canon that has very high digital SLR. It has very excellent sharpness and brightness. It contains rear LCD that makes its images larger in compare to other cameras. The coverage of this camera is almost about 100 percent. The EOS 5D Mark II has 21.1 megapixels quality. The pixels size of EOS 5D Mark II is about 6.4 micrometer. It has CMOS sensor with high resolution of 3inch LCD. It contains DIGIC IV processor that is used to increase its ISO to 25,600. With a new viewfinder it has high definition video capabilities to record up to 10 to 12 minutes at a clip

Performance

 

The Burst mode of The EOS 5D Mark II is about 3.8 frames per second. A larger number of buffers in EOS 5D Mark II allows the camera of Canon’s to shoot up to some consecutive 13 RAW files and these Raw files can be added more with the help of a UDMA card. There is good quality of Shutter lags and Autofocus. EOS 5D Mark II in sometimes have to hunt for good focus in very low light. It can be used for shoot in fashion shows also. It has wide applications as in marriage ceremonies wedding photographers are very much satisfied about its performance and photo journalists are also appreciates its performance. It is more accurate since it is more quieter. The EOS 5D Mark II has live view with all three types of autofocus modes and that are Quick, Live and Face Detective Live.

Features

The EOS 5D Mark II has field of view crop factor is 1.0 times and its CMOS sensor size is 36.0 * 24.0 millimeter. Its viewfinder is 98%. There is a EICS ( EOS integrated cleaning system ) used with CMOS sensor of EOS 5D Mark II that makes its technology very improved. It can continuous shooting for about 3.9 frames per second. With a single UDMA card it can capture maximum of 315 JPEG images in a single burst. The LCD view of EOS 5D Mark II is very clear and about 3.0 inch VGA or in dots it is 920. The expansion of ISO range is from 50 to 25,600. The EOS 5D Mark II has 9 AF points and 6 Assist AF points. It has RGB(red green blue) color filter array.

Design
The weight of EOS 5D Mark II is about 1.8 pounds without including battery. Its 3 inch LCD monitor has higher resolution or can say that it has four times resolution than its predecessor and it is large too. In the option of mode dial there is two more custom settings that brings it to three custom modes. You does not have to worry about IrPort remote sensor as EOS 5D Mark II can provide optional remotes. No doubt EOS 5D Mark II is capable of recording high definition video so there are some connections available for external microphone and HDMI output. It is designed in a way that for about 12 minutes high definition video it requires 4 GB space. The EOS 5D Mark II has a advantage that it is easily compatible with wireless of Canon’s WFT-E4A. it has well designed grip for its battery and also for some stable types of handholds
Bottomline

No matter your exposure requirements, the EOS allows flexible ISO speed settings of ISO 100 – 6400 and expandable to L: ISO50, H1: 12800 and H2: 25600 to adjust the camera’s sensitivity to light. From low light indoor environments to the great outdoors in broad daylight, the EOS captures every picture in the best possible light.

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