EOS 50D
EOS 5D Mark II
Great photographers know that one of the secrets to capturing exceptional photos is to match the camera, lens, and accessories to the photo assignment at hand. But budget also plays an important role in maintaining a competitive advantage, especially for advanced and semi-professional photographers fighting for the recognition they deserve. That’s why Canon’s newest DSLRs, the EOS 50D and EOS 5D Mark II are designed, built, and priced to appeal to a wide range of serious photographers, with groundbreaking features inspired by creative professionals.
Both cameras inherit the rugged bodies, exceptional performance, and enduring value that made the EOS 40D and EOS 5D two of the top-selling DSLRs in their categories. In keeping with Canon’s history of technology advancements and unrivaled control over the manufacturing process from integrated circuits to optical coatings, the EOS 50D, at around $1,400, and the EOS 5D Mark II, at around $2,700, are priced similarly or well below the introductory prices of their predecessors. Yet both offer improved image quality, higher precision AF systems, and a host of exciting new features.
The EOS 50D’s 15.1-megapixel, high sensitivity CMOS sensor, designed with an improved EOS Integrated Cleaning System to resist dust, offers exceptional resolution, image quality, and low-light performance for an APS-C sized imaging sensor. Its 14-bits per channel of RAW data is masterfully converted into more natural colors, finer color gradations, razor-sharp detail, and extraordinarily low noise images by Canon’s state-of-the-art DIGIC 4 Image Processor. The processing prowess of the DIGIC 4 Image Processor also enables the EOS 50D’s 6.3 fps burst rate at full resolution as well as a new suite of sophisticated — and automatic — image enhancement features.
