Canon launches HD-enabled 21.1 million pixel EOS 5D MkII

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Diane Smyth

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Just weeks after Nikon announced the first-ever DSLR with video capabilities (the D90), Canon has weighed in with the EOS 5D MkII, which features full high definition video capture plus 21.1 million pixel full frame stills.

Triggered from Live View Mode, the HD video capture allows users to shoot uninterrupted at full 1920x1080 resolution at 30fps. Once filming is started, photographers can fire off either single or continues stills, with video capture continuing after the final frame is captured. The EOS 5D MkII is Canon’s first DSLR to incorporate full HD video and, said Mogen Jensen, Canon’s head of consumer imaging, ‘opens a new chapter for EOS’. He added:‘It creates new possibilities for EOS photographers to capture and share their stories and stay relevant in a rapidly changing digital landscape.’

The EOS 5D uses a newly designed Canon CMOS sensor, with ISO sensitivity from 100-6400, expandable to 50, 12,800 and 25,600. This sensor is combined with a new DiG!C 4 processor to deliver what Canon describes as ‘medium format territory image quality’. A nine-point auto focus system is supported by six additional invisible Assist AF points, located inside the spot-metering circle. The camera can shoot at 3.9fps for up to 310 frames.

In addition, the new model includes a 3” clear view LCD, an improved menu system, automatic peripheral illumination correction and UDMA memory card compatibility.

The EOS 5D MkII (body only) will be available from the end of November, priced £2300.
Canon has also announced a raft of other new products, including an EF 24mm f1.4L II USM fast aperture wide-angle prime lens, three new PowerShot digital compacts, and two news Digital IXUS compacts.

For more information, visit Canon’s site http://www.canon.co.uk

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This is really great news for someone who has an 18 month old 5D and a 6 month old EOS 1ds MkIII

Posted by: Alastair Laidlaw on 23 Sep 2008 at 23:45

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