Camera Canada :: Canon :: EOS 5D Mark II dSLR Body

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The EOS 5D Mark II has a stunning 21.1-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor with DIGIC 4 Image Processor, a vast ISO Range of 100-6400 (expandable to ISO L: 50, H1: 12800 and H2: 25600), plus EOS technologies like Auto Lighting Optimizer and Peripheral Illumination Correction. It supports Live View shooting, Live View HD videos, and more. It can shoot up to 3.9 fps, has 9 AF points plus 6 AF assist points, a new 98% coverage viewfinder, a 3.0-inch Clear View LCD (920,000 dots/VGA) and a rugged build. Full-frame shooters rejoice!

Highest ISO Range to Date.

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).

The EOS 5D Mark II features a huge, full-frame sensor. A 21.1-megapixel CMOS sensor delivers images of up to 5616 x 3744 pixels. And since it is full-frame, all lenses will deliver the angle of view they would on a 35mm camera without a conversion factor. This comes in handy especially when shooting with wide-angle lenses. For the flexibility to shoot in even the most dimly lit situations, the EOS 5D Mark II offers Canon's highest ISO sensitivity to date, ranging from 100-6400 (expandable to ISO L: 50, H1: 12800 and H2: 25600). Thanks to improved noise reduction technologies, images shot even at highest sensitivity will be remarkably smooth.

Features:

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/EF-S lenses and most EOS System accessories.

Specifications:

Type

Type:

Digital, single-lens reflex, AF/AE camera with built-in flash

Recording Media:

CF Card Type I and II, UDMA-compliant CF cards, via external media (USB v.2.0 hard drive, via optional Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E4A)

Image Sensor Size:

36.0mm x 24.0mm (35mm Fll-frame)

Compatible Lenses:

Canon EF lenses (35mm-equivalent focal length is approx. 1.6x the lens focal length)

Lens Mount:

Canon EF mount

Image Sensor

Type:

High-sensitivity, high-resolution, large single-plate CMOS sensor

Pixels:

Effective pixels: Approx. 21.1 megapixels

Total Pixels:

Total pixels: Approx. 22.0 megapixels

Aspect Ratio:

3:2 (Horizontal: Vertical)

Color Filter System:

RGB primary color filters

Low-pass Filter:

Fixed position in front of the CMOS sensor

Dust Deletion feature:

(1) Automatic sensor cleaning

(2) Manual cleaning of sensor

(3) Dust Delete Data appended to the captured image

Recording System

Recording Format:

Design rule for Camera File System 2.0

Image Type:

Still: JPEG, RAW (14-bit, Canon original), sRAW1, sRAW2, RAW+JPEG

Video: MOV

File Size:

(1) Large/Fine: Approx. 6.1MB (5616 x 3744 pixels)

(2) Large/Nomal: Approx. 3.0MB (5616 x 3744 pixels)

(3) Medium/Fine: Approx. 3.6MB (4080 x 2720 pixels)

(4) Medium/Normal: Approx. 1.9MB (4080 x 2720 pixels)

(5) Small/Fine: Approx. 2.1MB (2784 x 1856 pixels)

(6) Small/Normal: Approx. 1.0MB (2784 x 1856 pixels)

(7) RAW: Approx. 25.8MB (5616 x 3744 pixels)

(8) sRAW 1: Approx. 14.8MB (3861 x 2574 pixels)

(9) sRAW 2: Approx. 10.8MB (2784 x 1856 pixels)

Exact file sizes depend on the subject, ISO speed, Picture Style, etc.

Recording Functions:

With the WFT-E4A attached, image recording to the CF card and to the USB external media connected to the WFT-E4A will be possible as follows:

(1) Standard

(2) Automatic switching of recording media

(3) Separate recordings according to image-recording quality

(4) Recording images having the same size

Backup Recording:

Enabled with WFT-E4A attached

File Numbering:

Consecutive numbering, auto reset, manual reset.

