A few questions for 5D MK II users...

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From a non-owner, but tempted, I have a few questions I would like to poll to users, and techs here on the forum:

1.) What do you think the realistic possibility is of the current 5D MKII being able to shoot 24p from a specs perspective with a firmware update? (Granted Canon releases it too). I personally don't shoot 24fps, but it's one of those "why isn't it offered" questions.

2.) Rolling shutter fix with current model, without having to wait, or repurchase the next model??

3.) The product life for the 5D MKII? 18 month cycle (March 2010), or longer because it is considered a high-end, professional model? Considering the Mark II is the successor to the 5D, it was 3 years before an update to that model. If it will be another 3 years before a new model hits, then firmware releases would be more likely and therefore offer an incentive for people to continue to buy today, even though the camera hit the market late November, 2008.
 
Surely you just need to consider if it can add its own value to your business assuming that it may be superceded in six months

Value addition either through rental charges or adding some capability to your business
IMO

1) 50.50
2) no
3) I think a fully controllable desired model may come about 1DsMk4 within 18 months? this will be in a differnt price category a straigh replacement may be longer
'redundant in 2010'? my guess 50/50 is you are prepaered to pony up for an uber model

then there is spread betting lenses !

Im all nikon apart from on C zoom and happy with that spread

C will never adapt to N

I know my 'only ff lenses' gamble paid off when nikon were saying 'APS for ever'

I read this somewhere else..
"Canon's working on some things... I know some guys who are gonna be pretty annoyed in a few months, but that's just way the technology cookie crumbles"

S
 
My primary reason for considering the purchase of a 5D MK II would be to replace my current 35mm adapter setup, as well as my Canon Powershot A640. Now I know the pros and cons to having an adapter mounted on a video camera, and the pros and cons to the 5D MK II, but for my purposes, like you were mentioning, I would be better off with keeping my Panasonic AG-HMC150 for video shoots, and buying a 5D MK II for higher-end commercial work where control over the depth of field in a shot is of priority for creative purposes.

Of course, I don't want to leap right in and have the 5D MK II replaced within months of purchasing one, so I may have to see if I can simply rent one in the meantime for any shoots that necessitate that particular look. I would assume since it has been 3 years since Canon's last 5D that the MK II would have some shelf life, but we have all been surprised before with how quickly technology changes and how even quicker something becomes obsolete. Now I say that very lightly, because obviously the MK II could still take great looking images, and HD video with increadibly shallow depth of field even after it has been replaced with a newer model, whether that be 18 months, or 3 years. I just don't want to end up with a model that could have firmware updates to fix current issues and instead they release an entirely new model. I'm sure no one does.
 
KeithAndrews.TV said:
From a non-owner, but tempted, I have a few questions I would like to poll to users, and techs here on the forum:

1.) What do you think the realistic possibility is of the current 5D MKII being able to shoot 24p from a specs perspective with a firmware update? (Granted Canon releases it too). I personally don't shoot 24fps, but it's one of those "why isn't it offered" questions.

2.) Rolling shutter fix with current model, without having to wait, or repurchase the next model??

3.) The product life for the 5D MKII? 18 month cycle (March 2010), or longer because it is considered a high-end, professional model? Considering the Mark II is the successor to the 5D, it was 3 years before an update to that model. If it will be another 3 years before a new model hits, then firmware releases would be more likely and therefore offer an incentive for people to continue to buy today, even though the camera hit the market late November, 2008.
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1.) No. =(

2.) No. =(

3.) Maybe. =T

Expect the MKii to get no certain update that you would actually want, and if it happens then get one. You win either way.

-- Can I replace my adapter setup? --

You're on the right track: rent it, play with it, figure out if you like it, then buy the next model.

I'm already seeing MKii used bodies going for 2200. In a few months it'll be 2000.00.
 
Saw the plugin from The Foundry, and although it does seem to correct the issue of rolling shutter, it certainly isn't a hardware-based solution. Expensive as well! I am wondering if there is anything Canon can do similar to what Sony does with parallel read-out processing of columns.
 
It wont' be an update in-camera. With RED that is a possibility and has already been proven, MKii no.

If you're concerned about it, I'd highly suggest testing it out to see if it'll work within your tolerance levels and/or waiting it out.
 
KeithAndrews.TV said:
From a non-owner, but tempted, I have a few questions I would like to poll to users, and techs here on the forum:

1.) What do you think the realistic possibility is of the current 5D MKII being able to shoot 24p from a specs perspective with a firmware update? (Granted Canon releases it too). I personally don't shoot 24fps, but it's one of those "why isn't it offered" questions.

2.) Rolling shutter fix with current model, without having to wait, or repurchase the next model??

3.) The product life for the 5D MKII? 18 month cycle (March 2010), or longer because it is considered a high-end, professional model? Considering the Mark II is the successor to the 5D, it was 3 years before an update to that model. If it will be another 3 years before a new model hits, then firmware releases would be more likely and therefore offer an incentive for people to continue to buy today, even though the camera hit the market late November, 2008.
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1.) No. Tim Smith at the Birns & Sawyer 5D Mark II demo last week stated that them being able to do the manual video controls was at matter of enabling deatures that were already in the camera for stills. He made it sound like it would be a hardware change and there is no easy 24p firmware upgrade.

2.) Tim also spoke on rolling shutter and said it is more a CMOS issue than a 5D Mark II issue. CMOS = rolling shutter.

3.) Buy this camera now and shoot amazing stuff with it. Then in a couple years when something better, like a 1080p 3D camera comes out you can upgrade to one of those.
 
In this day and age...... If you wait for the next one......You will never have one.....

frisco
 
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