Canon EOS 5D Mark II just $2649.00 with Free Shipping
Buy the Canon EOS 5D Mark II 21.1MP Full Frame CMOS Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)
The Canon EOS 5D Mark II is the new darling of Digital SLR and photography enthusiasts worldwide. Amazon offers this amazing new Digital Camera for just $2649.00
What’s all the excitement about? In a nutshell, bang for buck. Or price to performance. Whatever you want to call it, this camera has oodles and oodles of it.
The big feature of this new Digital SLR is the 21 megapixel full framed sensor and the low light capability up to  ISO 25,600. The other feature being video capture in High Definition at full 1080 resolution fat 30fps for real live video.
Due to advances in digital camera technology, full frame cameras are now starting to appear in the Market, and the Canon EOS 5D is currently the best dslr full frame camera at time of writing. No other camera incorporates a full frame, and video into such an affordable package.
So, let’s have a closer look at those features:
Firstly,there’s the sensor.  Canon’s new CMOS sensor captures 21.1 megapixels on a sensor size the same size and dimensions as full frame of 35mm film. One feature of a full size sensor over a cropped sensor is the ability to use prime and zoom lenses at their actual focal lengths instead.  A 50mm lens becomes a  50mm lens again. A 24mm lens is again, a 24. Using a 50mm lens on a non-full frame model makes your focal length 75m due to the 1.5x crop factor. The ‘crop factor’ is gone for a full frame camera such as the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. One of the disadvantages of the full frame camera is the loss of the added focal length which could be a disadvantage if your shooting requires long, long zooms or telephotos. Your 300mm lens becomes a 300mm lens again, not a 450mm lens as it would with a non-full frame camera model.
I won’t write about the DIGIC 4 Processor, as it’s just a name that the marketing guys dreamed up. Here’s what you need to know. It’s a newer camera, so the computer/chip/processor – whatever you want to call it has been improved as well, and it’s bigger, better, faster, brighter. That’s it.
The Canon EOS 5D Mark II has a 3 inch LCD that’s pretty much standard issue on even the cheapest compacts, so this really isn’t news. It’s a digital SLR. It has a 3 inch LCD screen. One feature of the screen that is noteworthy is the fact that the brightness will adjust to diferent lighting situations. This saves and extends battery life, which is always a good thing.
Live view is another feature you may find useful. I don’t. I prefer using the viewfinder, but this model does offer a live view through the 3 inch LCD screen if that’s your thing.
The autofocus system is a 9 point system, which is supported by 6 additional AF assist points.
Probably one of the more useful features of this camera is the new menu system which provides you with a ‘quick control’ screen for quick access to common settings. This is a great feature and useful, as nobody likes to wade through a sea of menus to get to the settings they want to change. Custom user settings allow you to quickly change pre-saved settings. One setting group could be for indoor shooting with a strobe, while the other could be for outdoors. (I was going to add: when no strobe is needed, but a lot of times a strobe is needed outdoors, but that’s an article (or two) in itself.
Low light capabilities are probably one of the most appealing features of this camera. With ISO sensitivity, this could be the camera for you if you shoot low light, such a gyms or churches for weddings. You can shoot up to ISO 25,600 if need be.
Speed-wise the Canon EOS 5D Mark II shoots at up to 3.9fps, which isn’t too bad considering this camera has over 21 million pixels to process.
So, to summarize, The Canon EOS 5D offers a whole lot of features for under $3000: Full frame, fast speed, convenient menu systems, HD Video, and excellent low light capability make this digital SLR a sure winner.
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