Gadget of the Day: Canon EOS 5D Mark II

The Canon EOS 5D Mark II is no mere “gadget”: I wager it’s the best camera ever made.

ISO up to 25,600? ? ? ? That is just insane. You can basically take pictures in total darkness and they’ll still come out.

21 megapixels? Detail down to the cellular level.

Any freaking Canon lens on earth, insta-snap-on the SLR body? O.M.G. Among the best and most interesting lens selections imaginable. Infinite possibilities, from outer space photography to microscopy to sports photos to anything.

4 pictures per second in rapid-repeat mode? Holy Cow.

Etc. etc.

Plus, you can make movies with it.

Basically, if you had this camera only 20 years ago, you could rule the world.