Archive for April, 2010
A couple of new Canon EOS 5D Mark II music videos
Posted on 09. Apr, 2010 by planetMitch.
Tweet Pin It We highlighted Andrew and Carissa Gallo’s Christmas video back in December and this follow up is pretty cool and is getting lots of attention around the web. Wes from theFamilyRecords.com sent us this comment on the video from Wakey!Wakey! – Light Outside “I’ve been really enjoying keeping up with all things 5D [...]
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The first planet5D live interview with @tylerginter
Posted on 08. Apr, 2010 by planetMitch.
Tweet Pin It Tonight, we held the very first live HDSLR interview and chat with our guest Tyler Ginter (@tylerginter on twitter). It went pretty well (if I say so myself) with about 18 people online at the peak. We had lots of participation too in the chat – which is exactly what I’d hoped [...]
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“The Last 3 Minutes” Brilliant new Shane Hurlbut 5D Mark II short
Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by planetMitch.
Tweet Pin It planet5D Exclusive! Shane Hurlbut (Canon Explorer of Light, DP on “Terminator: Salvation” and more (imdb profile) – oh, and don’t forget the “helmet cam“) released his new Canon EOS 5D Mark II short entitled “The Last 3 Minutes”. In this short written and directed by Po Chan, we watch a man’s last [...]
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First planet5D live interview: Tyler Ginter – Thursday 9:30pm
Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by planetMitch.
Tweet Pin It We’re proud to announce that we’re going to be starting a series of live interviews of the movers and shakers in the HDLSR world and we’d like you to participate! First up is going to be Tyler Ginter. He’s been a big supporter of planet5D since the early days and always seems [...]
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“Family Kocktail” wins first place in Best of Photojournalism
Posted on 06. Apr, 2010 by planetMitch.
Tweet Pin It Deanne Fitzmaurice sent us the news that her film “Family Kocktail” which she shot on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II has won first place in the Best of Journalism. The film is only available on the Media Storm site so please click this link to view it – “Family Kocktail”. Family [...]
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is there a bug in latest Canon EOS 5D Mark II firmware 2.0.4?
Posted on 06. Apr, 2010 by planetMitch.
Tweet Pin It I’ve seen several reports on twitter and now the 5D Mark II Team has detailed a bug in the latest Canon EOS 5D Mark II firmware version. UPDATE: read this blurb from the canonrumors posts (I don’t know much about lens inner workings so I can’t comment): From the 5D Mark II [...]
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Aerial video via helicopter with a Canon 7D
Posted on 04. Apr, 2010 by planetMitch.
Tweet Pin It This was posted over at VideoDSLR.tv last Friday, but we’ve been swamped with excitement over the iPad (sorry!). “Eric Austin of Helicam put together this video to show us the ins and outs of his Helicam. Eric shoots low altitude HD video anywhere in the world. Outerspace? He’s still working on that!” [...]
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Spring… a Canon Rebel T2i/550D video
Posted on 02. Apr, 2010 by planetMitch.
Tweet Pin It We had a little discussion with James Barber the creator of this beautiful little Canon Rebel T2i/550D movie and asked him to give us a little bit of feedback on how he was liking the T2i. We got more than we thought we’d get, but it is all great information. So here’s [...]












