Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Canon EOS 5D MkII, Canon EOS 5D MkIII, Nikon D3s, Nikon D4, Nikon D700, Nikon D7000, Nikon D800
Thursday, April 26th, 2012

We all know that we would like to see a clear comparison between two significant cameras when we see them. We want to compare them despite their different brands, or we want to compare to older and more expensive and less expensive models. We are not alone. Plenty of people on the web have the [...]
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Canon EOS 5D MkII
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
I had previosuly shown the repairman tearing down a Nikon D300s under the video camera. I thought that it was (somewhat) interesting to compare with the same operation on a Canon EOS 5D MkII. YouTube link
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Canon, Canon accessories & lenses, Canon EOS 5D MkII, Canon EOS 60D, Canon EOS 7D, Pro photo, Travel
Sunday, December 26th, 2010

Canon is assuredly the brand most commonly found in the hands of the wildlife photographers (professionals as well as amateurs). Of course, this is a direct product of the strong presence of Canon on the market for digital SLR photography, but the diversity of the offer from the red brand allowed to build solutions perfectly [...]
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Canon EOS 5D MkII
Friday, December 17th, 2010
According to Mads Peitersen, inside the body of a Canon 5D MkII, you should not find a magnesium allow structure, but this is what you should see. Mads Peitersen creates paintings of this kind for several objects from our geek life.
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Canon EOS 5D MkII, Canon EOS 7D
Sunday, December 5th, 2010
Canon first proposed it in Japan, It comes to the United States now. On the Canon EOS 7D and EOS 5D MkII, it will soon be possible to return the camera to Canon repair services to have a new dial installed with a central lock button. What seems pretty simple could well be a revolution [...]
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Canon EOS 5D MkII
Sunday, October 31st, 2010
A firmware update (version 2.0.8) for the Canon EOS 5D Mk II. Fix for not using the user mode (C1, C2, C3) in video capture Fix for not releasing the shutter when Auto Power is set to “on” Fix for an over-exposure in LiveView mode when ISO setting is on L Fix for resetting the [...]
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Canon EOS 5D MkII, Nikon D700
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
Allister Freeman is a photographer who recently switched from Canon to Nikon. In this post on his blog (Canon 5D Mark 2 versus Nikon D700 – My thoughts), he tries to give a hands-on experience report to support his switch. Actually, the most important of his issues was with ISO sensitivity and general behavior of [...]
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Canon EOS 5D MkII
Friday, March 19th, 2010
Canon was fast on this one. A few hours only after announcing the removal of version 2.0.3, here is the new version 2.0.4 of the Canon EOS 5D MkII firmware. It corrects a bug in sound handling in 1080p video mode. Firmware v2.0.4
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Canon EOS 5D MkII
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Canon just informed us that the new firmware 2.0.3 for the Canon EOS 5D MkII has an undescribed issue (for some users). Canon is not much more precise than that yet (some users are speaking about sound issues, though). But if you did not already rush to get this specific (and important) firmware version, I’d [...]
Posted by Yves Roumazeilles
Canon EOS 5D MkII
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Today, Canon announced that they will add 24 and 25 fps HD Movie recording to the Canon EOS 5D Mark II photo camera with firmware v2.0.3. It will be available as a free download from the middle of March.
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