Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Canon 5D is the Nikon D2X killer...... Its a serious threat for Nikon and the price point is perfect. --- On Mon 08/22, Ken Lassiter < kenlass@gate.net > wrote: From: Ken Lassiter [mailto: kenlass@gate.net] To: lug@leica-users.org Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 12:01:38 -0400 Subject: [Leica] Canon Introducs 2 new digital SLRs Today on the PMA Newsline International: (Ken Lassiter<br><br>Canon introduces two new digital SLRs<br><br>Canon U.S.A. Inc., <http://www.usa.canon.com> Lake Success, N.Y., USA, <br>introduces its new compact EOS 5D digital SLR which offers a full-frame <br>CMOS sensor with 12.8 megapixels of resolution. The camera will be <br>available in October for an estimated selling price of $3,299 for the <br>complete Power Kit with a full software package including the new <br>Digital Photo Professional v2.0.<br>Picture<br>The new EOS 5D digital SLR from Canon will be available in October for <br>$3,299.<br><br> The EOS 5D features the DIGIC II Image Processor which allows users to <br>shoot up to 3 frames per second, and record up to 60 full-resolution <br>JPEGs and 17 RAW images in a single burst. The camera features a new <br>2.5-inch LCD/TFT screen with 230,000 pixels that's viewable even at <br>extreme angles, and a new nine point AF system with six Supplemental AF <br>points, a new AF algorithm and a new AF circuitry. The new AF system <br>improves subject detection and focusing precision at the center, the <br>most frequently used area, and significantly enhances subject tracking <br>performance.<br><br> The EOS 5D has a newly developed, high-speed and highly durable <br>shutter unit designed to meet the demanding requirements of a full frame <br>sensor in a relatively compact body. The shutter is a vertical travel, <br>focal plane type with two parallelogram link curtains. Each curtain has <br>four blades, three made from KN Mylar and one from Duralumin, to create <br>a professional-level shutter with a durability rated at 100,000 shots.<br><br> The camera's top, front and rear covers and battery grip are made from <br>light and highly durable magnesium alloy, and the camera has an improved <br>grip and mode dial, a modified terminal cap share and clearer rear <br>controls. The camera body consists of a stainless steel chassis and a <br>mirror box made of high-strength engineering plastic.<br><br> The EOS 5D has other high-end features including the same ISO range as <br>the 1Ds Mark II - ISO 100-1600 in one-third-step increments and ISO <br>speed extended at L:50, H:3200. Also included on the camera is <br>ultra-precise white balance with nine types of white balance settings, <br>white balance bracketing and white balance correction. Other features <br>include enhanced 35-zone exposure metering; spot metering in <br>approximately 3.5 percent of the viewfinder area; six selectable JPEG <br>recording modes including RAW and simultaneous RAW+JPEG; a large bright <br>viewfinder with three interchangeable focusing screens; new flexible and <br>convenient folder creation and selection; and more advanced PictBridge <br>functions.<br><br> <br>Picture<br>The new EOS-1D Mark II N digital SLR sells for $3,999.<br><br>Canon also introduces its new EOS-1D Mark II N digital SLR, which fires <br>at 8.5 frames per second for up to 48 full-resolution JPEG images in a <br>burst and has a new 2.5-inch, wide-angle view LCD/TFT monitor with <br>230,000 pixels of resolution that offers crisp image playback. The <br>improved display enables viewing angles up to 170 degrees from any <br>direction. Startup time has dropped to 0.2 seconds.<br><br> The camera, selling for $3,999, has an all-metal body and chassis and <br>weather-resistant construction with its shutter durability-tested to <br>200,000 exposures. An improved image processing sequence and a better <br>memory management method in the EOS-1D Mark II N digital SLR has ramped <br>up its burst capability with the camera now able to shoot up to 22 RAW <br>frames and up to 48 full-resolution JPEGs in burst. The camera can also <br>shoot 19 frames of RAW+JPEG and at 59 frames or better at the JPEG <br>Middle 1 setting, 77 frames or better at JPEG Middle 2, and 135 or <br>better at JPEG small, a substantial increase. Additionally, the EOS-1D <br>Mark II N digital SLR now creates new folders automatically when file <br>numbers reach 9999, making the new camera more responsive in fast-moving <br>news and sports photography situations. Photographers can even customize <br>the first four characters in filenames, enabling superior image <br>organization and camera identification capabilities.<br><br> The EOS-1D Mark II N digital SLR lets the user save the same image <br>simultaneously in both the CompactFlash and SD memory card slots. <br>Photographers can also record to slot one until it was full and then go <br>to slot two as a reserve. Now, with the EOS-1D Mark II N in RAW+JPEG <br>mode, it's also possible to save the RAW and JPEG images separately in <br>each memory card.<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Leica Users Group.<br>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information<br> _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!