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Following the Sony Alpha 900 and the Nikon D700, now the Canon EOS 5D MKII offering a full frame semi-pro.

Here is the press release announcing Canon in great detail the technical characteristics of the 5D MKII. Attention, in a document from the manufacturer, some advantages are a little support and the speech was tinged with marketing.The press release:

Compact, lightweight and protected against the weather, the successor to the EOS 5D features a new Canon CMOS sensor with maximum sensitivity up to ISO 25600, which allows photographing in a near-darkness. The new DIGIC 4 processor is associated with the CMOS sensor optimized to produce at 3.9 frames per second and a burst of maximum 310 views, images of a quality equivalent to that represented the film in medium format camera. Accessible from the mode set by the screen, the recording of HD video can record clips in resolution 1080 to 30 im. / sec and obtain videos of extraordinary quality, beautifully detailed and realistic.

The integration of HD video features in a housing high-end 21.1 megapixel opens many new possibilities for photojournalists and new generations of photographers. With its full format CMOS sensor and its dazzling performance in terms of sensitivity, the EOS 5D Mark II will appeal to all photographers looking for the best possible photographic equipment, studio photographers and reporters to marriage and documentalists naturalists.

Other optimizations compared to the EOS 5D:
- EOS Integrated Cleaning System with fluorite processing on the low-pass filter
- Large LCD screen 3 inches (7.6 cm) VGA-type Clear View, with angle of 170 ° visibility and glare treatment
- System menu optimized including a display for quick access to settings
- Automatic correction of objectives through the use of information provided by EF lenses to optimize JPEG images directly into the casing
- Magnesium alloy case with protection against weather
- Compatibility with UDMA memory cards.

Key Features

- 3-inch LCD (7.6 cm) Clear View VGA (920,000 points)
- New CMOS sensor 21.1 megapixel EOS system with integrated cleaning optimized (EICS)
- New feature video recording Full HD 1080
- Shooting continuously at 3.9 frames per second
- A high-performance DIGIC 4 providing superb image quality
- Burst up to 310 JPEG images with a wide UDMA card
- Range of sensitivity of ISO 100-6400 (expandable to ISO 50-25.600)
- Collimators 9 AF sensors + 6 AF Assist