Canon EOS-1D Mark II Canon EOS-1D Mark II Review, June 2004, Phil Askey

The new Canon EOS-1D Mark II is the successor to the CanonEOS-1D which was announced and introduced at the end of 2001. This newgeneration of digital SLR almost doubles resolution with its new eightmegapixel CMOS sensor, doubles the size of the continuous shooting buffer.Despite the advertised 8.5 fps the EOS-1D Mark II actually shoots at amaximum of 8.3 fps (the same as the EOS-1D).The EOS-1D Mark II is also obviously Canons answer toNikons fast shooting D2H announced last year, it does appear howeveras though Canon are raising the bar with resolution and one would hopewe can expect similar low noise performance from its CMOS sensor as wehave seen from the same technology in the EOS 10D. Putting the additional resolution and buffer size to oneside there are also a variety of improvements and changes compared tothe EOS-1D, not least of which a new version of Canons DIGIC image processor,an extension of selectable ISO sensitivity, support for Secure Digitalas well as Compact Flash and the addition of a USB port (although onlyUSB 1.1). The SD slot and USB connector are interesting additions as theymay hint towards potential future add-ons for this camera such as a wirelesskit (pure speculation on my part at this stage). Canon EOS-1D Mark II vs. EOS-1D (primary specificationdifferences)

	Canon EOS-1D Mark II	Canon EOS-1D
Sensor	28.7 x 19.1 mm CMOS8.2 million effective pixels	28.7 x 19.1 mm CCD4.2 million effective pixels
Image sizes	3504 x 2336, 3104 x 2072, 2544x 1696, 1728 x 1152	2464 x 1648, 1232 x 824
Processor	DIGIC II	DIGIC
White balance	Image sensor only	Hybrid external & image sensor
Shooting modes	(P, M, Tv, Av)	(P, M, Tv, DEP, Av)
Sensitivity	ISO 100 - 1600Boost: Low: 50, High: 3200	ISO 200 - 1600Boost: Low: 100, High: 3200
Color matrix	4 sRGB, Adobe RGB, 2 user configurable	4 sRGB, Adobe RGB
Contrast	Tone curve, 5 level contrastcontrol	Tone curve
Sharpness	Level	Level, Pattern
Continuous	Max. approx. 8.3 fps	Max. approx. 8.3 fps
Buffer size	JPEG: 40 framesRAW: 20 frames	JPEG: 21 framesRAW: 16 frames
Max shutter	1/8000 sec	1/16000 sec
Flash X-Sync	1/250 sec	1/500 sec
Flash	E-TTL II	E-TTL
Storage	Compact FlashSecure Digital(Dual writing capable)	Compact Flash
FAT32 support	Yes	No
Digital connection	IEEE 1394 (FireWire)USB 1.1 (enables PictBridge)	IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
LCD monitor	2.0" 230,000 pixels	2.0" 120,000 pixels
Orientation sensor	Yes	No
Playback zoom	Up to 10x	No

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