Can a Canon EOS 5D Mark II Camera Digital considered a PROFESSIONAL camera?
First off, any camera can be a professional camera when used by a pro. The 5DMII certainly is used by many pros. However I’ll assume that what you are really asking is for the differences that make a camera be considered ‘pro’ rather than advanced amateur. Typically those have a lot to do with the durability of the camera and only somewhat to do with the features. Can the shutter handle 100s of thousands of actuations? How good is the weather sealing? How solid is the frame? How much flexibility is built into the camera software aimed at pros’s workflow? An example of the last item can be something as simple as being able to better organize directories and image names. Examples of the other categories are found by looking at the 1D Mark III specs. It is very definitely a pro camera despite being only 10mp and 1.3x (halfway between APS and 35mm). When we look at the specs we see entries like:
… 10 fps, with a burst rate up to 110 full-resolution JPEG images or 30 RAW images
… AF system with 19 user-selectable AF points and 26 additional “assist points”;
…enhanced weather resistance and outstanding reliability: featuring a shutter that’s durability-tested to 300,000 exposures.
The 5D with 21mp and full 35mm coverage is way advanced on those items. However, it has 9 AF points compared to 45 for the 1DMIII, it has 35 zone TTL metering compared to the 63 zones on the 1DMIII and of course the 5DMII has a 150,000 actuation shutter vs the 300,000 of the 1DMIII.
Bottom line to the question is that the 5D is a very advanced amateur camera that is *very* suitable for professional use but doesn’t quite meet the durability and features that marks a pro camera.
The 21mp pro camera is the 1DsMIII which is $7000. I would probably choose the 5DMII saving $4500 and getting the video capability, but the 1DsMIII is a more solid camera.
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