Tuesday, September 23, 2008

5D Mark 2 could be the ultimate dive camera

Loose thoughts by Bjorn Landfeldt

Look at Vincent Laforet's blog. He tested the new Canon 5D mark 2 over a weekend and discovered that it has absolutely stunning low light performance and deals with strange white balance like no other camera. The following picture is a frame grab from some videos he took one night.



Not only is the video of excellent sharpness and resolution (shot at 1080i) it is taken straight from a RAW quicktime dump without any post processing. Now, if you have a camera that can take 21 Mpixel shots and full HD video and produce this quality in very bad light conditions, that camera should be an awesome dive camera. $3000 plus a couple of lenses plus a housing......

2 comments:

taso viglas said...

i wonder how it compares with some dSLRs like 450D 40D or the nikon D90. have you seen any comparisons or reviews?

dpreview.com has a preview but does not have any comparisons.

Bjorn Landfeldt said...

No I haven't yet. I think the camera is too new so that in depth tests have not been done yet. Since video is relatively new in the DSLR space I am not sure how tests will be done but since there are a few cameras with this opportunity now, I am sure this feature will be tested by the likes of DPreview.