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

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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.