Archive for November, 2009
Beautiful Charleston SC From Above (a Canon EOS 5D Mark II video)
Posted on 29. Nov, 2009 by planetMitch.
Adam Boozer sent us this beautiful Canon EOS 5D Mark II video – nothing but aerials from above Charleston SC. He writes: “The piece is made up of footage that I have been contracted to shoot for the Charleston Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. We have done numerous flights in the area and just have [...]
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Magic Lantern software updates for Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Canon EOS 7D
Posted on 28. Nov, 2009 by planetMitch.
It has been a while since we’ve talked about the Magic Lantern software, but there’s some good news – they’re working on it for the Canon EOS 7D! Trammell Hudson posted the video showing they were booting to the new firmware, but it isn’t doing anything yet. @SmallHD (makers of new HD monitors) on twitter [...]
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Another stunning Canon EOS 5D Mark II timelapse
Posted on 27. Nov, 2009 by planetMitch.
@timescapes has alerted us to another brilliant timelapse done by @drew599 with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. I don’t have much to say about it other than – WOW – you gotta watch this one… some really unique stuff in here, including the southern California fires. Timelapse Reel# 5 from 599 Productions on Vimeo. [...]
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McDonald’s ad timelapse shot on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Posted on 25. Nov, 2009 by planetMitch.
Sylvain Dumais sent us another video – this one an ad for McDonald’s – a timelapse shot on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. “I just got back from Toronto where we shot ( I directed it and amazing photographer + DP Simon Duhamel did the camera work ) a viral video for McDonalds. It [...]
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“Winter Nights” Feature shot on Canon EOS 7D
Posted on 25. Nov, 2009 by planetMitch.
A new feature has just wrapped principal photography and it was shot on the Canon EOS 7D. Dan Kanes sent us this: “Just wanted to deliver news of a teaser for the world’s first feature shot on the canon 7D. We finished principal photography on October 16th, and the first cut was screened to me [...]
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Canon EOS-1D MKIV’s First Wedding!
Posted on 25. Nov, 2009 by planetMitch.
Canonrumors was our source for this, the first wedding shot on the currently unreleased Canon EOS-1D MKIV. Jeff Ascough was able to get his hands on a pre-release Canon EOS-1D MKIV and took it to a wedding he was shooting. In his post, he’s able to give some great information about his experience and there [...]
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Slightly off topic – the new iMacs – the speed will blow you away!
Posted on 24. Nov, 2009 by planetMitch.
Lots of you are mac fans and so am I – I love Apple products. This past week, I dove in and got the new 27″ iMac fully loaded – I got the top of the line with the Intel i7 quad core processor and let me tell you I’m ecstatic about it! Photography and [...]
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Canon EOS-1D MKIV Captures First Night Combat Equipment Airborne Jump
Posted on 22. Nov, 2009 by planetMitch.
@tylerginter just sent us this Canon EOS-1D MKIV video he’s been authorized to release (and he posted on his blog). “I was lucky enough to get my hands on a 1DMKIV from Canon. It arrived just in time for our Night Combat Equipment Airborne Jump! However, I was already scheduled to jump on this mission [...]
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World Series timelapse captured on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Posted on 21. Nov, 2009 by planetMitch.
Robert Caplin has taken his Canon EOS 5D Mark IIs to the ballpark and captured an unusual portrait of game 6 of the World Series. In his blog, he says this about this feature: “This was probably one of the most tiring and time-consuming processes I’ve undertaken with still-photography. I arrived at Yankees Stadium around [...]
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“Chasing Pirates” with Nora Jones in the studio and the Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Posted on 19. Nov, 2009 by planetMitch.
Yesterday, we were watching twitter when we found several references to this new Canon EOS 5D Mark II video of Nora Jones and her band playing “Chasing Pirates”. The blog announcing this is in French and I’m not totally sure I understand Google’s translation, but I gather that they recorded 4 tracks and this is [...]
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Tyler Ginter’s “How to set up your 7D”
Posted on 15. Nov, 2009 by planetMitch.
@tylerginter has been very helpful in getting your camera set up – he had a great tutorial when the Canon EOS 5D Mark II just came out and now he’s followed that up with a Canon EOS 7D video called “how to set up your 7D” How to Setup Your 7D from Tyler Ginter on [...]














