Canon XS vs Canon 5D Mark II

Canon 5D Mark II advantages over Canon XS

• Larger sensor
  35mm vs APS-C
  More sensor area. Bigger is (generally) better.
• Longer stills battery life
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  Longer stills battery life

  Cameras with longer battery life can take more photos before exhausting their batteries.

  Special note: The measurement standard for battery life stipulates that if a camera has an internal flash, it must be used for 50% of photos taken. For this reason, comparisons of one camera with an internal flash to another without will not be comparable

  850 vs 500 shots
  Capture more photos
• More telephoto lens reach
  105 mm vs 88 mm
  Capture objects farther away with the kit lens
• Top deck display
  Yes vs No
  Check settings with a screen on top of the camera
• External Mic Jack
  Jack vs No jack
  Improved sound fidelity when shooting video
• Pentaprism viewfinder
  Pentaprism vs Pentamirror
  Much better viewfinder picture fidelity
• HDMI out
  HDMI out vs None
  Use HDMI output to monitor or review video
• More dots on screen
  920k vs 230k dots
  Can mean greater resolution or a brighter screen
• Shoots 1080p video
  Yes vs No
  You'll want this if you shoot video
• More viewfinder magnification
  0.71x vs 0.51x
  Get a bigger view of the scene through the eye-level viewfinder
• More pixels
  21.1 vs 10.1 megapixels
  Higher resolution photos
• More AF points
  15 vs 7
  More AF points improve autofocus
• Wider angle kit lens
  24 mm vs 29 mm
  Capture more of the scene with the included lens
• Faster JPEG shooting
  3.9 fps vs 2.9 fps
  Faster JPEG shooting (burst mode)
• Bigger JPEG buffer
  75 vs 7 shots
  Take more JPEG shots before waiting (burst mode)
• Faster shutter
  1/8000 vs 1/4000 sec
  Shoot wide open in bright light
• Higher extended ISO
  25600 vs 1600 ISO
  Higher extended ISO can give more low-light flexibility