Ok, I just came from reading some of the threads on dpreview forums and it seems the lack of movie mode is a great great great oversight by canon according to some of the posts. To be honest, I was quite taken a back. When i read the specs for d90 i noticed the movie mode but i though of it more as a gimmick rather than something that would sway my decision. I'm not saying this just because the 50d doesn't have a movie mode but because I genuinely do not use it. I've owned 3 different compacts over the pass 7 years and all of them had a movie mode. I don't think i've ever used it at all. So is it just me who feels this way?
ps. if the 5d replacement has a movie mode then good, but it won't influence my buying decision. Same goes for the 50d.