Canon EOS 5D Mark II HD Video Firmware Update Confirmed EOS 5D Mark II to Gain 1080p 24/25fps Video Recording Capabilities

Having just posted concerning Canon officially announcing their new
EOS-1D Mark IV we follow up with a brief heads up for those of you who
own the Canon EOS 5D Mark II as Canon have confirmed that they are
currently working on a firmware update that ll serve to ramp up the EOS
5D Mark II s capabilities in allowing for 1080p (Full HD) full frame
movie capture at both 24 and 25 frames per second.
Resulting from feedback received by EOS 5D Mark II owners (undoubtedly
in part in response to the features offered by Canon s new EOS 7D, which
left 5D owners less than happy " an understatement if ever their was
one), the new Firmware update is due to become available from the first
half of 2010 (Canon are no more specific than that as can be seen from
their brief press release featured below):

Canon today announces that it is currently developing a firmware update
to the EOS 5D Mark II to enable the recording of high definition 1080p
video at 24 and 25fps. The decision to develop new firmware to support
these features has been taken following feedback received from
cinematographers and photographers.

Introduced in September 2008, the multi award-winning EOS 5D Mark II was
the first DSLR product to offer full frame 1080p HD video recording,
opening up a multitude of new creative possibilities for photo
journalists, news photographers and amateur filmmakers. Since then,
Canon has continued to develop its groundbreaking EOS Movie
functionality, firstly with the firmware update to the EOS 5D Mark II
that enabled manual exposure control, and more recently by introducing a
choice of video recording frame rates with the EOS 7D and EOS-1D Mark IV.

Canon currently expects the firmware update to be made available during
the first half of 2010. An announcement regarding details of the update
and its availability will be made closer to the release date.