Canon 5D Mark II examenJ’ai started photography with a Canon PowerShot A50. I bought the camera in 2000 because that’s when my first son was born. I do not want to miss anything, as he grew up and I had never owned a camera before. I had heard about digital cameras, but never really used one. Canon PowerShot A50 This is a mega pixel camera which has some neat features for the cameras at this time. No video or something like that, but I learned to use certain features of the camera quite easily. He was very dear to my wife and I purchased this unit as it was about $ 250 and when you’ve just married a few years and having a baby is a lot of money. This camera lasted until my son was about 5 years. I started taking him fishing and places to hike with me and we took pictures along the way when you want to hike. So we decided to drop in 2005 to go hiking and exploring in the mountains of West Virginia, when I say that I mean the mountains of the Monongahela forest. There were so many areas to see and I do not really know where to start when we started the fall of hills creek and immediately I knew I was in love with nature photography, particularly nature photography cascade. We finally made our way to the Seneca Rocks area of the Monongahela forest of the North and visited the caves of Seneca, who was a great place to visit and I have some pictures in the caves of bats and various rock formations. However, when we left I put my camera on top of the car and was organized to get our things in the car to prepare our car and inadvertently left the device over the management. We started on the road and after about half a mile I heard something about to collapse the rear of the car window. I looked in my rearview mirror and saw my $ 250 camera bouncing up and down the road and the pieces fly everywhere. It was very discouraging that we planned to go to West Virginia Spruce Knob, which is the culmination of the state. I managed to pick up the pieces of my Canon PowerShot A50 from the road and took my mind that we were not going to get more photos on our trip. It was quite disappointing, but I am convinced that the trip was not about pictures, but rather about my boy and his father to spend time together. We have therefore continued to Spruce Knob and everything up there, I decided to look at the camera and see if it could be used even if it was a pile of parts. I started getting the pieces together and believe it or not able to get the camera to turn the gear of the switch to the door of flash cards. Even if the LCD was cracked in many places it actually came and I actually was able to take pictures with this camera was literally glued together with a couple of small sticks and tape. From this point forward not only did I realize that I loved nature photography, but Canon is the best camera I have. Once I started too look at other pictures of nature waterfall on the internet, I began to hunger for a new camera. I thought I must be able to understand how they made waterfalls look so soft and silky. It gave me the anointing to save and buy a new Canon Rebel 350D in early 2006. This camera was, in my opinion the best camera that I could, although many others were far more expensive and have more features, it was the first SLR I had never held in my hand. I learned the different settings and was surprised that the opening and duration of exposure could do for the look of a waterfall or a stream. That’s when Forestwander Free Nature Photo was inspired one day walking home from work singing the gospel song “How Great Thou Art”. After getting a better camera, I realized that the appearance and the sharpness of a digital image depends not only on the body of a camera, but depends largely on the quality of the lens. That’s when I became determined to get a better lens fixed focus and made the difference in a quality objective and a better zoom. I was wondering can do better photography and if so what would it take to make the best pictures. Although I did not have the money to get a professional full-frame digital camera that I had the passion to always explore and take pictures more and more refining my skills and begin to document each shipment in detail . I knew I had to start capturing our hiking adventures in the video, but did not walk around with a camcorder. In 2007 we got a new Canon G9 which, together, a point and shoot high-quality lens with the latest video technology and audio capture part of a very small camera. This camera has the best of both worlds and allowed us to hike and take pictures of wildlife and even a great great macro floral photography. That’s when I learned that the RAW image format is the best way to learn so that I can manipulate the exposure and color in post processing. Wow Jpeg I thought was great until I experienced the benefits of image retrieval generally unusable by transforming them with professional photo of Canon. The Canon G9 is really a great little