Canon released a firmware update for the 5d mark II that will allow you to have total manual control over the video!
So you can now get that shallow depth of field without using hacks or tricks to achive it.
I just did some testing and this is going to bring a whole new area to the [...]

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The new Canon 5D Mark II was announced a couple of days ago.

21 Megapixel Full Frame Chip
Automatic sensor dust cleaning
ISO 100-6400 with expanded 50 – 15600
3.0 Frames per second
Raw (21mp), sRaw1 (10mp), sRaw2 (5mp)
3″ Lcd Screen
1080p 30fps movie mode
external mic connection
New Battery
UDMA Compact Flash Support
Price $2699

There are some great features to it. First is the [...]

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Fake Chuck Westfall has some information on the new Canon 5D Mark II. He says that parts of his non-disclosure aggrement ran out today. The can’t say the offical name of the camera, but he did say that it is going to be 24mp with great low light capibilites. There is no on camera flash.
These [...]

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Phase One just announced the P65+. It is a full frame, 60 megapixel 645 medium format back. Luminous Landscape has a preview of the new back.

It shoots the 60mp image at a speedy 1 frame per second, not a sports camera. It also has varible resolution. So you can take a 30mp frame at 2fps.
I [...]

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