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September 17th, 2008 at 9:53 pm

Canon 5D Mark II heavy duty DSLR camera

in: Cameras

canon_5d Canon 5D Mark II heavy duty DSLR camera

The Canon 5D Mark II popped up Wednesday at the big biennial battleground for camera makers, the Photokina trade show in Cologne, Germany.

Cosmetically same as the original 5D, it is still a heavy duty camera. The new version shoots full HD video and even better still pictures. The larger data stream from a 21-megapixel sensor is handled by more efficient amplifier circuitry and a new signal processor, the Digic IV, for a reduction in digital noise. Pictures are clearer and sharper, and a light sensitivity setting up to ISO 25,600 produces good pictures in very low light.

The camera, which will ship in November, will sell for $2,699 for the body alone. For $3,499, Canon will throw in the newly updated 24-105 series II all-purpose zoom lens.

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