Such high resolution and ISOs will change your photography. Compared to the grain you’d see with 6400-speed film, this is the stuff of revelation.
#CANON MARK 5D II FLASH ISO#
At ISO 6400, there was no more than a light dusting of noise. We took the Canon out at sunset in New York’s Central Park and photographed a rollerblader, capturing the scene with a shutter speed of 1/20 sec and aperture of f/11. These numbers suggest low-light shooting like you’ve never seen before. At 6400, the Sony scored 3.5, while the Canon and Nikon hit 2.0. Of course, at such a high ISO, both the Canon and Nikon are in Unacceptable territory in our noise tests (4.9 for Canon, 4.6 for Nikon). Put simply, in our tests, even at its worst, the resolution of the Canon beats the Nikon’s best. Neither the Nikon nor Sony offers ISO 50.Īnd even when the ISO is cranked up to 25,600, the Canon edges out the Nikon with 2400 lines of resolution. Reduced to ISO 50 for longer exposures and bright-light work, the Canon’s resolution was 2830 lines, matching the $6,680 (street) 21.1MP Canon EOS 1-Ds Mark III (see, the 5D Mark II is a steal). At its lowest standard sensitivity, ISO 100, the Canon scored 2820 lines of resolution the Nikon, 2350 lines and the Sony 3230. The other approach was the $3,000 Nikon D700, with just 12.1MP but impressively clean images at ISO 6400, along with the ability to shoot (albeit noisily) at up to ISO 25,600.īut the 5D Mark II matches the Nikon for sensitivity and comes close to the Sony in resolution.
One route was a camera such as the $3,000, 24.6MP Sony A900, which produces high-resolution images but tops out at only ISO 6400, and even there serves up lots of noise. Talk about the best of both worlds! Until this 21.1MP Canon debuted, the choice in the under-$3,500 price range was between lots of pixels or high image quality at high ISOs. So let’s take a look at those in four key areas. Of course, the true wonders and shortcomings of this camera are in the details. And when shooting video, though the image quality rivals any consumer-level camcorder, there’s no autofocus. The burst rate, at just 3.9 frames per second, isn’t pro-sports caliber. The autofocus is no faster than that on the original 5D (greetings from the Wayback Machine).
The body only street price is $2,700 $3,500 with the EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM kit lens.ĭoes the 5D Mark II have drawbacks? Certainly. It takes a great full-frame DSLR, the original 5D (Pop Photo’s 2005 Camera of the Year), boosts damn near everything, adds high-definition video capture, and turns in an overall performance that makes it a virtual steal (or at least as close as a steal comes in this price bracket). Let’s cut to the chase- the Canon EOS 5D Mark II does live up to its billing.
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