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Lights,
Camera,
Action!
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A
camera that
meets the needs of
today’s photographers.
A small step for man,
a giant step for pho-
tographers.
A camera
that ‘moves’
the ‘still’
world.”
Joachim
Ladefoged
Shooting Full HD with SLR Advantages
With more professional still photographers
taking on crossover video shooting assign-
ments, the EOS 5D Mark II fills a growing
need. As a Canon EOS camera, you can
use the entire range of EF lenses. And because the EOS
5D Mark II features a full-frame sensor, you don’t have to
concern yourself with conversion (crop) factors, thus
maximizing your control of factors such as depth-of-field.
Superb video quality is ensured by 14-bit A/D converters,
ensuring smoother tonal transitions and more natural
gradations. Tonal reproduction is further enhanced by the
Highlight Tone Priority feature, preserving greater detail in
image highlight areas. Dynamic range is effectively expanded
in this critical range of exposure, making gradations
smoother and minimizing loss of highlight detail.
The EOS 5D Mark II delivers video and still images of
stunning quality. Captured images exhibit low noise, ensur-
ing exceptional playback clarity, detail and color purity. It
also provides outstanding low-noise performance even
when shooting at higher ISO settings, making possible
high-quality capture in a wider range of light conditions.
Simplified Custom Camera
Settings
Picture Style provides a number of
presets that eliminate the need to
make numerous individual changes to camera settings.
The EOS 5D Mark II provides six factory preset styles and
three additional custom presets. The Picture Style you
select for the Live View mode is used for video recording.
Therefore, all settings registered in that Picture style —
such as sharpness, color saturation, etc. — will be reflect-
ed in the captured video footage.
Tough and Dependable
The EOS 5D Mark II body
is made of magnesium
alloy, making it exception-
ally strong and durable,
yet lightweight. The body
is also extensively fitted with seals and gaskets to keep
out moisture and dust. Rugged build quality is augment-
ed by the Canon Self Cleaning Sensor Unit removing
dust on the imaging sensor using ultrasonic vibration.
A fluorine coating on the front surface low-pass filter
also helps prevent the accumulation of sticky and moist
dust particles.
Rapid, Responsive Still Shooting
A high-performance shutter assembly, fast
autofocus system, advanced CMOS sensor, and
state-of-the-art DIGIC 4 Image Processor combine to make
the EOS 5D Mark II a nimble, responsive camera. Despite
the huge amount of data associated with 14-bit, 21.1
Megapixel image capture, the EOS 5D Mark II can shoot
continuously at 3.9 fps. Shooting speed is also enhanced
by UDMA (Ultra Direct Memory Access) CF cards compati-
bility, which enables you to use the newer, faster UDMA
CF cards.
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