It's already past 6am on June 2nd in Tarawa, Kiribati. Where's our firmware? :)

Current local time in Tarawa - Kiribati (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=675)

(Hopefully, the June 2nd date is real. I've seen it quoted many places, but it's not 100% clear that June 2nd is the official date.)

I hope the release isn't from Apia, Samoa. They have more than sixteen hours to go before midnight...
Current local time in Apia - Samoa (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=282)

Funny ;0 been on the same timeanddate website trying to decipher Nihongo to see if its there yet.

Direct Firmware Update Link: (when it comes)

Canon EOS 5D MarkII Firmware Update (US) (http://www.canon.com/eos-d/)

Canon EOS 5D MarkII Firmware Update (Japan) (http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/firm-e/eos5dmk2/firmware.html)

who's hosting a firmware party?

Batteries fully charged and ready to go, or should I say battery.

If anyone still owns a fax machine, could they send this.

Oita Canon Inc.
710-20, Shimobaru, Aki-machi,
Kunisaki*873-0292*Oita
Japan
Phone*:*‎+81*978*672111*
Fax*:*‎+81*978*672297*

Fax Message:
5dmk2のために来るファームウェアがある時

点、5DMk2ユーザー

Somewhere on the earth is already 2nd of June... A few minutes and I it will be here(Romania) too...

Its already June 2 in Japan where the Mark II were born

It's approaching midday June 2nd in this neck of the woods; clearly this firmware update business is a charade, pure shenanigans, mischief, a prank, tomfoolery, not going to happen guys...

Let's make do with auto-exposure.

The salaryman workday typically starts at 9am in Japan...

Current local time in Tokyo - Japan (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=248)

Oh.. haha it's only 9am in Tokyo.. didn't realize that. .You guys crack me up - expecting some poor guy at Canon waiting in front of his computer for the midnight clock to strike to upload the new firmware.

The salaryman workday typically starts at 9am in Japan...

Current local time in Tokyo - Japan (http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=248)

Hmmm... Jon stop being so reasonable and utterly fair minded.

I was just trying to get a low quality joke in before the release arrives. It's just so sad the Japanese are unaware Wellington is the centre of the universe. Why couldn't they just this once do a 4am start to the day?

...You guys crack me up - expecting some poor guy at Canon waiting in front of his computer for the midnight clock to strike to upload the new firmware.They should automate it - in servers around the globe. Godzilla could eat Tokyo, and we'd still get our firmware. (And then we'd fly to Japan with our cameras to film a Godzilla documentary...)

It's just so sad the Japanese are unaware Wellington is the centre of the universe. Why couldn't they just this once do a 4am start to the day?

Heck, I wanted it at zero hour in Tarawa, Kiribati. That place is a virtual time machine!

These are the poor folks slaving away so we can have our cake and eat it too.

Canon Electronics (http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/19639/Canon+Electronics.html)

These are the poor folks slaving away so we can have our cake and eat it too.

Canon Electronics (http://www.dannychoo.com/detail/mac/eng/image/19639/Canon+Electronics.html)

"A company will do well if you get rid of the chairs and computers" - Canon president, Hisashi Sakamaki.

No computers? That might explain the delay... ;)

Firmware update is available!!!!!!!!!!

Is this it:
Canon EOS 5D MarkII ƒtƒ@[ƒ€ƒEƒFƒA•ÏX (http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/firm-j/eos5dmk2/firmware.html)

looks like 1.1.0

Just swapped an e for English in that URL and this is what I got:

Canon EOS 5D Mark II Firmware Update (http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/firm-e/eos5dmk2/firmware.html)

Its up

Canon EOS 5D Mark II Firmware Update (http://web.canon.jp/imaging/eosd/firm-e/eos5dmk2/firmware.html)

The countdown is over... please refer to this thread:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/canon-eos-5d-mk-ii-hd/236547-firmware-update-now-available-link.html

Thanks all,