To Owners of the EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR Camera

Thank you for using Canon products.
We are preparing a firmware update that enhances the movie function of the EOS 5D Mark II digital SLR camera. This update will be announced on the Web in mid-March 2010.

Functional Enhancements
Firmware Version 2.0.3 will incorporate the following five enhancements to the movie function and a fix to the manual sensor cleaning function of the EOS 5D Mark II camera.
1. Adds or changes the following movie frame rates.

NTSC:
1920×1080：30 fps (changed - actual 29.97 fps)
1920×1080：24 fps (added - actual 23.976 fps)
640×480：30 fps    (changed - actual 29.97 fps)

PAL:
1920×1080：25 fps (added - actual 25.0 fps)
1920×1080：24 fps (added - actual 23.976 fps)
640×480：25 fps (added - actual 25.0 fps)
2. Adds a function for manually adjusting the sound recording level (64 levels).
3. Adds a histogram display (brightness or RGB) for shooting movies in manual exposure.
4. Adds shutter-priority AE mode (Tv) and aperture-priority AE (Av) mode to the exposure modes for shooting movies.
5. Changes the audio sampling frequency from 44.1 KHz to 48 KHz.
6. Fixes a phenomenon* where communication between the camera and the attached lens is sometimes interrupted after manual sensor cleaning.
*This phenomenon only affects units with Firmware Version 1.2.4.

Applicable Products　　
EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR camera only

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