Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Today on the PMA Newsline International: (Ken Lassiter Canon introduces two new digital SLRs Canon U.S.A. Inc., <http://www.usa.canon.com> Lake Success, N.Y., USA, introduces its new compact EOS 5D digital SLR which offers a full-frame CMOS sensor with 12.8 megapixels of resolution. The camera will be available in October for an estimated selling price of $3,299 for the complete Power Kit with a full software package including the new Digital Photo Professional v2.0. Picture The new EOS 5D digital SLR from Canon will be available in October for $3,299. The EOS 5D features the DIGIC II Image Processor which allows users to shoot up to 3 frames per second, and record up to 60 full-resolution JPEGs and 17 RAW images in a single burst. The camera features a new 2.5-inch LCD/TFT screen with 230,000 pixels that's viewable even at extreme angles, and a new nine point AF system with six Supplemental AF points, a new AF algorithm and a new AF circuitry. The new AF system improves subject detection and focusing precision at the center, the most frequently used area, and significantly enhances subject tracking performance. The EOS 5D has a newly developed, high-speed and highly durable shutter unit designed to meet the demanding requirements of a full frame sensor in a relatively compact body. The shutter is a vertical travel, focal plane type with two parallelogram link curtains. Each curtain has four blades, three made from KN Mylar and one from Duralumin, to create a professional-level shutter with a durability rated at 100,000 shots. The camera's top, front and rear covers and battery grip are made from light and highly durable magnesium alloy, and the camera has an improved grip and mode dial, a modified terminal cap share and clearer rear controls. The camera body consists of a stainless steel chassis and a mirror box made of high-strength engineering plastic. The EOS 5D has other high-end features including the same ISO range as the 1Ds Mark II - ISO 100-1600 in one-third-step increments and ISO speed extended at L:50, H:3200. Also included on the camera is ultra-precise white balance with nine types of white balance settings, white balance bracketing and white balance correction. Other features include enhanced 35-zone exposure metering; spot metering in approximately 3.5 percent of the viewfinder area; six selectable JPEG recording modes including RAW and simultaneous RAW+JPEG; a large bright viewfinder with three interchangeable focusing screens; new flexible and convenient folder creation and selection; and more advanced PictBridge functions. Picture The new EOS-1D Mark II N digital SLR sells for $3,999. Canon also introduces its new EOS-1D Mark II N digital SLR, which fires at 8.5 frames per second for up to 48 full-resolution JPEG images in a burst and has a new 2.5-inch, wide-angle view LCD/TFT monitor with 230,000 pixels of resolution that offers crisp image playback. The improved display enables viewing angles up to 170 degrees from any direction. Startup time has dropped to 0.2 seconds. The camera, selling for $3,999, has an all-metal body and chassis and weather-resistant construction with its shutter durability-tested to 200,000 exposures. An improved image processing sequence and a better memory management method in the EOS-1D Mark II N digital SLR has ramped up its burst capability with the camera now able to shoot up to 22 RAW frames and up to 48 full-resolution JPEGs in burst. The camera can also shoot 19 frames of RAW+JPEG and at 59 frames or better at the JPEG Middle 1 setting, 77 frames or better at JPEG Middle 2, and 135 or better at JPEG small, a substantial increase. Additionally, the EOS-1D Mark II N digital SLR now creates new folders automatically when file numbers reach 9999, making the new camera more responsive in fast-moving news and sports photography situations. Photographers can even customize the first four characters in filenames, enabling superior image organization and camera identification capabilities. The EOS-1D Mark II N digital SLR lets the user save the same image simultaneously in both the CompactFlash and SD memory card slots. Photographers can also record to slot one until it was full and then go to slot two as a reserve. Now, with the EOS-1D Mark II N in RAW+JPEG mode, it's also possible to save the RAW and JPEG images separately in each memory card.