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Brilliant S ensor, S upercharged P rocessors
22.3 M egapixel f ull-­‐frame C MOS s ensor
The E OS 5 D M ark I II f eatures a n ewly d eveloped C anon f ull-­‐frame 2 2.3 M egapixel C MOS s ensor t hat's d esigned f rom t he g round u p
to c reate h igh r esolution, p erfectly d etailed i mages w ith u nprecedented s peed a nd c larity. A f ull 2 4 x 3 6mm, t he s ensor c aptures
5784 x 3 861 l arge i ndividual 6 .25 µ m p ixels a nd h as a m uch-­‐improved S /N r atio r esulting i n b etter i mages f rom t he s tart. A n ew
photodiode s tructure w ith a n i ncreased p hotoelectric c onversion r ate i ncreases t he s ensor's s ensitivity b y a pproximately 2 s tops
over p revious m odels, m eaning h igher I SOs w ith t he l owest n oise o f a ny E OS d igital c amera. A nd a 2 -­‐line 8 -­‐channel s imultaneous
signal r eadout m eans s peeds o f u p t o 6 .0 f ps ( RAW + J PEG) a re p ossible!
14-­‐bit A /D c onversion, w ide r ange I SO s etting 1 00–25600 ( L: 5 0, H 1: 5 1200, H 2: 1 02400)
The E OS 5 D M ark I II n ot o nly o ffers 1 4-­‐bit s ignal p rocessing f or e xcellent i mage g radation, i t d elivers h igher s tandard a nd e xpanded
ISOs, a nd a s core o f n ew o ptions t o e nhance s hooting i n v aried a nd f ast-­‐changing l ighting s ituations. W ith a s tandard r ange o f I SO
100–25600, t he E OS 5 D M ark I II r epresents a 2 -­‐stop i ncrease i n s ensitivity o ver p revious c ameras. T hanks t o t he i mproved s ignal-­‐to-­‐
noise r atio o f t he n ew s ensor a nd p owerful n oise r eduction, t he E OS 5 D M ark I II c an s hoot a t e xpanded s ensitivities d own t o I SO 5 0
(L) a nd u p t o 5 1200 ( H1), a nd e ven 1 02400 ( H2)! B eyond t he o bvious a dvantages o f i ts w ide I SO r ange, t he E OS 5 D M ark I II h as
automatic I SO s ettings, f ound o n t he d edicated I SO m enu. M inimum a nd m aximum I SO s ettings c an b e s pecified, a s c an a u ser-­‐
defined r ange, p lus f ull a uto a nd m anual.
DIGIC 5 + I mage P rocessor f or e nhanced n oise r eduction a nd b lazing p rocessing s peed
For a w hole n ew l evel o f p erformance, t he E OS 5 D M ark I II u ses a D IGIC 5 + I mage P rocessor. W orking w ith t wo 4 -­‐channel A /D
converter f ront-­‐end p rocessing c ircuits, a nd d elivering s peeds o f u p t o 6 .0 f ps ( RAW + J PEG), a nd t he D IGIC 5 + I mage P rocessor
improves d ata p rocessing p erformance a nd f eatures n ew a lgorithms t hat p romote g reater n oise r eduction a t h igher I SOs. I n a ddition
to c onventional i mage p rocessing f unctions t he D IGIC 5 + I mage P rocessor o ffers r eal-­‐time c ompensation f or c hromatic a berration i n
both s till a nd m otion i mages. W ith t he p ower o f t his p rocessor, s peed i mprovements a re n oticeable f rom t he i nstant t he c amera i s
turned o n a nd t he s tunning r esults s peak f or t hemselves.