Product ReviewsCanon EOS 5D Mark II 21.1 MP Digital SLR Camera - Black (Body Only)

Still a great camera

The 5d ii was amazing for it's time and still is the image quality is great along with that huge full frame viewfinder for a bargain

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A versatile camera

I have only one AF EOS mount lens and it is not made by Canon. The reason is that I use the 5DmkII with an OM to EOS adapter in order to make use of a large collection of Zuiko lenses which I have owned since film was king. I have other autofocus cameras for times when I need auto-everything, but the 5DmkII is easy to focus with a manual lens. The results are reminiscent of my experiences shooting film, but with the convenience of digital. I had previously used the classic 5D for this purpose, but the 5DmkII seems to have a brighter screen (though I cannot confirm that), and definitely a larger LCD with more information and the Live View feature, which is useful not only for critical focus but for critical exposure settings. I also have a Nikkor lens that I use with this body via adapter. I really enjoy the camera. Intuitive controls and nice color. If you shoot in raw mode, I recommend Canon's software for the raw conversion to get the best color in critical situations, though Photoshop is quite good.Read full review...

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All I can say is....Wow!

I started out with a Canon Rebel XTi about 4 years ago and really had fun with it. I just added the 5D Mark II to my camera bag and have had about a month to explore the features - I love it!
It's heavier and a bit noisy, but after taking it out for a good 3 or 4 hours of shooting, I didn't notice those characteristics any longer. Once you get use to navigating all of the buttons (which seem pretty intimidating at first), you'll probably agree that they couldn't have been placed anywhere else and still be as user friendly and effective.
The quality of the images is off the charts! I haven't explored the video application because I'm simply having too much fun with stills, but I'll get around to it.
I would recommend this camera to anyone who wants to branch out a bit without going to full professional mode (and absorbing the cost!).Read full review...

Need FULL FRAME and save money. This gets you in the game!

Needed a FULL frame Canon .....special project with a view camera digital back. Filled the need.
20_ meg pixel is fine. Will be my "back up camera" to my Panasonic 4/3 G9 only wish I could afford the model #3....costs twice as much....Read full review...

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Nice camera

I’m very impressed how an old school camera like this takes good shots. In its in great condition

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My new favorite camera

Love this camera. Literally, used it the day after I got it at a shoot on the beach. The images came out amazing.

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High Res. Full Frame. HD Movies.

I'm writing this review after using the camera for over 2 months. Some of you may have read my other camera reviews in the past and I am glad the reviews have been helpful to many.

I am a Canon/Nikon guy. I have lenses from both brand, from macro to telephoto, primes and zooms. I keep lenses from both brand because they offer the BEST in DSLR market. And I often upgrade to newer model if they offer significantly better performance/quality/Resolution.

For Canon, I've had D30, Rebel 300D, 10D, 20D, 5D, Rebel XTi, 40D, 1DS Mark III, and currently using 5D Mark II.

In Nikon camp, I've had D300, D700(full frame sensor), and when they put out D3x in end of 2008, I thought this was going to be pretty much the keeper for a while as I would not need any higher in resolution and performance. Interestingly, this was about the same time Canon released their 5D successor, 5D Mark II. I really liked the performance and image quality of Canon 5D. It was featuring Full Frame sensor at 12MP high resolution and very low noise in high ISO shooting. The main reason I downgraded this to Rebel XTi was the frequent dust spots on the 5D sensor that I had to either clean it really good often or do spot healing in photoshop. Both takes time, and if you are like me, I hate spending time doing this kind of stuff. I'd rather have lower performance camera with some kind of dust proof so I can shoot. I didn't expect much from EOS Integrated Cleaning System, but after using it for sometime w/o any dust spots on the sensor, I sold my 5D and kept XTi hoping for 5D successor to come with same EOS Intergrated Cleaning System.

They took too much time coming up with 5D Mark II, so I had to step into Nikon market getting D300 and D700. Wow! What a difference. Great image quality, low noise at high ISO, Sensor cleaning system, Faster frames/sec, well built, very well thought-out menus and buttons... One time, I needed to get into higher resolution images - 20+mp and my only option at that time was Canon 1Ds Mark III, so I got one but returned it back 5 days later because I thought 1Ds Mark III didn't justify $4500 over Nikon's D700 just for the extra resolution. There were rumors also that D3X was in the works. Well, you can read more about my Nikon reviews on my other review pages, but I'm writing all this to say one thing. Sure, D3X is much robust, faster, higher res. camera than 5D Mark II. But if you think about the features and affordable price compare to Nikon D3x or Canon 1Ds Mk2, it's not to hard to choose what's the winner here. I'd probably sticked with D3x if they only offered Sensor cleaning system... LOL.

So, is 5D a good camera? Yes, you bet!
It's a full frame sensor camera, which means your 50mm lens is working on the camera as 50mm. With crop sensor cameras, you multiply 1.6x to 50mm so 50mm becomes 80mm lens which sometimes is good and sometimes bad depending on the shots you are shooting.

For my type of work, I require best image quality and less-to-no noise. I compared the 5Dmk2 ISO image quality with my D700 and D700 has the winning quality all the time, and that's not surprising because they share about the same size sensor and 5Dmk2 is putting twice more MP than D700 - thus creating noisier images at high ISO. For my work, I always use ISO200 or lower and lighting is pretty much all controlled, but up to ISO800 is quite usable too. Anything higher will require some type of noise reduction.

I'm out of space, but also HD video is +.Read full review...

Great next step in cameras

Shutter noise is the only negative I have found. Pictures quality is outstanding

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5D Mark II in 2018

Just upgraded from the 5D classic. The better iso ability means I can get cheaper F/4 Lenses and still be okay!

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Great Camera

I bought the 5D several years ago and I wanted the larger image size the 5D Mark II offers. I love this camera, its easy to use just like the 5D. I've even played around with the video on this camera and was amazed. I would definitely recommend this camera to anyone.Read full review...

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