{"id":233,"date":"2008-09-17T22:15:49","date_gmt":"2008-09-17T12:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=233"},"modified":"2008-09-17T22:17:29","modified_gmt":"2008-09-17T12:17:29","slug":"canon-5d-mii-announced-at-long-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=233","title":{"rendered":"Canon 5D MII announced at long last"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canon has finally announced specs for the long awaited upgrade to its entry level full frame dSLR camera, the 5D.<\/p>\n

see dpreview.com’s preview<\/a><\/p>\n

Essentially its a 21mp full frame<\/strong> (thus similar to the pro 1DsMIII) with some weather sealing, sensor dust removal, 3.9fps,<\/strong> live preview with contrast AF<\/strong>, quick AF, AF face detection and silent modes<\/strong>, as well as 1080p HD or VGA movies<\/strong> up to 4Gb, and a 3″ 920,000 dot LCD<\/strong>, auto-ISO selection mode<\/strong> at a list price of $US2699 for the body only.<\/p>\n

It matches most of the features of the Nikon D700 full frame while upping the resolution ante to 21mp.<\/p>\n

It gives comparable resolution to the new Sony A900 (25mp) full frame but with more features, and of course a broader range of accessories, in particular, lenses such as telephotos and tilt-shift.<\/p>\n

And to top it off, it seems Canon is addressing some of its weaknesses by announcing a new EF 24mm f\/1.4 lens<\/strong> which hopefully will go to some way to addressing its relative optical quality issues when compared to Nikon in the wide angle range of lenses.<\/p>\n

Of course, unlike the Nikon D700, you cannot use lenses designed for cropped sensors (in the case of Canon, the EF-S lenses), but this should not be much of a loss anyway.<\/p>\n

On paper, it seems like a winner, if you need a 21mp full frame dSLR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Canon has finally announced specs for the long awaited upgrade to its entry level full frame dSLR camera, the 5D. see dpreview.com’s preview Essentially its a 21mp full frame (thus similar to the pro 1DsMIII) with some weather sealing, sensor dust removal, 3.9fps, live preview with contrast AF, quick AF, AF face detection and silent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[44,57,21],"class_list":["post-233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameras","tag-canon","tag-canon-5d-mii","tag-dslr"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t