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I'm picking up a Rebel T2i sometime soon, and I know people were excited that these frame-rates are available on that camera as well.
Anyway, thanks in advance if anyone can clarify! ]]>Mar 15th 2010 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/
24 has that "cinema" look, the 29 is more of a standard rate. Atleast that's what wiki says. It's important if you intend to make movies rather then shoot video of late night club parties.]]>Mar 15th 2010 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/
It has to do with video.

24p is the cinema standard. So if you take video at 30p, it looks more like TV, rather than 24p which looks like a movie. ]]>Mar 15th 2010 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/
23.97 FPS is the "cinema" standard. NTSC TV is 29.97 FPS and PAL is 25 FPS.

A lot of studios shoot at 30 FPS and then downscale to 25 FPS for PAL territories, as 30 FPS means they have portability.]]>Mar 16th 2010 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/Thats all ancient bullcrap from the composhit cable days. On any modern LCD/monitor, higher framerate, higher resolution, and ONLY using progressive scan, are all good things.]]>Mar 16th 2010 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/Your argument is complete nonsense. No ones distributes 1080p as is, which is what this article is about. 1080p is stored on Bluray etc. which is digital and completely independent of PAL/NTSC for all practical purposes. They just decode and play like on a PC. Higher everything is better and doesn't affect compatibility in anyway on HDMI or any digital interface.]]>Mar 16th 2010 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/
There's no 'argument' in my post. I was simply stating the facts for broadcast TV delivery, which are true.

I think you'll also find that Blu Ray still has strictures regarding delivery format (read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc#Technical_specifications) and NTSC is still integral to those.]]>Mar 16th 2010 12:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/
You're right that progressive scan and higher resolutions are preferred, but frame rates still matter and the argument for 24 or 23.97fps vs. something higher is wrong. Higher frame rates are not preferred except when shooting slow motion. Motion pictures still shoot at 24 frames per second. Most dramatic television shows shoot at 24 frames per second. ]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/
1080p is the general resolution stored on blue ray, but many formats can technically be stored on it. PAL and NTSC do still matter on blue ray, as broadcast standards are dictated by framerates in different parts of the world. NTSC and PAL do still matter. Not sure where you're getting all of your information...

Your argument is complete nonsense. No ones distributes 1080p as is, which is what this article is about. 1080p is stored on Bluray etc. which is digital and completely independent of PAL/NTSC for all practical purposes. They just decode and play like on a PC. Higher everything is better and doesn't affect compatibility in anyway on HDMI or any digital interface.]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/Mar 16th 2010 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/Mar 15th 2010 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/Mar 15th 2010 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/
Please don't make me ever want to review that status again... ]]>Mar 15th 2010 11:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/Mar 15th 2010 11:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/The general idea with photography; if you can't afford it, you probably don't deserve it. Most 5D IIs I know of pay more 30 times back their value again and again...]]>Mar 16th 2010 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/
Now I only wish they'd give us 720p mode as well. The jump from 640x480 to 1080 is a bit steep when it comes to filesize...]]>Mar 16th 2010 1:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/
The bitrate probably wouldn't change. On the 7D 720p60 and 1080p30 have the same bitrate.]]>Mar 16th 2010 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/Mar 16th 2010 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/
Oh, come on. There's no need to exaggerate. The 5D MkII was announced in Sept 2008. I was very lucky to get an early one in Dec 08, and it was much later than that when most people were able to get their hands on one.

Maybe I'm splitting hairs, but even the very earliest adopter has only had the camera for a year and a half, and people who weren't on a waiting list will have been lucky to have had theirs for a year.]]>Mar 16th 2010 1:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/that, and the part where it was not marketed as a 24p capable camera anyways ]]>Mar 16th 2010 1:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/Mar 16th 2010 3:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/Mar 16th 2010 4:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/Mar 16th 2010 4:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/
I like the idea of 60fps at 720p too. I just wish I had the option to capture even faster frame rates at lower resolution - 120 or 240 at the VGA setting.]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/
Wouldn't you need a faster frame rate to do slow motion? And couldn't this be done in software during post processing?

Anyways, it is a good day and I now have to figure out how to install this.]]>Mar 16th 2010 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/Mar 16th 2010 4:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.dpreview.com/news/1003/10030201canoneos5dmkiifirmware.asp and here: http://a-brezhnev.ru/2010-03-obnovlenie-2-0-3-dlya-eos-5d-mk-ii . However, it is strange why the Canon, this update took so long ...
Incidentally, I much more useful and interesting appearance a shutter-priority AE mode (Tv) and aperture-priority AE (Av) mode to the exposure modes for shooting movies :-)]]>Mar 16th 2010 5:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/Mar 16th 2010 6:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/Jeez, the firmware is located on a slow-ass server, or there are too many downloaders right now. The file is about 10MB, but so far I only get time-outs and speeds arround 4kB/s. It would be great if this was shared as a torrent file. So if you got the file share it on torrent please!!]]>Mar 16th 2010 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-3-arrives-at-last-to-free-us-f/Well great timing considering my shiny new 24-105L arrived last night :)]]>Mar 16th 2010 10:49AM