Canon's EOS 5D Mark II gets painstakingly detailed

Canon went a bit berserk this morning, but without a doubt the looker from the crowd is the 21-megapixel EOS 5D Mark II. Make no mistake, this bad boy is bringing all sorts of new and revamped technology to the game, and thanks to the good folks over at DPReview, you don't have to waste your day trying to piece it all together. Linked below is a 13-page "preview" that dishes out more details on the specs, changes, operation, design, menus and favorite date spots than you could ever fathom. Being the DSLR freak that you are, however, we know you've already ventured off and are onto page 2. No hard feelings, though.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 28th 2008 5:19PM]

how big of a print at 300dpi will i get from an eos 5 mark 2 ? cant i just interpolate to get the size i want?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 10th 2008 2:53PM]

The 5d is made for serious amateurs, semi-pro (whatever that means) and is excellent for studio work, weddings, street photography and travel photography plus you can probably use it for anything else you want as well.

I do think it is a major upgrade and a major step in the market to be honest, it pushes the bar a lot which is good. Regarding the sensor and the MP comments, the chip is from 1Ds so it is pretty proven and they saved lots on research there. I do also understand they hold back on some features which would not defend the price of the 1Ds anymore.

What I think is no good is the Video feature, a great dSLR is for photo and the vdo will never live up to a vdo camera it's not design to do that. So for me it is a total waste of technology, but when Nikon made it on D90 I guess Canon saw it as a marketing coup hence we get this useless technology in probably all dSLRs in the future.

I would rather they included at least 1/250 X support than the vdo feature, but there you go. I can't wait to try one though, and if I am not happy with it you can pick up another 5D Mk 1 for a bargain now, at just a tad over the 50D price which is a really good deal.