camera but it lacked detail super strong and wide as my 350D Digital Rebel could reach. For the next two years, I imagined how it would be able to hike and take pictures of high quality SLR and take a nature adventure film simultaneously with the same device. One day in late 2008, I read about Canon’s new models would be released and that this unit would combine quality Super 21 megapixel full frame Canon technology not only with high-resolution video, but video 1080p HD quality. I told myself no doubt this device would be beyond my reach, and certainly should cost $ 5,000 or more. However, I learned that this new camera can be bought for just under $ 3.500 with a high quality small-aperture f4 zoom sport has also joined damp weather resistant. This was undoubtedly the answer to all my needs and desires as a nature photographer novice adventure. After several months of planning I save the chance of a new Canon 5D Mark II and accompanying 24-105mm F4 zoom. I am now the proud owner of this wonderful device for almost a year now and I am convinced that this unit is everything I need. While there may be new technologies coming out such as 3-dimensional holographic photography (think I’m kidding, watch and see). The Canon 5D Mark II camera will always be my favorite. This camera marked the camera that put me in full frame professional market. This camera takes amazing low light photography with high ISO settings, I often take low-light photography in the forest and even take some shots of night landscape mountain heights, it is imperative that the noise of these images is reduced minimum. Recently I learned that I can connect my Canon 5D Mark II to my laptop and store images directly from the camera of my 500 GB hard drive. It gives me hours of recording high quality video and thousands of images MP 21. Without doubt I have much to share with this new camera and I started to experience the wonderful quality of this device offers. So far I have posted at least 100 new ForestWander MP 21 pictures and I must say they are some of the best pictures I ever made and they keep getting better as I learn more on the 5D. The auto bracketing features are really great and help me to experience the widest range resolution with HDR. The live view function is really incredible because it allows me to develop my 5D on a tripod at ground level to a macro picture of a mushroom, for example. It would otherwise be impossible to concentrate on a small mushroom close to the ground while looking through a viewfinder. Then I can press a button and focus and see the real outcome and directly on the screen of 3 inches. This is not only very convenient to live with this but it is ideal for viewing images in post, I can literally zoom in on a particular area of a high resolution and verify that it is up to not perfect before the transfer process and the image on my laptop locally. In addition, the automatic sensor cleaning is ideal for a nature photographer who often change lenses in the area where the dust and contaminants are unavoidable. Below I have listed some of the features of the Canon 5D Mark II, but only compare the specifications of other cameras keep in mind that Canon is a great product and that their devices are robust, durable and even if other specifications on other devices that start with N are a little higher than I’ll always be a die hard fan of Canon’s real world experience that I have lived over the last 6 years as a photographer Nature aventure.Canon specifications EOS 5D Mark IIPrix (body) of the United States: $ 2,699 EU: € 2,499 in the United Kingdom: £ 2,299 Price (EF 24-105 L kit) of the United States: $ 3.499 EU: € 3.299 United Kingdom: £ 3,049 Body material Magnesium alloySensor 36 x 24 mm CMOS sensor Full 35 mm size of the RGB Color Filter Array Built-in fixed low-pass filter (with Single self-cleaning) 22. 0,000,000 total pixels 21. 1 million effective pixels 3:2 ratioLenses Canon EF mount (does not support EF-S) No field of view crop (1. 0x) reduction of dust “EOS Integrated Cleaning” cleaning unit automatically sensor (filter vibrates at high frequency from the sensor to start and shutdown – can be disabled) Dust Delete Data – Data from a test shot is used to ‘map’ dust spots and can be removed more later using Canon DPP SoftwareImage DIGIC 4A / D conversion 14 bitImage 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. 2MP) RAW file formats (. CR2, 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 focus more sensitive with lenses of F2. 8 or faster AF working range: -0. EV 5-18 (at 23 ° C, ISO 100) Focus Modes One Shot AF AI Servo AF AI Focus AF micro adjustment focusAF Manual Adjust all lenses by same amount (effectively body adjustment) Adjusts to 20 goals individuallyAF selection point Automatic AF ManualPredictive Since about 8 m (with 300 mm F2. 8L lens 50 km / h) AF assist No (with external flash) Metering TTL full aperture metering 35 zone SPC measuring range: 1 . 