Chicago (IL) - Think the Canon EOS 50D DSLR announced a few weeks ago was a big deal? Canon pulled out a even bigger rabbit today with the announcement of the EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR camera. This 21.1-megapixel monster, out by the end of November, will set you back around $2700 for body only or around $3500 with an accompanying EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM zoom lens.
The highlight of top level features from Canon of the new EOS 5D include "the ability to capture full HD video clips at 1920 x 1080 resolution ... a 21.1-megapixel full frame 24 x 36mm CMOS sensor, DIGIC 4 imaging processor and significantly lower noise, with an expanded sensitivity range from ISO 50 to ISO 25,600." Need some fast, continuous shooting? Try this on for size - "continuous shooting at 3.9 frames per second (fps) for an unlimited number of full-resolution JPEGs to the capacity of the memory card or up to 14 RAW images in a single burst when using a UDMA CF card."
What else do we have? Canon says the EOS 5D includes "a 15-point Autofocus (AF) sensor with nine selectable AF points plus six additional Assist AF points (three center AF points sensitive to f/2.8 lenses) with enhanced light source detection and AF microadjustment." This is on top of a high-magnification optical viewfinder providing 98 percent coverage, 150,000-cycle shutter durability, three Live View AF modes and "peripheral illumination correction when shooting JPEG images." This latter feature is said to even "brightness across the image field, making an image of a blue sky even toned throughout and reducing light fall-off at image edges."
There's a lot more obviously to this camera, but you get the idea it is really loaded. The proof is in the pudding, of course, but I think the EOS 5D Mark II might be enough to get Canon lovers to at long last put down their 2005 EOS 5Ds.
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