Canon announces manual exposure video control for EOS 5D Mark II
In a special edition e-newsletter sent to EOS users yesterday, Canon announced it will be adding full manual exposure control for video -- including ISO, aperture, and shutter speed -- to the Canon EOS 5D Mark II.
In a special edition e-newsletter sent to EOS users yesterday, Canon announced a firmware upgrade that will add full manual exposure control for video -- including ISO, aperture, and shutter speed -- to the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. The mid-range professional dSLR has been lauded for its excellent HD video capture capabilities (1920×1080,16:9 at 30 fps) since its release last September, but after everyone got over the initial excitement of getting near-professional-quality HD video from a dSLR, folks immediately started complaining about the lack of manual controls in video mode. The newsletter, in the form of a mock movie poster, indicates that there has been popular demand for manual controls, and that the new update will leave "no need to compromise with inferior workarounds."
A press release from Canon Europe, provided a few more details, listing a June 2 date for download from Canon Europe's support web site and stating that the manual controls when shooting video would include full aperture selection, ISO speeds from 100 to 6400 and H1, and shutter speed ranging from 1/30th to 1/4000th of a second.
Canon did not announce plans to add similar functionality to its other video-shooting SLR, the EOS Rebel T1i, but entry-level consumer users of the T1i may be less inclined to use manual controls for video.
