All taken with a Canon EOS 5D MkII and Canon 28-105mm F3.5 lens. Originals are 21MP RAW.
High ISO and low light capabilities
The 5D2 has amazing low light capabilities. Most of this was almost pitch black when I took this.
ISO 6400, F3.5, 2.5 seconds
Salsa: The dark setting means this picture is almost impossible to take on almost any other DSLR
ISO 6400, F3.5, 1/13 second
Salsa in motion
ISO 3200
More dancing: The original of this was quite dark and very red, cleaning it up has brought out a lot of noise.
ISO 6400
Small waterfall
ISO 25,600 1/8000 second
Small waterfall
ISO 50 1/20 second
Waving flag. To get the low shutter speed I used ISO 50 and closed the aperture right down.
ISO 50, F22, 1/10 second
Starry night: Required some processing to remove light pollution
ISO 6400, F3.5 6 seconds
Detail
A duck
Duck detail
Same image, 100% crop
A contortionist duck
Contortionist duck detail
Same image 100% crop
With a 105mm zoom, you wont get too close to the moon
Crop of a 21MP image does!
Same image 100% crop
Full zoom, Addenbrookes hospital in the distance
Note the aerials on the roof
Same image 100% crop
Park
Detail of same image
Same image 100% crop
Park with transmitter in the distance
Just the transmitter
Same image 100% crop and sharpened