While the competition to introduce the highest resolution camera is heating up, Canon’s latest salvo is the EOS 5D Mark II ($2,700 without lens), the extremely long-awaited successor to the popular 5D pro digicam. The Mark II blows away its predecessor in every way, both expected and unexpected.
Here are the key specs:
The full-frame sensor’s resolution nearly doubles from 12.8 to 21 megapixels, but trimming the space in-between pixels allows Canon to pack more without making them smaller.
Light sensitivity goes from ISO 100 to 6400, with the option to expand (i.e. no guarantee of image quality) to ISO 25,600 ¬ matching the near night-vision capabilities of Nikon’s D3 and D700 cameras.
3.9 frames per second. And if they are JPEGs (vs. RAW), you can shoot an unlimited amount with the latest high-speed compact flash cards.Full high-def video recording at 1920 by 1080i and 30 frames per second using MPEG-4 compression.
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