Archive for May, 2010
planet5D starting an HDSLR Talk Radio show!
Posted on 29. May, 2010 by planetMitch.
It is Memorial weekend here in the USA so many are off enjoying their families and having fun, and I am too (we just adopted 2 kittens last week and we’re now fostering 2 more – but that’s a whole other story). Anyway, I’m hoping to get some feedback on this new idea. The other [...]
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Luxembourg Air Rescue Promo and Behind the Scenes
Posted on 29. May, 2010 by planetMitch.
We had a little chat with Claude Kongs on twitter about his new Luxembourg Air Rescue Promo where he used the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Canon EOS 7D. We thought it was pretty awesome and love the behind the scenes video he produced to go along with it, so we asked if we [...]
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Hanson – new Canon EOS 7D music video
Posted on 29. May, 2010 by planetMitch.
This has been in my list for a while but it was sent in by Denver Riddle – it is the new music video from an old group called Hanson that was shot on the Canon EOS 7D. It is based on an old Blues Brothers sketch but looks pretty good in its new form. [...]
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Must see! “Hayaku: A Time Lapse Journey Through Japan” (a Canon EOS 5D Mark II movie)
Posted on 28. May, 2010 by planetMitch.
Most of you know that I’ve been posting the ‘best of’ HDSLR movies over on planet5D Cinema, but this one just came to me and I thought it was so good, everyone reading the blog should see it. The timing with the music, the changes in the timelapse, the stunning visuals all make for one [...]
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“Moon Ring”-full length feature film going to shoot with Canon EOS 5D Mark IIs
Posted on 28. May, 2010 by planetMitch.
There’s a bit of a buzz going around Hollywood about this new “teen romance” that is being filmed with the Canon EOS 5D Mark IIs – and planet5D has been given early access to information about the movie! It is called “Moon Ring” and I was able to talk with the Director Scott Loye and [...]
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Live interview archive online: Benjamin Eckstein
Posted on 27. May, 2010 by planetMitch.
Well, this is certainly a learning process I’m afraid. During our chat with Benjamin Eckstein, we had some technical difficulties tonight and planetMitch made some mistakes during the broadcast. And lastly, during the first 10 minutes, there were lots of buffering issues – so I apologize for the issues, but once we got going, we [...]
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This Thursday on the Event Calendar: planet5D live interview with Benjamin Eckstein
Posted on 25. May, 2010 by planetMitch.
This coming Thursday, we’ll be chatting live with Benjamin Eckstein. He was one of the organizers of the All In Film charity fundraisers at the NAB conference and, he’s part of a team who recently entered a “48 hour” film competition. If you’ve not heard of these, teams are formed and are given a theme. [...]
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“Youth from Vienna” – a new Canon EOS 7D short
Posted on 25. May, 2010 by planetMitch.
We were contacted by Greg Thomas a few days ago about this new short he’s done as his senior project – a remake of Orson Well’s “Fountain of Youth”. He sent me a little bit of information about his project and I enjoyed watching it so I thought I’d share both with you. This short [...]
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New Canon EOS 5D Mark II firmware 2.0.7 released
Posted on 24. May, 2010 by planetMitch.
Canon has released firmware version 2.0.7 for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. You can find the download on this Canon Japan site. My thanks to @zackmctee for the tip! This firmware update (Version 2.0.7) incorporates the following improvements and fixes. Fixes a phenomenon in which the aperture exhibits abnormal movement when shooting movies in [...]
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Live Interview Archive: Jem Schofield
Posted on 23. May, 2010 by planetMitch.
Here’s the archive of tonight’s chat with Jem Schofield. He’s putting on the ‘filmmaker’s intensive‘ workshop in June and produces a daily show he calls “Gearbox” on his site, theC47.com. Our thanks go to Jem for a fascinating discussion and I wish I’d kept the recording going because the 1/2 hour after was very interesting [...]
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One way to remove sensor dust in video
Posted on 23. May, 2010 by planetMitch.
There’s nothing worse than getting your cool new video up on the computer than finding sensor dust (ok, there are many worse things in life, but you get my point). For most of us, that’s meant the video is trash – until Tito da Costa (@radraven on twitter) showed me his blog post about “Rotoscoping [...]
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