Canon EOS 5D Mark II Specifications

Sensor *

• 36 x 24 mm CMOS sensor

• Full 35 mm size frame

• RGB Color Filter Array

• Built-in fixed low-pass filter (with self-cleaning unit)

• 22.0 million total pixels

• 21.1 million effective pixels

• 3:2 aspect ratio



Lenses

• Canon EF lens mount (does not support EF-S lenses)

• No field of view crop (1.0x)



Dust reduction

• “EOS Integrated Cleaning System”

• Self-cleaning sensor unit (filter in front of sensor vibrates at high frequency at start-up and shutdown – can be disabled)

• Dust Delete Data – Data from a test shot is used to ‘map’ dust spots and can be later removed using Canon DPP Software



Image processor *: DIGIC 4



A/D conversion: 14 bit



Image sizes (JPEG) *

• 5616 x 3744 (21.0 MP)

• 4080 x 2720 (11.1 MP)

• 2784 x 1856 (5.2 MP)

Image sizes (RAW) *

• 5616 x 3744 (21.0 MP)

• 3861 x 2574 (10.0 MP)

• 2784 x 1856 (5.2 MP)



File formats *

• RAW (.CR2%3B 14-bit)

• JPEG (EXIF 2.21) – Fine / Normal

• RAW + JPEG (separate files)

• sRAW1, sRAW2 (see above) *



Auto focus

• 9-point TTL CMOS sensor

• 6 “Invisible Assist AF points”

• Centre point cross type F5.6 or faster

• Center point additionally sensitive with lenses of F2.8 or faster

• AF working range: -0.5 – 18 EV (at 23°C, ISO 100)



Focus modes

• One shot AF

• AI Servo AF

• AI Focus AF

• Manual focus



AF micro adjustment *

• Adjust all lenses by same amount (effectively body adjustment)

• Adjust up to 20 lenses individually



AF point selection

• Auto

• Manual



Predictive AF

• As close as 8 m (with 300 mm F2.8L lens at 50 kph)



AF assist: No (only with external flash)



Metering

• TTL full aperture metering 35 zone SPC

• Metering range: 1.0 – 20 EV



Metering modes

• Evaluative 35 zone (linked to any AF point)

• Partial (8% at center)

• Spot metering (approx. 3.5% at center)

• Center-weighted average



AE lock

• Auto: One Shot AF with evaluative metering

• Manual: AE lock button



Exposure compensation

• +/-2.0 EV

• 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments



Exposure bracketing

• +/- 2.0 EV

• 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments



Sensitivity *

• ISO 100 – 6400

• 0.3 or 1.0 EV increments

• Auto ISO (100-3200)

• Expansion options:

ISO 50 (L1)

ISO 12800 (H1)

ISO 25600 (H2)



Shutter

• Focal-plane shutter

• 150,000 exposure durability

• 30 – 1/8000 sec

• 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments

• Flash X-Sync: 1/200 sec

• Bulb



Aperture values

• F1.0 – F91

• 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments

• Actual aperture range depends on lens used



White balance

• Auto

• Daylight

• Shade

• Cloudy

• Tungsten

• Fluorescent

• Flash

• Custom

• Kelvin (2500 – 10000 K in 100 K steps)



WB bracketing

• +/-3 levels

• 3 images

• Blue / Amber or Magenta / Green bias



WB shift

• Blue (-9) To Amber (+9)

• Magenta (-9) to Green (+9)



Picture style

• Standard

• Portrait

• Landscape

• Neutral

• Faithful

• Monochrome

• User def. 1

• User def. 2

• User def. 3



Custom image parameters

• Sharpness: 0 to 7

• Contrast: -4 to +4

• Saturation: -4 to +4

• Color tone: -4 to +4

• B&W filter: N, Ye, Or, R, G

• B&W tone: N, S, B, P, G



Image processing options *

• Highlight tone priority

• Auto lighting optimizer (4 settings)

• Long exposure noise reduction

• High ISO noise reduction (4 settings)

• Auto correction of lens peripheral illumination (vignetting)



Color space

• sRGB

• Adobe RGB



Viewfinder *

• Eye-level pentaprism

• 98% frame coverage

• Magnification: 0.71x (-1 diopter with 50 mm lens at infinity)

• Eyepoint: Approx. 21 mm

• Interchangeable focusing screen (3 other types optional)

• Dioptric adjustment: -3.0 to +1.0 diopter



Mirror

• Quick-return half mirror (transmission:reflection ratio 40:60)

• Mirror lock-up (once or multiple exposures)



Viewfinder info *

• AF information:

AF points

Focus confirmation light

• Exposure information:

Shutter speed

Aperture value

ISO speed (always displayed)

