Firmware Update for 5D Mark II Released

UPDATE: Canon has released a small fix for this update, firmware update 2.0.4, to address concerns about Custom camera settings in the 2.0.3 update.

Canon recently released their firmware update 2.0.3
Head over to the Firmware Update page and get the low down on how to upgrade your camera to the latest and greatest.

This latest upgrade brings 5 major improvements to the movie function and fixes a bug in the manual sensor cleaning function. Here are the full specs from the Canon website

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.)