The Canon EOS 5D Mark II is a 21.1 effective megapixel full-frame CMOS |digital single-lens reflex camera| made by Canon, the first Canon EOS camera to have video recording capabilities. It succeeds the EOS 5D and was announced on 17 September 2008.
On 2 March 2012, Canon announced the camera's successor: the Canon EOS 5D Mark III. On 24 December 2012, Canon Japan moved the camera to its "Old Products" list, effectively discontinuing the camera.