0-20 EVMetering modes Evaluative 35 zone (linked to any AF point) partial (8% at center) Spot (approx. 3. 5% at center) Center-weighted auto-lock averageAE: One Shot AF with evaluative metering Manual: AE lock buttonExposure compensation + / -2. 0 EV 0. 3 or 0. 5 incrementsExposure EV Bracketing + / – 2. 0 EV 0. 3 or 0. 5 EV incrementsSensitivity ISO 100-6400 0. 3 or 1. 0 EV Auto ISO (100-3200) extension options: ISO 50 (L1) ISO 12800 (H1) ISO 25600 (H2) focal plane shutter Shutter 150,000 exposure durability 30 to 1 / 8000 sec 0. 3 or 0. 5 EV increments Flash X-Sync: 1 / 200 sec BulbAperture values F1. 0 – 0 F91. 3 or 0. 5 EV increments wide opening on the real objective depends on the balance Auto Daylight Shade Cloudy usedWhite Tungsten Fluorescent Flash Custom Kelvin (2500 to 10,000 K in steps of 100 K) WB bracketing + / -3 levels 3 images Blue / Amber or magenta / green change biasWB Blue (-9) to amber (+9) Magenta (-9) to Green (+9) Picture style Standard Portrait Landscape Neutral Faithful Monochrome User def. A user def. 2 User def. 3Custom image sharpness settings: 0-7 Contrast: -4 to +4 Saturation: from -4 to 4 Color tone: -4 to +4 B & W filter: N, Ye, Or thy R, G & B: N, S, B, P, Gimages your treatment options underscores the priority Auto lighting optimizer (4 settings) reduction of noise exposure along high ISO noise reduction (4 settings) Auto Correction of lens peripheral illumination ( vignetting) Color space sRGB Adobe RGBViewfinder Eye level pentaprism 98% coverage of the optical image is 0. 71x (-1 diopter with 50mm lens at infinity) eyepoint: Approx. 21 mm interchangeable focusing screen (3 other types optional) Diopter adjustment: -3. 0-1. 0 diopterMirror half mirror Quick-return (Transmission: reflection ratio 40:60) Mirror lock-up (one or multiple exposures) Viewfinder Information AF information: AF speedAperture pointsFocus informationShutter confirmation lightExposure valueISO speed (always displayed), AE level lockExposure / compensationSpot counting circleExposure informationFlash warningAEBFlash readyHigh speed syncFE lockFlash compensationImage exposure information: White balance card correctionCF informationMonochrome shootingMaximum burst (2 digit) Highlight tone priority (D +) LCD display 3. 0 “TFT LCD of 920,000 pixels Automatic 3 level brightness adjustment plus 7 manual levels 170 ° viewing angle double anti-reflection (‘Clear View’) LCD live view Live TTL display of scene from CMOS image sensor 100 % of 30 frames per second real-time evaluative metering using CMOS image sensor Best view or exposure simulation Silent Grid optional (x2), Magnify optional (5x or 10x 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 optional Live View mode 1920 x 1080 (16:9) up to 12 minutes (Quicktime 1080p H. 264, 38. 6 Mbits / sec) 640 x 480 (4:3) up to 24 minutes (Quicktime 480p H. 264 17. 3 Mbit / s) Max file size 4GB Quicktime MOV (H. 264 video, PCM sound) review of 30 fpsRecord Off On (histogram via INFO button) Display mode as a mode of reading used the last 2 / 4 / 8 sec / modes HoldPlayback 1. single image with exposure, file number, storage slot2. As 1 but also image count and quality3. detailed exposure information, thumbnail and luminance histogram4. Less detailed exposure info., thumbnail, luminance and RGB histogramsPlayback optional features blinking highlight alert Optional AF point display for larger image (up to 10x) 2×2 or 3×3 index Go sticker (1, 10, 100 images, screen, date, folder, movies, photos) * Remove / n ProtectFlash Integrated E-TTL II auto flash / flash meter manual compensation + / -2. 0 EV 0. 3 or 0. 5 EV increments X-Sync: 1 / 200 s Hot-shoe & PC TerminalExternal flash E-TTL II Speedlite EX series automatic in-camera flash configuration (currently only 580 EX II) Wireless PC Support multiple flash modes SyncShooting Creative Auto * Auto Program AE (P) Shutter priority AE (Tv) Aperture priority (Av) Manual (M) Custom 1 Custom 2 * 3 * Custom Drive modes single and 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 rotational orientation sensor YesAuto on (recorded and LCD display) On (recorded only) features 25 custom functions with 71 settings OffCustom in 4 languages groupsMenu 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 JapaneseFirmware User upgradablePortrait grip optional WFT-E4 (WiFi / LAN / USB mass storage) Optional BG-E6 battery gripConnectivity USB 2. 0 Hi-Speed AV out (video & audio *) HDMI connector Microphone 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 strokes at 20 ° C Battery indication 6 levels and the percentage (memorized) Dimensions 152 x 114 x 75 mm (6. 0 x 4. 5 x 2. 9 inches) Weight No battery: 810 g (1. 8 lbs) 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 WFT-E4 Battery Grip BG-E6 All EF lenses (except EF-S ) Canon Speedlite (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 touch-type N3, Wireless Controller LC-5, RC-1, the RC-5 Original Data Security Kit OSK-E3