Canon eos5d manual EOS 5D Mark II Exterior Layout

EOS 5D Mark II Shutter Unit

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Intuitive Button and Nearly all of the external controls and buttons on the EOS 50D are the same as those found Dial Arrangement on the EOS 40D, with two exceptions. The main control dial now includes only two camera user settings—one was deleted to make room for the Creative Auto activation setting. Also,

the playback Jump button was removed below the LCD to make way for a Func. Button.

EOS 5D Mark II Exterior Layout	Live View shooting/Print/Share button
	Speaker
Remote control sensor	Setting/Movie start button
	AF start button

Microphone

Picture Style selection button	Light sensor
	(For auto adjustment of LCD
	monitor brightness)

The back of the EOS 5D Mark II has undergone a fairly extensive button overhaul from the

EOS 5D, and a remote control sensor and microphone were added to the camera front.

On the back of the EOS 5D Mark II, several buttons have been added or moved to facilitate Live View Function and HD video recording modes. In addition, the right thumb can easily reach the new AF-ON button, and the Live View mode activation/print button sits comfortably to the left of the viewfinder. From the top, the button arrangement is nearly identical the preceeding models; with the EOS 5D Mark II, the top buttons have been re-arranged so that the most frequently-used functions are closer to the shutter button.

Increased Shutter The shutter mechanism on the EOS 50D remains unchanged from the EOS 40D, providing a Durability rated life up to 100,000 shots and shutter speeds from 30 sec. to 1/8000 sec., with a maximum

X-sync for flash at 1/250 sec. The shutter mechanism on the EOS 5D Mark II is newly designed, with an integrated shutter-cocking unit and an

extended rating up to 150,000 shots. It also features shutter speeds from 30 sec. to 1/8000 sec., with a maximum X-sync for flash at 1/200 sec. Two separate motors, one dedicated to driving the mirror, and one to cocking the shutter, power the entire drive system. This two-motor system enables Live View shooting and video shooting as well. With the EOS 5D Mark II, wireless