Canon has finally released  the new firmware for the EOS 5D Mark II! Oh wait they just recalled it.

I installed the new firmware yesterday only to have it get recalled a day later.

Of course the good news is the new software enables 24p video recording. Also the 30p video frame rate has been corrected to 29.97, while the audio sampling frequency has also been increased from 44.1KHz to 48KHz with manual controls available for the input levels.

Other improvements include a new histogram display that enables monitoring, and a heightened shutter priority AE mode or aperture-priority mode.

Unfortunately it does not appear to include a 60fps 720p recording mode. I guess Canon can’t give all the goodies away at once. Also there seem to be some bugs in the firmware when dealing with the manual audio adjustments which is why the firmware was temporarily recalled.  I also had an issue connecting an external mic after updating, which I hope Canon or Magic lantern can fix soon.