Vincent Laforet updated his blog with some interesting content last night.

First, he republished the Nocturne film on various video hosting platform and  added a behind the scene video (available only on his site). Wish it was longer.

Finally, he teases us with a upcoming announcement of another film contest. To all the people who are sponsoring these contest: you know that it is -25 degree outside? Cant you make these contest during the summer?

Hopefully, submission will not have to be exclusive and contestant will be able to submit their films to more than one contest (the other being Can-do fest). I would hate to have to choose between two contests to submit my film to!

With the increasing visibility given to the 1DMrkIV, you can tell that the Canon marketing department is hard at work in the preparation of the release of their new body.

Also, from what I head, the release date of the 1DMrkIV would be after the Olympics. I bet that it is only when the demand for the IV has stabilized that they are going to release the 5DMrkII firmware update. Just a feeling

Some people are just luckier than me. The folks at Still Motion put their hands on a 1DMrkIV and had the great idea to make a side by side video comparison with the 5D and 7D. Read their comments here and check out the clip.

It was expected, it is now out.

You can read the Canon official announcement here and look at its spec sheet here. Basically, it is a 7D with a 1.3 crop, 10fps, 16mpx sensor.

Here is a list of the key features:

• New 16.1 Megapixel APS-H CMOS sensor
• 10 frames per second continuous shooting
• Up to 121 large JPEG images in a single burst
• New 45-point wide area AF with 39 cross-type sensors with f/2.8 sensitivity
• High-speed Dual “DIGIC 4” processors for superb image quality
• 12,800 high ISO expandable up to 102,400
• Full HD movie recording at 30, 25 and 24 frames per second
• 3.0” Clear View II LCD with Live View mode
• Durable dust and water resistant body with 76 rubber seals

I have to admit that the 10fps is a bit of a let down for sport shooters hoping for more. But that is still a pretty impressive package!

It is available for order from Amazon.

But I hear you thinking ‘how does it perform?’

Our friend Vincent Laforet and Stu teamed up to create a new video Nocturne. Shot at ISO 6400, take a look

Looking at the comments from Vincent and Stu, it seems like ISO 6400 is not a problem for video and, read this carefully, rolling shutter is minimal! Both of these news are great and I cant figure out which one has more impact.

BTW, I am ordering one.