Thank you, btw i don't have an option for 1872 , only for 1856 res with the latest nightly build Audionut.
As reddeercity points out, that's still only less then 2% from the maximum res. As stated above, the reason why the maximum resolution isn't available on the 5D2 is due to code simplification. We don't want a ton of code in ML that is single camera specific. To implement the higher resolution on the 5D2 would require specific 5D2 code.
If you can come up with an convincing argument as to why the higher resolution should be implemented, by all means do so, it may get implemented. Beware, single line statements such as, "higher resolution is better", is not considered sufficient reasoning.
You need at the very least Raw enabled for raw video to my knowledge , but you can have both if you need to take Jpeg photos.
You need to have raw enabled in Canon menus for a bunch of ML features,
including raw recording.
You can also use S-Raw1 or S-Raw2 (Small Raw1 or 2) I uses to set my cam to S-Raw2 but I not sure if it's makes any different from Large Raw.
It does not. See below.
As Far as the 5D2 is concerned,
This only make a different for Slower CF cards below 1000x (e.g. 800x, 600x etc..), there is no differents on all the fast CF cards 1066x Specially & 1000x
If there was I would most definitely be using it .
SRM memory backend is now implemented in the nightly builds, and always active. This means that no cameras benefit anymore from setting the picture quality to JPG, sraw or whatever. ML will always allocate ALL available memory, and you will always have the longest recording times possible.
And Raw Quality never changes it's always 14bit no matter what the frame size/resolution
I think I understand what you mean, but it is a little misleading. There are actions performed to the raw content when the camera is set to any of the smaller raw options, and this does effect quality.
If you're using any of the raw based features in ML, set the Canon menu quality to full/large raw and be done with it.
That's The ones, there is really no "latest stable build" Just format your cards with "EOScard" http://pel.hu/eoscard/
Then just copy over the nightly build you want to use .
I don't recommend to use EOScard for the initial install, in case it, or the user, unintentionally sets the bootflag on the card before the bootflag has been enabled on the camera. The 5D2 has the simplified installer, and I have updated the original post to reflect this.
