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Canon 5D Mark II features

Sep 23rd, 08 / Comments Off

Man I sure hope that this camera has great quality, because the “DPReview”:http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canoneos5dmarkii/ and “digitalcamerinfo.com”:http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/Canon-5D-Mark-II-Digital-SLR-First-Impression-Review-19132.htm preview has me drooling as well as “Ken Rockwell”:http://www.kenrockwell.com/canon/5d-mk-ii.htm

* 21 megapizel, full frame, 14-bit (so you can’t use your EF-S lenses like the 10-22 or the 18-55, but it is going to be really good hopefully for low noise and for getting nice wide angle even with a 24-105 F/4 lense)
* 1080i/30 H.264 high definition video (12 minute clips, so great for most home movies really).
* ISO 100-640 calibrated. Will go up to ISO 25600 but I’m sure look like a cartoon.
* LiveView with facde detection and no mirror flip if using contrast detection.
* $2700 list price (gulp for the body only!).
* Vignette compensation
* Relatively compact at 810 grams (1.8 lb) and 152×114x75mm (6×4.5×2.9″)
* 3.9fps upto 310 on a UDMA CF card
* AutoISO mode where you pick the exposure and aperture and it picks the ISO
* Face detection AF where the camera looks for the faces and focuses on them.
* 3″ LCD that is VGA resolution (!!!)

Some of the negatives:

* It doesn’t come in with a flash built in, but with such a fast camera, it is not clear how much a flash really buys you (just boost to ISO 6400 if you need it).
* Stays with Compact Flash even as the world is moving to SDHC. Prices of CF is still decent but in the long term, you can see SDHC dropping.
* It is heavy in 28 ounces plus a lense, so you are lugging around more than a kilo.

The guys are “slashgear.com”:http://www.slashgear.com/canon-5d-mark-ii-video-capture-is-comparable-to-500k-pro-video-equipment-2116819/ did a review of it as a video camear. They say it produces 1080p in very low light. There is a new camera called RED which uses dSLR lenses which are of really great quality, so maybe I don’t need to buy a Canon XH-A1 camcorder.

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Woohoo Canon 50D at 15MP and its own 18-200 super zoom

Sep 1st, 08 / Comments Off

Canon releases 15 megapixel EOS 50D digital SLR camera

The EOS 50D Digital SLR camera’s 15.1-megapixel CMOS APS-C size image sensor has been improved thanks to the use of newly designed gapless microlenses over each pixel to reduce noise and expand sensitivity up to ISO 12800. The faster processing speed of the camera’s DIGIC 4 image processor contributes to the fast 6.3 frame-per-second (fps) continuous shooting capability (for bursts of up to 90 Large/Fine JPEGs or 16 RAW images on a UDMA CF card).

See http://www.dcviews.com/_canon/50d.htm and the http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canoneos50d/ preview of this 15MP sensor (their lower end line 450D has a 12MP one). It also have a VGA resolution 3′ screen on the back. It will list for $1300.

Canon unveils EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS zoom lens

Canon introduces the new EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS zoom lens, with a focal length range equiv. to 29-320mm in the 35mm format. The new lens features Canon’s built in Optical Image Stabilization system which gives the equivalent effect of a shutter speed roughly 4 steps faster, for better image clarity, even in shaky shooting conditions. With a minimum focusing distance of 0.45m/1.5 ft. at all zoom settings, this new lens is ideal for situations where swapping lenses isn’t an option. The new lens will be available in October from $699.00

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