New Canon EOS 5 Mark II

After a week of teaser ads Canon has finally unveiled the successor to the EOS 5D: Canon EOS 5 Mark II

• New 21.1 Megapixel CMOS sensor with improved EOS Integrated Cleaning System (E.I.C.S.)

• Movie Recording

- Available optionally during Live view mode
- 1920 x 1080 (16:9) up to 12 mins (Quicktime 1080p H.264; 38.6 Mbits/sec)
- 640 x 480 (4:3) up to 24 mins (Quicktime 480p H.264; 17.3 Mbits/sec)
- Max file size 4 GB
- Quicktime MOV format (H.264 video, PCM sound)
- 30 fps

• 3.9 frames per second continuous shooting
• High performance DIGIC 4 providing superb image quality
• Maximum 310 large JPEG images in a single burst with a UDMA card
• 3.0” VGA (920k dots) Clear View LCD
• ISO 100-6400 (expansion from 50 up to 25,600)
• 9 AF points + 6 Assist AF points

Body-only prices: US: $ 2,699, EU: € 2,499, UK: £ 2,299