Canon 5D Mark II

The rear LCD monitor is a 3 inch multicoated, antireflective 920.000 dots with 100% viewing coverage.
It have a light sensor below the screen that adjust the brightness of the screen according to available light.
It is easy to see even in bright light.

The 5D mark II have better weathersealing then the 5D but not as good as the Canon 1 series cameras.

The camera uses the DIGIC 4 Image Processor which speeds up the write times to UDMA Compact Flash cards and offers 14 bit A/D conversion and it also make some of this cameras new features possible.

The big thing though is the possibility to make HD video recordings with the full frame sensor with it's excellent low light performance and the big variety of lenses available. The camera is compatible with over 60 Canon EF lenses.

Camera Controls

The camera controls on the back of the camera are from the top left Live View shooting/ Print button, Menu button, Picture Style Selection button, Info/Trimming orientation button, Playback button and Erase button.

On the right you have AF point selection/Magnify button, AE Lock/FE Lock/Index/Reduce button and AF start button.

You can use C1-C3 to register most camera settings, i haven't used them but you can register your preferred settings for different shooting situations like weddings, concerts and landscape for example.

Do you use Camera User Settings?

The other modes are bulb, manual, aperture priority, shutter priority, program, creative auto and fully automatic.

Top view

From the left we have the mode dial, in the middle the hot shoe, the LCD control panel. Above is the main dial and shutter button. The four buttons just above the LCD panel is from the left Metering Mode Selection/White Balance Selection button, AF mode/ Drive mode selection button, ISO speed settings/Flash exposure compensation button and LCD panel illumination button.

Front view

In the front is the Lens release button and the microphone on the right and the remote control sensor, self timer lamp and shutter button on the left.

In the beginning...

...of June 2009 I bought the Canon 5D Mark II . The image quality is as good as it gets, I am impressed and so are my customers. It's working flawlessly, I use it mostly for weddings and family beach portraits.

I also bought a battery grip and I think the camera with the grip is well balanced and have a good build quality. It fits my hands fine. I would like to have a lock for the mode dial though, I have accidentely changed mode several times.
To change focus point with the Quick Control Dial is very fast and that's a good thing if you change focus points often, as I do.

The Canon 5D Mark II have now become my main camera and I just love making images with this camera.

Picture taken with Canon 5D Mark II