Canon 50D and 5D Mark II......

I know it has been some time since Canon announced their new DSLR which is the Canon 50D and the Canon 5D Mark II. But i still want to talk about it here because they are such a great performance DSLR...

Canon 50D

Canon finally announced the 40D's successor which is the Canon 50D... The new Canon 50D mainly is a new 15megapixel sensor wrapped inside a 40D's body, using DIGIC4 instead of DIGIC3 in 40D, a brand new 920,000 pixel 3.0" inch TFT LCD and the most outstanding part is the 50D has a micro AF adjustment up to 20 lenses (meaning no need to send both body and lenses to Canon to calibrate the front/back focusing problems).
Besides, the new Canon 50D is able to boost the ISO up to 6400 and 12800 compared to the 40D which only can boost up to ISO3200. This is quite a major breakthrough for the DSLR world because even the previous 1Ds series can't do that.

After reading through the preview on www.dpreview.com, i found out that the picture produced by this 50D is slightly better than my current camera which is the Canon 40D besides the ISO6400 and ISO12800 coz 40D doesn't have these functions... So, for those 40D users out there, please don't feel sad that Canon came out with the 50D coz our 40D is still a very superb camera and is still can produce really nice pictures if compared to other brands of DSLR in the same range. Cheers for the Canon 40D...^^



Now, its time for the really really long waited Canon fullframe DSLR 5D's replacement... It has been 3years since Canon announced their first midrange fullframe DSLR which is the 5D... Now the time has came for a "Destinated Evolution" as mentioned by Canon themselves...

Canon 5D Mark II

Ever since Nikon came out with their first midrange fullframe DSlR which is the Nikon D700, everyone is already expecting Canon to come out with a new fullframe DSLR to fight with Nikon. And now the dream finally came true that the 5D Mark II is announced.

The features of the new 5D Mark II includes:

• 21 megapixel CMOS sensor (very similar to the sensor in the EOS-1Ds Mark III)
• Sensor dust reduction by vibration of filter
• ISO 100 - 6400 calibrated range, ISO 50 - 25600 expansion (1Ds Mark III & 5D max ISO 3200)
• Auto ISO (100 - 3200) in all modes except manual
• 3.9 frames per second continuous shooting
• DIGIC 4 processor, new menus / interface as per the EOS 50D
• Image processing features:
  • Highlight tone priority
  • Auto lighting optimizer (4 levels)
  • High ISO noise reduction (4 levels)
  • Lens peripheral illumination correction (vignetting correction)
• RAW and SRAW1 (10 MP) / SRAW2 (5 MP)
• RAW / JPEG selection made separately
• Permanent display of ISO on both top plate and viewfinder displays
• AF microadjustment (up to 20 lenses individually)
• Three custom modes on command dial, Creative Auto mode
• Image copyright metadata support
• 98% coverage viewfinder (0.71x magnification)
• 3.0" 920,000 dot LCD monitor with 'Clear View' cover / coatings, 170° viewing angle
• Automatic LCD brightness adjustment (ambient light sensor)
• Live view with three mode auto-focus (including face detection)
• No mirror-flip for exposures in Live View if contrast detect AF selected
• Movie recording in live view (1080p H.264 up to 12 minutes, VGA H.264 up to 24 mins per clip)
• Two mode silent shooting (in live view)
• New jump options in play mode
• HDMI and standard composite (AV) video out
• Full audio support: built-in mic and speaker, mic-in socket, audio-out over AV (although not HDMI)
• IrPort (supports IR remote shutter release using optional RC1 / RC5 controllers)
• UDMA CompactFlash support
• New 1800 mAh battery with improved battery information / logging
• New optional WFT-E4 WiFi / LAN / USB vertical grip
• Water resistance: 10 mm rain in 3 minutes

21megapixel!!! Its the same as the 1Ds Mark III (the most expensive DSLR)... This is really a beast for me... Another interesting part is that the ISO performance is really WOW!!! Normal ISO range will be between 100-6400 and is exandable from ISO 50-25600... YES, ITS ISO25600!!! Can you believe that? Some people even gave comment that the new Canon now shoot in NO LIGHT condition (just being humourous...^^)

One more thing is that the 5D Mark II can now record video in FULL HD MODE... Video recording in a DSLR isn't that just COOL? Now not only Nikon can record video with DSLR, Canon can do that too... Cheers for Canon...^^

As for the imge produced by this Canon beast i don't need to say much because even the old Canon 5D which is 3 years older than my 40D can produce image far more better than my 40D...
So, for the replacement sure salute one right? :P
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i think it is enough for both the very simple review on both cameras, if you guys want more info on them, you can go to www.dpreview.com to look at their full preview.
(The informations and the pictures i put up are all from DPreview)

After all, i'm still in love with my Canon 40D and won't think that i'll change to newer system any time near the future... But i do hope that one day in the future i can upgrade my gears to fullframe as the power of fullframe is really unpredictable...

that's it for now and i better proceed to study for my final exam as they are coming in another 2weeks time...

Will update my blog more often and post more photos after my final exams... Please stay tune to my blog... :P

study mode ON...