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Canon EOS 5D Digital SLR - Features
Canon EOS 5D Advanced Digital Technology
The heart of the EOS 5D SLR is its all-new, specific to the 5D model, 12.8 megapixel full-frame, Canon-designed and manufactured single-plate CMOS sensor. Each pixel is a very large 8.2µm, and is therefore able to receive a great deal of light, producing not only excellent resolution but a wide range of ISO settings and low noise levels on a par with the 8.2 megapixel EOS-1D Mark II camera. The DIGIC II Image Processor, DDR SDRAM and 4-channel reading enable an incredible burst performance of 60 Large/Fine JPEGs or 17 RAW images at 3 fps.
12.8 Megapixel CMOS Sensor
The heart of the Canon EOS 5D Digital SLR is its extraordinary new, Canon-designed and manufactured, full-frame, single-plate 12.8 megapixel sensor. This is enough resolution for a double page spread in a magazine, a large print of the bride and groom, facial detail in group shots or a landscape of impressive dimensions. The sensor's 35.8mm x 23.9mm size means that each pixel can be a generous 8.2µm, resulting in exceptionally low shadow noise. The sensor's low power consumption extends battery life and also lowers noise. A finer CMOS production process and optimized photodiode construction increase the light-sensitive area of each pixel and improve dynamic range as well.
The full-size sensor maximizes the performance of EF lenses, the world's largest selection of autofocus lenses. With the full-size sensor, EF lenses -- even wide-angle lenses -- have the same look and feel that they have with conventional SLR cameras, preserving their optical signatures.
The anti-aliasing filter, which also functions as the CMOS sensor package's cover glass, consists of an infrared-blocking filter, a primary low-pass filter, a phase plate and a secondary low-pass filter. While other cameras, such as the EOS 20D camera, have three crystal plates, the EOS 5D model's filter has one independent crystal plate doing double duty as the cover glass. This reduces cost without affecting the filter's performance.
Also significant are the large microlens array that gathers light for the photodiodes with great efficiency and the second-generation, on-chip, noise reduction circuit that effectively minimizes random noise and eliminates fixed-pattern noise. A wide standard ISO range is possible, 100 to 1,600, extendable to 50 and 3,200. Further, 4-channel reading is performed per line, so shooting can continue at 3 fps, even at 12.8 megapixels per frame resolution. The result is very high resolution and exceptionally low image noise, on the same level as the EOS-1D Mark II camera. Seen in its totality, this is groundbreaking performance: top-of-the-mark image quality in a beautifully balanced package for thousands less than ever before.
DIGIC II Image Processor, DDR SDRAM and 4-Channel Reading
As with the EOS-1Ds Mark II camera, high-speed and high quality image processing is executed by the DIGIC II Image Processor. The DIGIC II and the DDR SDRAM (rather than the SDR SDRAM in the EOS 20D) buffer memory and 4-channel reading work together to attain a continuous shooting speed of approximately 3 fps and a maximum burst of 60 frames, Large/Fine JPEG, 17 RAW, or 12 RAW+JPEG.
JPEG or Simultaneous RAW+JPEG
In addition to RAW alone, the EOS 5D camera offers six choices of image recording quality: Large (12.7 megapixels, either Fine/low compression or Normal/high compression), Medium (6.7 megapixels, Fine/low compression or Normal/high compression) or Small (4.2 megapixels, Fine/low compression or Normal/high compression). RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording is enabled in all JPEG recording modes so each of these six choices can be combined with RAW, creating a total of thirteen image recording quality possibilities. The RAW and JPEG images are saved as separate files on the CF card.
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