Canon eos5d manual II. Summary of NEW and Improved Features

II. SUMMARY OF NEW AND IMPROVED FEATURES 10

•Accepts optional Battery Grip BG-E2Nwith capability to house 2 BP-511A lithium-ion batteries or 6 AA/LR-6 batteries (same as EOS 40D)

•Compatible with compact Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E3Awhich connects camera to wireless and wired LAN networks, or to USB drives and GPS units (same as EOS 40D)

•Switch to registered AF point is possible (Home Position function)

EOS 5D Mark II vs. EOS 5D • 21.1 Megapixel CMOS sensor (Full-frame, 36mm x 24mm). Canon-designed and manufactured with improved microlens design and 6.4 micron pixels for superior image quality 0.76x viewfinder magnification (approx. 35° angle of view), approx. 20mm eyepoint

•Advanced DIGIC 4 Image Processor provides faster image processing and card writing speed, plus faster 0.1 sec. startup time

•14 bits per color A/D conversion in DIGIC 4 Image Processor yields finer gradations, more accurate colors, and improved highlight and shadow details

•Recording and playback of 1080p Full HD video (1920 x 1080 pixels per frame at 30 fps) with sound is now possible in Live View mode, a first for any EOS Digital SLR camera

•Built-in microphone records in mono; 3.5mm diameter stereo mini jack can be used to record from stereo audio sources

•Picture Style settings can be used in video recording mode

•Image Stabilized lenses can be used during HD video recording

•Basic ISO range 100~6400; ISO expansion setting extends ISO range from ISO 50 to 25,600

•Approx. 3.9 fps continuous shooting even at maximum image size with bursts limited only by memory card capacity ( JPEG, Large/Fine images in high-speed continuous mode) when using a UDMA CF card or up to 14 in RAW, up to 13 in RAW+JPEG Large/Fine

•Continuous HD movie recording time up to approximately 12 minutes using a 4GB CF card

•New, more durable shutter rated to 150,000 shots for professional level usage

•Fortified moisture and dust seals around battery compartment, memory card compartment and multiple buttons

•Improved long exposure noise reduction, and high ISO noise reduction with Standard, Low, Strong, or Disabled settings

•Support for high speed UDMA-compliant CF cards

•Peripheral Illumination Correction compensates for light falloff, using optical characteristics of up to 40 Canon lenses stored in camera

•Improved EOS Integrated Cleaning System with Fluorine coated low-pass filter and manual control of Self Cleaning Sensor Unit activation

•Improved optical wide-coverage viewfinder covers 98% of scene, data now includes ISO speed, Highlight Tone Priority indicator (D+), monochrome: B/W, and Battery check indicators

•New Eg-series focusing screens include Precision Matte, Precision Matte with grid and Super Precision Matte