Manual control over 5D mark II video

Canon are going to release a free firmware update in June to allow for more manual control over the 5D mark II’s video output, which is pretty remarkable. Shutter speed, aperture and ISO. Quite unusual for Canon to release an update to a product with a significant feature enhancement. Very cool.

Overall I’m quite liking my 5D mark II, though I haven’t been using it very long, and I’ve been too busy with the new book to do much more than product shots with it. I’ll be using it on trips to Greece and Ireland shortly, so I’ll be giving it a bit of a workout. Generally I’m quite happy. Low light looks good, rez is good. LiveView is very handy. Though the battery change is very frustrating (I have a pile of BP-511s and will now have to travel with two chargers) and the patterned noise in shadow areas is worse than I’d like.