Comments on: Canon 5dmkII firmware that finally gives it 25p and 24p!! Can it be true?!

By: Neal McDiarmid

Neal McDiarmid — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:24:58 +0000

Great news.
Just got out of surgery yesterday, When i read this I almost burst my stitches.
I was about to dump the 5d 2 and start saving for the Mark 1V.
The wife is happy aswell, Means I won’t have to find another 2/3 grand for a mark 4 camera.
Now with this and magic lantern we can stop complaining and get down to some serious film making.

Phillip, have you got any Z finder 2s lying around for sale.The hoodman 3 is not cutting it for me.

By: Ali Mere

Ali Mere — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:40:47 +0000

Guys just wait for RED scarlet… excuse me for saying this but you’ll be slapping yourself in the face for buying a 5d or 7d after Red releases Scarlet… they genuinely want to make high end camera’s affordable, Check them out here http://camerarentalz.com/ and here http://www.red.com/ I don’t work for them I’m just another struggling artist….thank me later when you get it .
-Philip thx for allowing me to post this comment with links although you have an association with canon sales on amazon.
al_yousha@hotmail.com

By: Tomas Pernek

Tomas Pernek — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:41:05 +0000

Ohhh!!!

I’ve been looking around the web every day the last couple of weeks, crossing my fingers and hoping to find just that…! That really is great news…
Looking forward to learn more from the F-Stop Acadamy aswell:)

By: Jana

Jana — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:32:33 +0000

Should I wait? What if this update doesn’t work? is that even possible?

They say they will add 24/25p what about 60, if they go that far why not at 60!!!? They didn’t say they would but would they???

By: pbloom

pbloom — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:48:46 +0000

doesnt say so

By: pbloom

pbloom — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:48:04 +0000

No idea when it actually comes out…

By: Jana

Jana — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:55:17 +0000

Hi Everyone,

I was literally about to hit the checkout button on the 7D, this feels like a dream, what are your thoughts on believing everything will work out with the firmware update, buying now and hoping or buying once you see it?

And what about 60p I wonder???

Is there any reason to wait??

By: Rakan

Rakan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:23:42 +0000

Also, will it have 60p?

By: Rakan

Rakan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:23:08 +0000

I just ordered a 7D three days ago!

Major decision time now. What does everyone think? Send the 7D back? Maybe keep it and sell it for a 5D when the firmware comes out? I’m in the US too so the 5Dmkii is almost $1,000 more than my 7D will be.

By: Ali Mere

Ali Mere — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:59:36 +0000

Well…they will sell like hot cakes or now but not for too long… Sony, canon and others know very well that soon there is a competitor that will release a monster of a camera for dirt cheap prices (from 1500 pounds) that will change the DSLR and semi/pro Camcorder industry as we know it… and nothing Sony or canon can do to change that, and I like to add that its about bloody time as the film maker and photographer has been treated like **** for so long.. Canon wouldn’t even put us out of our misery with a small firmware for loyal customers until they realized now they could lose so much profit… it’s all about profit which isn’t a crime but the crime is to give us a loli pop for $100 then to find out it’s half missing.. let the struggling creative people have access to kit that should not cost 7 or 8 month of slaving away in some restaurant!!!