AE lock

Exposure level/compensation

Spot metering circle

Exposure warning

AEB

• Flash information:

Flash ready

High-speed sync

FE lock

Flash exposure compensation

• Image information:

White balance correction

CF card information

Monochrome shooting

Maximum burst (2 digit display)

Highlight tone priority (D+)



LCD monitor *

• 3.0 ” TFT LCD

• 920,000 pixels

• Automatic 3 level brightness adjustment plus 7 manual levels

• 170 ° viewing angle

• Dual anti-reflection (‘Clear View’)



LCD Live view *

• Live TTL display of scene from CMOS image sensor

• 100% frame coverage

• 30 fps

• Real-time evaluative metering using CMOS image sensor

• Best view or exposure simulation

• Silent mode

• Grid optional (x2)

• Magnify optional (5x or 10x at AF point)

• Three AF modes – Live mode / Quick mode / Face Detection

• Live histogram (Luminance or RGB)

• Remote live view using EOS Utility 2.0 (via USB or WiFi/Ethernet using WFT)



Movie recording *

• Available optionally during Live view mode

• 1920 x 1080 (16:9) up to 12 mins (Quicktime 1080p H.264%3B 38.6 Mbits/sec)

• 640 x 480 (4:3) up to 24 mins (Quicktime 480p H.264%3B 17.3 Mbits/sec)

• Max file size 4 GB

• Quicktime MOV format (H.264 video, PCM sound)

• 30 fps



Record review

• Off

• On (histogram via INFO button)

• Display mode same as last used Play mode

• 2 / 4 / 8 sec / Hold



Playback modes

1. Single image with exposure, file number, storage slot

2. As 1 but also image count and quality

3. Detailed exposure information, thumbnail and luminance histogram

4. Less detailed exposure info., thumbnail, luminance and RGB histograms



Playback features

• Optional blinking highlight alert

• Optional AF point display

• Magnified view (up to 10x)

• 2×2 or 3×3 thumbnail index

• Jump (by 1, 10, 100 images, screen, date, folder, movies, stills)*

• Delete / Protect



Flash

• No built-in flash unit

• E-TTL II auto flash / metered manual

• Flash compensation +/-2.0 EV in 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments

• X-Sync: 1/200 sec

• Hot-shoe & PC Terminal



External flash

• E-TTL II auto flash with EX-series Speedlites

• In-camera flash configuration (currently only 580 EX II)

• Wireless multi-flash support

• PC Sync



Shooting modes

• Auto

• Creative Auto *

• Program AE (P)

• Shutter priority AE (Tv)

• Aperture priority AE (Av)

• Manual (M)

• Custom 1

• Custom 2 *

• Custom 3 *



Drive modes

• Single

• Continuous: 3.9 fps *

• Self-timer: 2 or 10 sec (2 sec with mirror lock-up)



Burst buffer

• Large/Fine JPEG: 78 frames (310 with UDMA card) *

• RAW: 13 frames *



Orientation sensor: Yes



Auto rotation

• On (recorded and LCD display)

• On (recorded only)

• Off



Custom functions *: 25 custom functions with 71 settings in 4 groups



Menu languages *

• 25 Languages

• English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Japanese



Firmware: User upgradable



Portrait grip

• Optional WFT-E4 (WiFi / LAN / USB mass storage)

• Optional BG-E6 battery grip



Connectivity *

• USB 2.0 Hi-Speed

• AV out (video & audio *)

• HDMI connector *

• Microphone input *

• PC Sync flash terminal

• Communication terminal on base for WFT-E4

• InfraRed *



Storage *

• Compact Flash Type I or II (inc. FAT32)

• Supports UDMA cards *

• Copyright metatag support

• Canon Original Data Security Kit supported (“Original Image Data”)



Power *

• Lithium-Ion LP-E6 rechargeable battery (supplied & charger)

• CR1616 for date & settings

• Approx. 850 shots at 20°C

• Battery indication 6 levels & percentage (memorized)



Dimensions * 152 x 114 x 75 mm (6.0 x 4.5 x 2.9 in)



Weight *

• No battery: 810 g (1.8 lb)



Accessories

• Viewfinder: Eyecup Eb, E-series Dioptric Adjustment Lens with Rubber Frame Eb, Eyepiece Extender EP-EX15, Focusing Screens Eg, Angle Finder C

• Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E4

• Battery Grip BG-E6

• All EF lenses (excludes EF-S lenses)

• Canon Speedlites (220EX, 380EX, 420EX, 430EX, 430EX II, 550EX, 580EX, 580EX II, Macro-Ring-Lite, MR-14EX, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2)

• Remote control with N3 type contact, Wireless Controller LC-5, Remote Controller RC-1, Remote Controller RC-5

• Original Data Security Kit OSK-E3