Canon EOS 5D Mark II prices and specs
The Canon EOS 5D Mark II was released on Sep 17, 2008. For today the lowest price for the camera is 1,630.00
The Canon EOS 5D Mark II belongs to the category of DSLR (Digital Single Reflex) cameras what means that the EOS 5D Mark II takes photos of better quality and has a variety of available lenses to fit any situations.
The camera can take photos at 21 megapixels highest resolution. But for better photo quality the more important thing is a sensor size. This camera has a Full frame (36 x 24 mm) sensor. It means that the Canon EOS 5D Mark II is a professional camera that will take outstanding photos but it has an important disadvantage - the model is big.
The camera has max shutter speed of 1/8000 sec. This shutter speed is above average for digital cameras and is very good for shooting any kind of sports events. The camera records high quality videos in Full HD resolution.
The Canon EOS 5D Mark II is an interchangeable and has Canon EF lens mount. If the scene needs special photography conditions, the photographer can switch lens to a more suitable to capture better images.
The Canon EOS 5D Mark II battery life will be enough to shoot up to 850 photos.
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- Sep 17, 2008
- Mid-size SLR
- 21 megapixels
- 5616 x 3744
- Full frame (36 x 24 mm)
- CMOS
- Digic 4
- 3:2
- 4080 x 2720, 2784 x 1856, 5616 x 3744, 3861 x 2574, 2784 x 1856
- 22 megapixels
- Auto, 100 - 6400 in 1/3 stops, plus 50, 12800, 25600 as option
- 50
- 25600
- 6
- Yes (1)
- No
- RAW
- Fine, Normal
- 30 sec
- 1/8000 sec
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- No
- No
- Yes (Hot-shoe, Wireless plus Sync connector)
- 3.9 fps
- Yes (2 or 10 sec)
- Multi
- Center-weighted
- Spot
- ±2 (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV steps)
- ±2 (3 frames at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV steps)
- Yes (3 frames in either blue/amber or magenta/green axis)
- Fixed
- 3″
- 920,000
- No
- TFT liquid-crystal color LCD
- Yes
- Optical (pentaprism)
- 98%
- 0.71×
- 1920 x 1080 (30 fps), 640 x 480 (30 fps)
- H.264
- Mono
- Mono
- Contrast Detect (sensor)
- Phase Detect
- Multi-area
- Selective single-point
- Single
- Continuous
- Face Detection
- Live View
- No
- Yes
- 9
- Canon EF
- 1×
- 850 g (1.87 lb / 29.98 oz)
- 152 x 114 x 75 mm (5.98 x 4.49 x 2.95″)
- Yes
- Battery Pack
- Lithium-Ion LP-E6 rechargeable battery & charger
- 850
- Compact Flash (Type I or II), UDMA, Microdrive
- None
- USB 2.0 (480 Mbit/sec)
- Yes (HDMI mini)
- (Optional)
- Yes (N3 connector)
- Yes
- Yes (by cable and PC)
- None
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