Possible to create new folders and select folders in the CF card

RAW + JPEG Simultaneous Recording:

Provided (RAW/sRAW+JPEG also possible)

Colour Space:

sRGB, Adobe RGB

Picture Style:

Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Def. 1-3

Image Processing

Type:

Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten Light, White Fluorescent Light, Flash, Custom, Color Temperature setting

Auto White Balance:

Auto white balance with the image sensor

Color Temperature Compensation:

White balance correction: ±9 stops in full-stop increments

White balance bracketing:

±3 stops in full-stop increments

Blue/amber direction or magenta/green direction possible

Color Temperature Information Transmission:

Provided

Viewfinder

Type:

Eye-level pentaprism

Coverage:

Vertical/Horizontal approx. 98%

Magnification:

Approx. 0.71x (-1m-1 with 50mm lens at infinity)

Eyepoint:

Approx. 21mm (from eyepiece lens center)

Built-in Dioptric Adjustment:

-3.0 to +1.0m-1 (diopter)

Focusing Screen:

Interchangeable (Eg-D: Grid lines, Eg-S [point of Focus], Eg-A standard focusing screen provided

Mirror:

Quick-return half mirror (transmission: reflection ratio of 40:60, no mirror cutoff with EF600mm f/4L IS USM or shorter lenses)

Viewfinder Information:

AF information (AF points, focus confirmation light)

Exposure information (shutter speed, aperture, ISO speed, AE lock, exposure level, spot metering circle)

Flash information (flash ready, flash exposure compensation, High-speed sync, FE lock)

Image information (Highlight tone priority, monochrome shooting, maximum burst, white balance correction, CF card information)

Battery information

Depth-of-Field Preview: Enabled with depth-of-field preview button

Autofocus

Type:

TTL-CT-SIR AF-dedicated CMOS sensor

AF Points:

9 (Cross-type)

Metering Range:

EV -0.5-18 (at 73°F/23°C, ISO 100)

Focusing Modes:

Auto, One-Shot AF, Predictive AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF, Manual focusing (MF)

AF Point Selection:

Automatic selection, manual selection

Selected AF Point Display:

Superimposed in viewfinder and indicated on LCD panel

AF-assist Beam:

When an external EOS-dedicated Speedlite is attached to the camera, the AF-assist beam from the Speedlite will be emitted when necessary.

Exposure Control

Metering Modes:

35-zone TTL full-aperture metering

Evaluative metering (linkable to any AF point)

Partial metering (approx. 8% of viewfinder at center)

Spot metering (approx. 3.5% of viewfinder at center)

Center-weighted average metering

Metering Range:

EV 1-20 (at 73°F/23°C with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)

Exposure Control:

Program AE (Shiftable), Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Creative Auto, Full auto, Manual exposure, E-TTL II autoflash program AE

ISO Speed (Recommended Exposure Index):

Automatically set, ISO 100-6400 (in 1/3-stop or 1-stop increments)

Basic Zone modes: ISO 100-3200 set automatically

Extension settable (with C.Fn.I-3-1): ISO 50 (L), 12800 (H1), 25600 (H2)

High Tone Priority settable: ISO 200-1600

Exposure Compensation:

Manual: ±2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments (can be combined with AEB)

AE Lock:

Auto: Applied in One-Shot AF mode with evaluative metering when focus is achieved

Manual: By AE lock button

Shutter

Type:

Vertical-travel, mechanical, Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter

Shutter Speeds:

1/8000 to 1/60 sec., X-sync at 1/200 sec.

1/8000 to 30 sec., bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode)

Shutter Release:

Soft-touch electromagnetic release

Self-timer:

10-sec. or 2-sec. delay

Remote Control:

Remote control with N3-type terminal

External Speedlite

Zooming to Match Focal Length:

Provided

Compatible Flash:

EX-series Speedlites

Flash Metering:

E-TTL II autoflash

Flash Exposure Compensation:

±2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments

FE Lock:

Provided

External Flash Settings:

Flash function settings, Flash C.Fn settings

Drive System

Drive Modes:

Single, High-speed continuous, Low-speed continuous, and Self-timer (10-sec. or 2-sec. delay)

Continuous Shooting Speed:

Max. 3.9 shots/sec.

