You can put the boom box down now — 24p on your 5D

When it rains it pours.

Mike Seymour just posted that Canon has announced a firmware update for the Canon 5D Mark II that will support 24p and 25p at 1920x1080.

“We understand that EOS 5D Mark II users desire additional frame rates and we’re preparing a firmware update to allow the camera to shoot at both 24P and 25P,” said Chris Macleod, Brand Manager – EOS, Canon Australia.

Canon expects the firmware update to be available in the first half of 2010 and will release more details as they become available.

Whew.

Read the full story over at fxguide.

Update on 2009-10-20 05:51 by Stu

Readers of this blog, y’all should pat yourselves on the back for this one. This is a great example of a big behemoth of a company hearing its users and responding. Well done.

So here’s the state of HDDSLRs: Amazon has the 5D Mark II in stock now for $2780, the 7D in stock for $1900 (short wait for $1700), and the 1D Mark IV available for pre-order for $5000.

And we’re only 10 days away from new announcments from RED.