Archive for July, 2009
Side by side – Canon EOS 5D Mark II and the new Nikon D300s
Posted on 30. Jul, 2009 by planetMitch.
Today, Nikon announced a new version of their D300 – the D300s. Many call it a ‘semi-professional’ camera, but how does it compare to the Canon EOS 5D Mark II? DPreview has this morning’s announcement of the Nikon D300s and that’s where we got most of this data. DPReview included a ‘brief hands on‘ article [...]
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July 22nd Aurora captured beautifully on Canon EOS 5D Mark IIs
Posted on 25. Jul, 2009 by planetMitch.
I’ve never seen an Aurora show, but after seeing these Canon EOS 5D Mark II images, I’d love to be there to experience one! Zoltan Kenwell from Alberta Canada shares these stunning Aurora images and the story of how he photographed them. He sent us 4 images, but you can see the whole gallery on [...]
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Stunning still photographs from the 5D Mark II? Yes!
Posted on 23. Jul, 2009 by planetMitch.
Several days ago, while watching the Canon EOS 5D Mark II chatter on twitter, we ran across some stunning still images (yes, we do remember that the 5D2 actually shoots stills! LOL) produced by Michelle Legg (please check out her images on redbubble and pick out a few for your walls!) and we contacted her [...]
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“Light” A short Canon EOS 5D Mark II film by Greenlight Hope Films
Posted on 23. Jul, 2009 by planetMitch.
“Light” – a nice short film submitted by planet5D friend Dan Rubottom and of course they chose the Canon EOS 5D Mark II! Contrasting light and shadow, day and night, a glimpse at life in a bustling city where often perspective… is everything. About The Production This short was a fun exercise in shooting a [...]
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Blog Scraping – a trend that hits photogs
Posted on 23. Jul, 2009 by planetMitch.
UPDATE 12pm CDT: I’ve had several nice emails back and forth with the owner of seriouslyphotography (turns out he’s also a fan of planet5D) and he’s been contacted by several of you about this issue. He’s changed his format to more closely match what I was asking for in terms of a short excerpt of [...]
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Will the Canon EOS 5D Mark II get 24p video?
Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by planetMitch.
Will the Canon EOS 5D Mark II get 24p video? The answer is unfortunately no. We’ve heard rumor after rumor about some people in Hollywood beta testing a version of the firmware with 24p, but it just doesn’t seem like it is going to happen. In the last couple of days, more and more tips [...]
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Hypnotic Ocean Aquarium filmed with Canon 5D2 goes viral!
Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by planetMitch.
We reported the beautiful aquarium video almost a week ago and since then (no, we don’t claim all the credit, just most of it LOL), the video has gone viral – over 700,000 views on Vimeo and youtube combined! Not only has it been seen around the world, but the music that Jon Rawlinson put [...]
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Collision Conference – Special deal for planet5D readers
Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by planetMitch.
We’re very excited to announce that we’ve gotten a special deal with the Collision Conference for planet5D readers – $50 off of the 2 day conference registration fee for the first 25 planet5D followers who use the code at checkout. Click the banner add below to go to the site and make sure you enter [...]
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Collision Conference – the convergence of stills and video
Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by planetMitch.
Yes, it is happening, and we’ve talked about it before, the line between the still photographer and the videographer is blurring and the Canon EOS 5D Mark II has certainly had a lot to do with that. We’ve just been informed of a new conference exploring the convergence of stills and video. The “Collision Conference” [...]
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Behind the scenes on a new movie – shot on Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by planetMitch.
ON-SET WITH THE CANON 5D mk2 by Ed Thomas for planet5D Mark Dawson, an emerging talent in the British film industry, commissioned me to shoot a behind-the-scenes documentary for his new short Absolute – shot on the RED One. He was working with some of the best of UK film and TV crew, including DoP [...]
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II Helmet Cam used to promote “Terminator Salvation”
Posted on 21. Jul, 2009 by planetMitch.
Yesterday, we posted about the Canon EOS 5D Mark II Helmet Cam reported to us by Rodney Charters (Director of Photography (DP) on the FOX TV series 24 – IMDB profile) and it has gotten a lot of attention! This morning, we found out how the helmet cam was really used – to promote the [...]
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