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IX. FEATURE COMPARISON CHARTS
EOS 5D MarkII Comparison Chart
EOS5D Mark II EOS5D Nikon D700 Nikon D3 Nikon D90 SonyA900
Imaging Sensor
Effective Pixels 21.1 12.8 12.1 12.3 24.6
Image Sensor Canon CMOS Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor Size 1x
24 x36mm FullFrame
1x– in FXMode
1.5x– in DXMode
1.5x 1x
AspectRatio 3:2 Ratio 3:2 3:2
Cleaning System EOSIntegrated Cleaning System SelfClean Function No SelfClean Function Selfclean via CCD Shiftunit
Image Processing
Processing Engine Canon DIGIC4 Canon DIGICII EXPEED Dual BIONZ
A/D Conversion (bitdepth) 14 bit 12 bit 12 bit, 14 bit 12 bit 12 bit
RAWFile Resolution
Options
RAW– 5616 x3744
sRAW1 – 3861 x2574
sRAW2 – 2784 x1856
RAW– 4368 x 2912 RAW– 4256 x 2832 RAW– 4288 x 2848 RAW6048 x4032
DynamicRange Expansion Yes
HighlightTone Priority
No Yes Yes
BrightnessAuto Correction Yes No No No
PeripheralIllumination
Correction
YesNoNoNo
Noise Reduction Long Exposure
High ISO (4 levels)
Long Exposure Long Exposure
High ISO (4 levels)
Long Exposure
High ISO (3 levels)
Long Exposure
High ISO 6
Performance
ContinuousShooting (fps) 3.9 fps 3.0 fps 5 fps
8.0 fpsw/ optional
batterypack
9 fps 4.5 fps 5 fps
Maximum Burst
JPEG based on Large/
Fine setting
78 – JPEG (310 using
UDMA cards)
13 – RAW(14 UDMA)
8– RAW+ JPEG (8 UDMA)
60 – JPEG
17 – RAW
12 – RAW+ JEPEG
50 – JEG
7 – RAW
105 – JPEG (Fine)
12 – R AW
25 – Compressed
RAW
11 – RAW+ JPEG
Shutter Speeds 30 seconds~ 1/8000,
plusbulb
30 seconds~ 1/8000, plusbulb 30 se c onds ~ 1/4000,
plusbulb
30 seconds~ 1/8000,
plusbulb
Shutter Actuation Rating 150,000 frames 100,000 frames 150,000 frames 300,000 frames 100,000 frames 100,000 frames
Flash SyncSpeed Up to 1/200 sec 1/250sec. 1/200 sec. 1/250
(1/200 in steadyshotmode )
Start-up Time 0.1 sec. 0.2 sec. 0.12 sec. 0.15 sec. 0.183
Shutter Response Speed
(lag)
TBD 0.75 sec. 40 ms.
Movie Shooting and Playback
Recording Format MOVMPEG 4*2
Video: H.264
Sound: Linear PCM
No No No AVI Motion JPEG No
Movie Recording Size Full HD – 1920 x 1080
(16:9)
SD/VGA – 640 x480 (4:3)
720p HD – 1280 x720
(16:9)
SD VGA – 640 x480 (4:3)
SD QVGA – 320 x216 (4:3)
Frame Rate 30 fps 24 fps
StillCapture Option
during Movie Shooting
Yes
Movie continuesafter still
frame capture
Approx. 1/2 sec. pause in
video while stillframe is
captured
No
Movie mode isexited for
stillframe capture , and
requiresmanualreactivation
ofmovie recording
Sound Built-in mic– Monaural
External(optional)– Stereo
Built-in mic
Monauralonly
No option for external
audio input