The 5D MarkII – I love it!

Posted on October 15th, 2008 in News

I’m am completely salivating!Â Â Â As most of you are aware Canon announced the successor to the 5d – the 5d Mark II at Photokina last month.

Coming in at 21 Megapixels and inheriting the Full Frame from its predecessor the 5D.

The big drama surrounding the announcement revolves around the newest feature-set to grace Canon’s DSLR line – full HD video!Â Â Â Â Now many, many of the true ‘photographers’ out there have denounced the addition.Â Â Â .. We don’t need video, go buy a video camera,Â that’s not true photography..etc.. whine…etc.

As a parent and a stock photographer I say Awesome!Â Â Â Â This baby is a winner.

Telling me that not only can I now take Full 1920 x 1080 Video of my two kidsÂ but also … (and here’s the stock pitch)Â I’ve now opened up a whole new world of submitting video footage to stock sites.

For quite a while now we’ve heard doom and gloom about the saturation of the microstock and stock photography market..Â Well -Â get your video editing tools ready ladies and gents.

Other highlight features for the new 5DM2 includeÂ the new Digic 4 chip, better resolution screen and a new H2 25600 ISO range.

For Stock Photogs we are not too concerned with the high ISO.Â Most everything we shoot is at 100 anyway.

But it certainly will be nice for those low-light action shots.

The claim is that the new Camera has a much-improved CMOS technology that allows for low noise in high iso.Â We’ll see when it is released.Â Delivery is rumored to be late October or November.

And many, many pre-orders are already filled up.Â Seems Canon has a definte winner on their hands.

DPreviews hands on pre-production overview:Â Review

The rest of the stats for the 5dM2 here (from Canon’s site)

	21.1 Megapixel Full-frame CMOS sensor, 14-bit A/D conversion (16,384 colors/each of 3 primary color), wide range ISO setting of 100-6400 (expandable L: 50, H1: 12800 and H2: 25600).
	Full HD Video capture at 1920 x 1080 resolution for up to 4GB per clip with HDMI output for HD viewing of stills and video.
	Next generation DIGIC 4 Image Processor for faster processing of fine detail and color reproduction as well as reduced image noise.
	High performance with 3.9 fps continuous shooting, new shutter with a durability of 150,000 cycles and improved weather-resistant body.
	Live View Function for stills (Quick, Live and Face Detection AF modes) and video.
	3.0-inch Clear View LCD (920,000 dots/VGA) monitor with anti-reflective and scratch-resistant coatings for improved viewing and smudge protection.
	Updated EOS Integrated Cleaning System specifically designed to work with a full-frame sensor.
	Compatible with over 60 Canon EF Lenses and most EOS System accessories.