Big news from Canon, a firmware upgrade to include 24/25fps and manual sound controls!

Press release follows:

Canon announces firmware upgrade for EOS 5D Mark II

Sydney, 2 March 2010: Canon Australia has announced that the upgrade to the movie-related firmware for the EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR camera will be available to users in mid-March 2010.

The new firmware incorporates the following updates and benefits;

1) Frame rate added and changed to now include 24fps (cinema) and 25fps (PAL broadcast)

· Shoots a variety of frame rates, overcoming the need for compression

2) Movie shooting in shutter-priority AE (Tv) and aperture-priority AE (Av) modes

· Ensures users have greater creative control over the exposure and depth-of-field

3) Manual adjustment of sound recording level (64 levels)

· Greater creative control with the camera’s sound recording

4) Sampling frequency changed (from 44.1 KHz to 48 KHz)

· Makes video and audio synchronisation easier

5) Histogram display for shooting movies in manual exposure

6) Fixes a phenomenon[1] where communication between the camera and the attached lens is sometimes interrupted after manual sensor cleaning

Users will be able to download the firmware at canon.com.au in mid-March

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