2008年 佳能 5D MarkII 新机型 新闻发布预备

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Mark Barbieri @ DPReview Canon EOS-1D / 1Ds / 5D Forum

I was desperate to get real news about the new Canon 5DM2, so I took matters into my own hands. I hooked up a war dialer and tried looking for every modem in Canon’s home area code. When I found their site, I used a backdoor to break into their system. The result was that I uncovered the text of a soon-to-be-published interview they gave PopPhoto on the subject. My English translation may be a little off, but here it is:

PP: Why is the 5DM2 so late coming to market?
Canon: It’s not late. It just seems that way because the original 5D shipped a year early.

PP: Will the 5DM2 have image stabilization built into the body like the latest Sony, Pentax, and Olympus cameras? With that, their stabilizers work with any lens that fits the body.
Canon: No. We build the stabilizer into the lens because it makes more sense there. With the stabilizer built into the lens, it works with any camera body that fits the lens.

PP: Are you improving the LCD screen to match Nikon’s high resolution LCDs?
Canon: Not only are we going to have a 3” LCD, we’re going to have two of them on each camera. This dual screen mode matches the way most photographers work on their computers at home. We’ve also taken a lesson from Nintendo and made one of the two screens touch sensitive.To make it even better, we’ve included games as well, so now you can play Sudoku on your camera.

PP: Will they be high resolution, like the Nikon LCD?
Canon: No. We have not found high resolution LCD’s to be very useful in the field. Instead, we are including a pair of red/blue 3D glasses and a special mode that makes the menu appears in 3D. We’re very excited about that.

PP: That sounds great. What other new features have you added?
Canon: One of the most popular features on our cameras is the Direct Print button. We’ve decided to apply our business machine knowledge to our cameras and take that up a notch. We will now include a Direct Fax button with the camera for people that want to quickly share images.

PP: What about having a Mirror Lockup button?
Canon: We’ve found that very few photographers in the real world care about Mirror Lockup. It’s just one of those things that people vent about on the Internet. We have removed Mirror Lockup from the custom function menu. For the zealot’s that feel that they really need it,they can send their camera in to a Canon Service center and we’ll lockup the mirror at no extra charge. We feel that it is important that we meet the needs of our professional photographers without over complicating the cameras for novice users.

PP: With the 1 series cameras, you support CF and SD cards. Nikon now supports dual CF cards in their top cameras. Will the new 5D support dual cards?
Canon: We’ve done even better than that. We now include a 7-in-1 card reader so you can use just about any type of memory that you want. Even better, if you use 4 or more memory cards at a time, you can set them up as a RAID 5 array for extra space and redundancy. We now support more memory standards than anyone on the market.

PP: What about file standards? Pentax can write RAW files in Adobe’s DNG format. Will Canon be offering that?
Canon: We are committed to open standards. In addition to our industry standard CR2 format, we support JPG. We also worked out a deal with Adobe and will now fully support PDF right out of the camera. Don’t be surprised if we integrate that with a Direct Email button in a firmware upgrade later this year.

PP: Will you be including any post production capability in the camera for people that want to process their RAW files without waiting until they get home to their computer?
Canon: Absolutely. We have included a new panorama mode that allows the users to crop the top and bottom of the picture before they print or fax it. We have also included a special HDR processing mode!

PP: So that will automatically combine several exposures to create a single image with a greater dynamic range?
Canon: Huh? No, not that kind of HDR. This mode will over saturate the colors, apply extreme transitions between dark and light areas, and make the pictures look garish. That is what our research has shown people use HDR software for.

PP: Will the camera come with a built in portrait grip?
Canon: No, but there are two great innovations in that area. First, for the California and Massachusetts markets, we have a new “orientation”sensor to help wedding photographers adjust to changes in their market.Second, we’ve shaped the bottom of the camera like an Arca Swiss plate so that you can mount the camera directly to a tripod without a bracket.

PP: Will the 5D be weather sealed?
Canon: Absolutely! It won’t have the same weather seals as the 1series, though. The 5D will be sealed against heat, cold, and even extremely windy weather. You’ll still need a 1 series to be sealed against rain.

PP: Will there be any improvements to the AF?
Canon: This is going to be our most exciting feature (aside from the Direct Fax button). We have improved the predictive auto focus and combined it with Live View. The 5DM2 will be the first camera with predictive Live View. With it, you can actually see what is most likely to happen just before it happens. No more wasted shots on missed goals.This feature is a sports shooters dream.

PP: Will you be releasing any new lenses?
Canon: It’s time for another wide angle zoom, so we’ll be releasing the16-35mm Mark V this year. It’s a significant improvement over the MarkIII and has a new filter ring diameter of 84mm.

PP: Will it be competitive with the Nikon 14-24mm?
Canon: Officially, yes. You'll notice, however, that we still use the Nikon on an adapter when we want really sharp ultra-wide shots.

PP: All that sounds great. With the ad campaign you’ve got planned with us, we’re sure to make the new 5D camera of the year. Thanks for talking with us.