Archive for February, 2010
Canon EOS 7D and 5D Mark II used on TV Show “Numb3rs”
Posted on 15. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.
Ryan Hinman (friend of planet5D) sent us a note the other day about a couple of videos posted on youtube by Stephen Gyllenhaal (imdb profile) – a Director for the TV show “Numb3rs”. Stephen has been posting some “behind the scenes” videos on his blog and there’s some good info there if you’re a fan [...]
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Recording audio with your video DSLR, Part I
Posted on 14. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.
Friend of planet5D Juan Pons (Wild Nature Photography) sent in this article he’s written on recording audio with your HDSLR. ” I have talked to many folks about how to best record sound when shooting with a Video DSLR, and have experimented quite a bit as well. In this article I will share with you [...]
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Canon Rebel T2i/550D due February 24th
Posted on 14. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.
According to this video, Canon will be releasing the Canon Rebel T2i/550D on February 24th. This is the first time I’ve heard a delivery date and it appears to be from a Canon representative so we would believe it is valid. The video was posted by urbanfoxtv and they have a blog post about the [...]
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Rob Galbraith reviews the Canon EOS-1D MKIV autofocus
Posted on 12. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.
@fcwestfall (Fake Chuck Westfall) pointed out last night that Rob Galbraith has published a very interesting article about the autofocus on the Canon EOS-1D MKIV. “The EOS-1D Mark IV, released in small quantities towards the end of December 2009 and shipping in somewhat greater volume now, is meant to erase the memory of the design, [...]
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Another helmet rig – this one home made
Posted on 12. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.
We found this one on twitter somewhere last night – it was originally posted on this thread at cinema5d. Looks like it might be hard to walk behind, but the video coming out the front end is darn impressive. My teenage daughter was most intrigued by the probable reaction of this guy’s daughters… “Dad, don’t [...]
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Shooting F-16 Fighter Pilots with the 1D Mark IV and 5D Mark II
Posted on 11. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.
I found this earlier today and had to show off Tyler Stableford’s work… Shooting F-16 Fighter Pilots with the 1D Mark IV and 5D Mark II In November Tyler Stableford had the assignment of a lifetime, flying with F-16 fighter pilots of the 120th Fighter Squadron at Colorado’s Buckley Air Force Base, for an upcoming [...]
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HDSLR output-what does a colorist do?
Posted on 11. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.
This morning, while out surfing for news, I bumped into this very interesting video from a digital colorist that highlights before and after video from a Canon EOS 5D Mark II (and another camera but what do we care about that? Ha!). I found it most interesting to see how the different layers impact the [...]
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Shooting driving plates for “24″ with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II part 2
Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.
Rodney Charters sent us this awesome blurb that goes along with the info we posted the other day about how they shoot plates on 24 with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and the Canon EOS-1D MKIV. This video goes into a lot more detail and shows examples of the results. Shooting Driving Plates for [...]
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Apple releases new version of Aperture 3.0
Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.
Well, for those of us using Aperture, the big day has finally come – version 3.0 is released! “What’s new in Aperture 3 – Faces and Places. Brushes for precision retouching. Dozens of adjustment presets. True full-screen browsing and editing. And that’s just part of the perfect picture.” They are boasting over 200 new features [...]
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New Canon Rebel T2i/550D vs Canon Rebel T1i/500D and vs Canon EOS 7D
Posted on 08. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.
Everyone always wants to know where the new cameras fit and what features are different between models. Since Canon announced the Rebel T2i/550D today, we thought we’d compare it side by side with the Canon Rebel T1i/500D and the Canon EOS 7D. And, just to make it interesting, we also threw in the Canon EOS [...]
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Canon announces the Rebel t2i Digital SLR camera
Posted on 08. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.
UPDATES: DPreview has a big preview with and a hands on review (they get all the good stuff early… Canon, where’s my NDA LOL!). It is rather surprising that it has been less than a year, but Canon needed to update the Canon Rebel T1i/500D and they did. They seem to have fixed many of [...]
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