Digital Trends

Call us excited. The new Canon EOS 5D Mark II is one of the most anticipated D-SLRs of 2008. Not only does it have a 21.1-megapixel full-frame sensor, the camera is the first in its class to record 1080p high-def video. The Nikon D90 was officially the first D-SLR to record HD clips, but it did 720p footage. We liked some aspects of the $999 D90, but as a camcorder it definitely had its flaws. Now archrival Canon has outdone the D90 with a much better imaging processor, and enhanced video capture. Of course all these goodies come with a steep price—namely $2,699 for the body alone—three times the D90--although slightly less than the $2,999 full-frame 24.6MP Sony DSLR-A900 which doesn’t record video at all. At first chance we charged the battery and were off to the races…