Canon EOS 5D Mark II Review

Review Date: December 4th 2008
Author: Mark Goldstein

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Introduction / Ease of Use
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Image Quality
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Sample Images
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Design
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Specifications
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Conclusion

Sample JPEG Images

This is a selection of sample images from the Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera, which were all taken using the 21 megapixel Fine JPEG setting and Standard picture style. The lenses used for all the samples images were the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 and Canon EF 70-200mm f/4. The thumbnails below link to the full-sized versions, which have not been altered in any way.

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
   

Sample RAW Images

The Canon EOS 5D Mark II enables users to capture RAW and JPEG format files. We've provided some Canon RAW (CR2) samples for you to download (thumbnail images shown below are not 100% representative).

     
     

Sample Movie

The Canon EOS 5D Mark II is the first SLR in the world to capture full HD video. It does so at 1920x1080 pixels and 30fps, and stores it in the Quicktime MOV format using the H.264 codec.

This is a sample movie at the highest quality setting of 1920x1080 at 30 frames per second. Please note that this 5 second movie is 27Mb in size.

View the Movie

This is a longer sample movie shot at the highest quality setting of 1920x1080 at 30 frames per second, and uploaded to Vimeo's HD video channel.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II @ Photography Blog from photographyblog on Vimeo.

This is a sample video from the new Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera at the highest quality setting of 1920x1080 at 30 frames per second (resized by Vimeo).

Vimeo members can click-through and download the full-size original video which is 133.32Mb in size.

Page 1
Introduction / Ease of Use
Page 2
Image Quality
Page 3
Sample Images
Page 4
Design
Page 5
Specifications
Page 6
Conclusion

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