The Vancouver Olympics on the Canon EOS 7D

The Vancouver Olympics on the Canon EOS 7D

Posted on 06. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

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Jordan (@jdog23) sent us this awesome little video shot on the Canon EOS 7D… thought it deserved a full post.

Vancouver 2010 Olympics from Jordan Megahy on Vimeo.
Oh my, where do I begin? This past month has been an amazing time in my life. Met countless people, saw some incredible things, and best of all. I [...]

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Ron Howard using Canon Hybrid DSLRs

Ron Howard using Canon Hybrid DSLRs

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

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Earlier today, we got this alert from one of our loyal readers (thanks @eplatero) and several others have pointed it out as well – but the alert is that Ron Howard (imdb profile – famous director and TV star) has been spotted using either a Canon EOS 5D Mark II or a Canon EOS 7D [...]

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“I am Immune” – product ad filmed with Canon EOS 5D Mark II

“I am Immune” – product ad filmed with Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

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Denver Riddle sent us this one and it is pretty impressive – a product short based on a hit movie. “This was a short film product piece imitating the popular “I Am Legend” feature film starring Will Smith.” It was filmed with 2 Canon EOS 5D Mark IIs.

Denver’s blog post has quite a bit of [...]

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Thinking outside the box – tallscreen with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Thinking outside the box – tallscreen with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

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Welcome to the new world – a world where video is no longer constrained to being horizontal – it is now also vertical. Giorgio Constantine has started a new group over on Vimeo dedicated to videos made with HDSLRs that are in the vertical orientation called “tallscreen“. And why not? The web certainly has no [...]

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The Great HDSLR Meetup! Venice Beach – March 7

The Great HDSLR Meetup! Venice Beach – March 7

Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

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If you’re a follower of either @phillipBloom or I on twitter, you saw over the weekend a great effort to get me to fly out to California to meet Philip Bloom and his merry band of followers at what he’s hoping will be the world’s largest HDSLR meetup ever. I challenged everyone to put up [...]

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Beautiful movies coming in from Canon Rebel T2i/550D

Beautiful movies coming in from Canon Rebel T2i/550D

Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

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People are getting their hands on the Canon Rebel T2i/550D and they’re starting to produce some beautiful moving images! We posted a bit the other day about Torres Studio’s “The Bridge” and how they were using the Canon EOS 7D and 5D2 to make a cool movie. Well, now we find out they’ve gotten a [...]

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48 Hour Human Time-lapse to be made with the Canon 5D Mark II

48 Hour Human Time-lapse to be made with the Canon 5D Mark II

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

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Now here’s an interesting idea – making a 48 hour timelapse of a humanoid doing something… these guys are doing this and have put together this promotional video to kick off interest. They will also be raising money for Haiti and Chile relief efforts.

Marty Stalker sent us this additional information from his blog as well [...]

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Canon confirms Canon EOS 5D Mark II firmware contents

Canon confirms Canon EOS 5D Mark II firmware contents

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

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In a news release that hit my inbox a little bit ago, Canon has released details of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II firmware update that is now officially due in “mid-March” (which matches rumors).

The “firmware upgrade 2.0.3 for the EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR Camera will be coming in March of 2010. [...]

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Where’s Waldo? Search for the guy behind the USA bench

Where’s Waldo? Search for the guy behind the USA bench

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

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Yesterday, the world watched a fantastic hockey match between the USA and Canada (notice I list the USA first LOL). While watching the match on TV, my wife (yes, she saw him first) noticed the guy behind the USA bench was holding a Canon EOS 5D Mark II! Yes, even while totally distracted by hockey, [...]

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Wedding Photographer Jeff Ascough switches to Canon EOS-1D MKIV

Wedding Photographer Jeff Ascough switches to Canon EOS-1D MKIV

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

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Famed wedding photographer Jeff Ascough has decided to dump his lousy Canon EOS 5D Mark IIs for a couple of Canon EOS-1D MKIV cameras. I’ve seen this mentioned in a couple of places and now I see there’s an official page over on the Canon Professional Network site.

An excerpt from his CPN blog:
“I’ve been shooting [...]

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