Thank you Canon (for the firmware update)
 

Now just get to work on hrz jumping. 24p please!

David Fisher
Dallas

I second that thanks to Canon!

I bought the 5D MK2 with my eyes wide open and knowing about its weaknesses. It seems to be a fantastic still camera, and now, with the latest firmware, it's an amazing video one too.

But please, please, make 25 FPS the next firmware update for those users outside North America and Japan.

Just had my first play and "thank chuff fer that!" Briliant. Now I can have total confidence in using the camera.

Thanks again Canon

Avey

Thank you CANON !

Thanks Canon!

Now fix the moire pattern artifacts and give us 24p plz.

I'll give thanks as well. The camera simply "feels" better in video mode. And the auto-ISO function is surprisingly well done.

Now give us a 1.4L with IS.

We went from grateful to choosy beggers!

But, really, give us 24P. Please!

That's right, we did. Ainn't gonna be no 1.4L IS, (but no 24p either).

My 5DMKII had a hotpixel seen only at high Iso in movie mode. It's gone now! Great...

A lens that like would only have use for videographers. No way Canon will build a lens like that only for video community.

Bah, you don't need IS. Put that thing on a tripod where it belongs when you're shooting video.

Canon Inc. deserves heaps of praise for following through on this, but in my opinion we should keep the pressure on for the 25p requests.

100% agreement on both points.
Is there a petition floating about, or is this it? (For the 24/25p, that is.)

No need for petitions. Reps of all the camera companies absolutely do read the message boards even thought they don't generally post. They also talk to people at trade shows and take input directly on their company web sites/email. They absolutely DO know what we customers want. Just keep letting 'em know what it will take to keep us wanting to buy their products rather than a competitor's.

Yep, a tripod, dolly, slider, jib, steadycam - take your choice - will deliver much more professional images than IS. Of course, IS is easier to carry...

Absolutely! My prediction stands that they will deliver 25p before the end of the year, and I have a stomach allergy for crow. :)

Absolutely, thanks Canon!

Just how how they should take out OIS from all of the prosumer camcorders out there huh?

I'll join in here. Thank you for making this camera a great video camera!

I also would love to see 24/25p.

At all focal lengths? Or did you have something more specific in mind?

We don't need IS messing up short primes, IMO.

wow, nice firmware
 

I did my first real shoot with the 5D2 today using the new firmware. I took a snap or two to find what settings to use before each clip. When I brought up the clips in premiere I was blown away. I only needed to do a tiny amount of PP on a few clips. The video looked awesome just the way it was.

To be honest I did have one problem though. Their was a pair of striped pants that aliased. I had to just leave them in the way they were. Luckily the aliasing wasn't moving around much so it wasn't horrible.

It would be nice on the 85L, 135L and 200L primes though - especially the 200.

I finally sold my 70-300 4-5.6 IS this past weekend and am now on the hunt for a good used 200mm f/2.8 L II. I'm going to enjoy the extra couple of stops, but I'll miss the extra reach. The stupid thing is that I had an IS lens before we had manual control, and won't now. Oh well, what can you do? (...short of shelling out for an f/2.8 zoom, of course.)