More on Canon 5D Mark II video

Norwegian Broadcasting's technology site, NRKBeta, got their hands on some video clips from the Canon 5D Mark II and are very positive about what they see.

• Look better than HDV (25 mbit/s MPEG2) vs the 5DMkII 40 m/bit H.264
  
• Canon says IS-Lense image stabilization is active.
  
• You can shoot stills during video, but there will be a break in the video.

Meanwhile, on the Rob Galbraith site, it notes that clip length is actually half an hour, or a 4GB movie, but the amount of footage you can cram into 4GB depends on the subject matter. In testing this translated to 12 minutes.

Other details:

• You can capture at 1920 x 1280 or 640 x 480.
  
• Canon is moving from Motion JPEG to MPEG4 on all it’s PowerShots.
  
• The stereo-in is a 3.5mm jack. Levels are adjusted automatically (no manual override) and there is wind noise suppression applied automatically (and cannot be adjusted or turned off.)
  
• White Balance can be set before recording, or Auto WB will adjust during recording.
  
• Shutter speed is set automatically (1/30 to 1/125).
  
• Much shallower focus is possible compared to smaller-sensor HD cameras.