fingers crossed this will definitely happen:

New Canon EOS 5D Mark II firmware to add manual exposure control for video recording (http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/26/canon-eos-5d-mark-ii-to-get-manual-exposure-control-for-video-re/)

rumoured for June 2nd


cheers

but what about the 12 minute recording limit?

Who cares about the 12 minutes, this is the best news since HDSLR came into the world! Whoohoo!