Tweet Pin It Not long after Barry Andersson and I decided to shoot “Incident on Marmont Avenue” with the Canon EOS 5D Mark III, I thought it would be great to keep a ‘production diary’ and my plan is to share it with you – but not all at once as that would be a [...]
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“Incident on Marmont Avenue” – the Digital Convergence Podcast episode
Posted on 17. May, 2012 by planetMitch.
Tweet Pin It Yesterday, I was on the Digital Convergence Podcast talking about “Incident on Marmont Avenue” including how it started and more… Carl Olson and Chris Fenwick pummeled me with questions (and since I love to talk, this turned out to be a long episode). Barry Andersson was scheduled to be on the show [...]
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Tweet Pin It You guys all know by now how much I love what Patrick Moreau and his @stillmotion team are doing – good golly I talk about them a lot – but this latest project grabbed my heart and I had to share it with you. Especially since it involves giving back to the [...]
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planet5D and Deodand Entertainment present “Incident on Marmont Avenue” a Canon EOS 5D Mark III short film
Posted on 15. May, 2012 by planetMitch.
Tweet Pin It On November 12, 2011 the police were called to an incident at 1701 Marmont Avenue. This film is the story of what happened that night. This project is one of the first narrative films to showcase the Canon EOS 5D Mark III. Still photographers and filmmakers can see the new features of the [...]
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Three side by side comparisons of the Nikon D800 and Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Posted on 14. May, 2012 by planetMitch.
Tweet Pin It There’s been a lot of talk about the HDSLRs announced recently and as time goes by, we’re seeing more and more comparisons of the Nikon D800 and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III – and we’ve got 3 top flight comparisons for you today plus a few extras at the bottom. And [...]
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Tweet Pin It Canon sent us this press release with some behind the scenes shots of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II in action on the set of “Marvel’s The Avengers” movie. Canon EOS 5D Mark II and 7D Digital SLR Cameras Add Muscle to Action Scenes in “Marvel’s The Avengers” An epic confrontation between [...]
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Learn Timelapse e-book Just Released – move from novice to expert in no time
Posted on 11. May, 2012 by planetMitch.
Tweet Pin It I got an email from Ryan Chylinski on Wednesday for his brand new ebook on how to do timelapse and he sent me a copy of the $14.99 ebook as well – and I have to say, I am very impressed! I haven’t even gotten all the way thru it yet, but [...]
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Tweet Pin It Yes, the Scarlet-X can make a movie! Shocking I know, right? HAHA Friend of planet5D Josh Negrin sent us his latest short “Calling Charlie” and gave us a good bit of details about the Scarlet-x, how he’s moved from HDSLRs, workflow etc… please scroll all the way to the end for all [...]
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Tweet Pin It Our friends and sponsors at DitoGear have an announcement! They’ve gone black! Plus, for a limited time, there’s a discount available to celebrate… read on for more! More from DitoGear A long awaited change has already been made and now you can get all DitoGear™ Equipment in a slick, black color! So [...]
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Koo and planetMitch on the Guerrilla Film Challenge podcast + more discounts!
Posted on 08. May, 2012 by planetMitch.
Tweet Pin It We announced the launch of the 2012 Guerrilla Film Challenge with planet5D discount and 10 free entries several weeks ago and the 10 freebies disappeared quickly… but we’re back with another discount plus a podcast that Koo from NoFilmSchool and I recorded the other day for the guys on the Guerrilla Film [...]
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Three weeks later… thoughts on the BlackMagic Design Cinema Camera?
Posted on 08. May, 2012 by planetMitch.
Tweet Pin It Ok, NAB was three weeks ago and the folks at BlackMagic Design threw everyone for a loop with their announcement of their 2.5k Cinema Camera – but now we’re two weeks out and we’re wondering what your thoughts are after thinking about it for several weeks. I’m not seeing much chatter on [...]













