Tag Archives: Canon

Canon 5D2 and Compact Flash

Posted on 19-Jan-09 by pvdhamer

UDMA Canon stresses that you need a fancy, fast compact flash card to write data to the card as quickly as possible. The camera even supports a mode called UDMA Mode 6 which, according to Canon, is currently not even … Continue reading →

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File size on the Canon 5D2

Posted on 17-Jan-09 by pvdhamer

RAW file size At its highest settings, the Canon EOS 5D Mark II produces 21 Mpixel RAW images. These are about 26 MByte according to the manual (page 55). This article will concentrate on RAW rather than on JPG. The diagram compares … Continue reading →

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Pixel-peeping: Canon 10D ↔ Canon 5D2

Posted on 2-Jan-09 by pvdhamer

Test setup I took the pictures below with a five-year old 6 Mpixel Canon 10D and a brand new 21 Mpixel Canon 5D Mark II. Both images were made using a 24-105 f/4L standard lens. Both images are shown here … Continue reading →

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DxOMark and advanced D-SLRs

Posted on 30-Dec-08 by pvdhamer

The high-end sensor arms race: who is winning? Michael Reichmann (of the popular site Luminous Landscape) recently concluded that the latest and greatest Nikon and Canon cameras are now indistinguishable as far as sensor noise in concerned: I see no … Continue reading →

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