Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II

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frame/s
Viewfinder
ViewfinderOptical
General
LCD screen2.0 inch, 230,000 pixels
BatteryNi-MH battery pack
Weight1,215 g (42.9 oz) (body only)
Made inJapan
Chronology
ReplacedCanon EOS-1Ds[1]
SuccessorCanon EOS-1Ds Mark III[2]

The EOS-1Ds Mark II is a

full-frame 16.7 megapixel CMOS sensor. The EOS-1Ds Mark II had the highest pixel count available in a 35mm format digital SLR at the time of its introduction until its successor was announced in August 2007. It uses the EF lens mount
. The EOS-1Ds Mark II is a professional grade camera body and is large, ruggedly built, and dust/weather-resistant.

Being an autofocus camera, it has multiple autofocus modes and uses a 45-point autofocus system, and an option for manual focusing. Its viewfinder is a "fixed pentaprism". It also has a 2", TFT color LCD. Its dimensions are 156 mm in width, 157.6 mm in height, and 79.9 mm in depth (6.14 in × 6.20 in × 3.15 in). Its mass (without a battery) is 1,215 grams (42.9 oz).

The camera's image sensor is a single-plate CMOS-based

color filter
.

The shutter is an electronically controlled focal-plane shutter. Its maximum speed is 1/8000 of one second and it is rated for 200,000 actuations. Soft-touch shutter release occurs via electromagnetic signaling.

On 20 August 2007, Canon announced the successor to the Mark II: the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III.

References

  1. ^ "Canon EOS-1Ds – Canon Camera Museum".
  2. ^ "Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III – Canon Camera Museum".
  3. ^ "Canon EOS-1Ds 1Ds Mk II".

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