Maximum Burst:

JPEG (Large/Fine): approx. 78 (CF)/approx. 310 (UDMA CF)

RAW: approx. 13/approx. 14 (UDMA CF)

RAW+JPEG (Large/Fine): approx. 8 (CF/UDMA CF)

Based on Canon's testing standards with a 2GB CF card, high-speed continuous shooting, ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style

Varies depending on the subject, CF card brand, image-recording quality, ISO speed, drive mode, Picture Style, etc.

Live View Functions

Shooting Modes:

Still photo shooting and video shooting

Focusing:

Quick mode (Phase-difference detection)

Live mode/Face Detection Live mode (Contrast detection)

Manual focusing (5x/10x magnification possible)

Metering Modes:

Evaluative metering with the image sensor (still photos)

Center-weighted average metering (video)

Metering Range:

EV 0-20 (at 73°F/23°C with EF 50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)

Grid Display:

Provided (Two-type grid displays)

Exposure Simulation:

Provided

Silent Shooting:

Provided (Mode 1 and 2)

LCD Monitor

Type:

TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor

Monitor Size:

3.0 in.

Dots:

Approx. 920,000 (VGA)

Coverage:

Approx. 100% (viewing angle: approx. 170°)

Brightness Adjustment:

Auto, 7 levels provided

Interface Languages:

25 (English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, 15/15 Romanian, Ukraine, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified/Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese)

Image Playback

Display Format: Single image, Single image + Image-recording quality/shooting information, histogram, 4- or 9-image index, magnified view (approx. 1.5x-10x), rotated image (auto/manual), image jump (by 10/100 images, index screen, by shooting date, by folder), slide show (all images/selected by date/folder)

Highlight Warning:

Provided (Overexposed highlights blink)

Image Protection and Erase

Protect:

Single images can be erase-protected or not

Erase:

Single image, check-marked images or all images in the CF card can be erased (except protected images)

Direct Printing

Compatible Printers:

PictBridge-compatible printers

Printable Images:

JPEG images compliant to Design rule for Camera File System (DPOF printing possible) and RAW/sRAW images captured with the EOS 5D Mark II

Easy Print feature:

Provided

DPOF: Digital Print Order Format

DPOF:

Version 1.1 compatible

Direct Image Transfer

Compatible Images:

JPEG and RAW images

Only JPEG images can be transferred as wallpaper on the personal computer screen

Customization

Custom Functions:

Total 25

Camera User Settings:

My Menu Registration:

Provided

Interface

USB Terminal:

For personal computer communication and direct printing (USB 2.0 Hi-Speed)

Video Out Terminal:

(1) Video OUT terminal: NTSC/PAL selectable

(2) HDMI mini OUT terminal

Extension System Terminal:

For connection to WFT-E4A

Power Source

Battery:

One Battery Pack LP-E6

AC power can be supplied via AC Adapter Kit ACK-E6 with Battery Grip BG-E6 attached.

Battery Check:

Auto

Power Saving:

Provided. Power turns off after 1, 2, 4, 8, 15 or 30 min.

Date/Time Battery:

One CR1616 lithium-ion battery

Start-up Time:

Approx. 0.1 sec.

Dimensions and Weight

Dimensions (WxHxD):

Approx. 6.0 x 4.5 x 3.0 in./152.0 x 113.5 x 75.0mm

Weight:

Approx. 28.6 oz./810g (body only)

Operating Environment

Working Temperature Range:

32-104°F/0-40°C

Working Humidity Range:

85% or less

Note:

All the specifications above are based on Canon's testing standards.

The camera's specifications, price and exterior are subject to change without notice.