Archive for July, 2010
HDSLR Must Do! PhotoCine EXPO announced – Sept 25-26 in LA – planet5D discount!
Posted on 30. Jul, 2010 by planetMitch.
If you’re into HDSLR cameras and are wanting to learn more about Canon, Nikon, Sony, Panasonic and everything used to rig them up, then you’ll definitely want to attend the continuation of last year’s highly successful “Collision Conference” – this year being put on by PhotoCineNews called PhotoCine EXPO. It will be held again at [...]
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Yosemite mountain climbers filmed on Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Posted on 29. Jul, 2010 by planetMitch.
Mountain climbing (not that I’ve ever done it) in Yosemite Valley is probably amazing and why not use a Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) to film it? Every now and then, we find a beautifully done video that goes on planet5D Cinema and we think it also deserves some attention here on the blog… [...]
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Pop Photo interviews Canon EOS 5D Mark II photographer
Posted on 28. Jul, 2010 by planetMitch.
Popular Photography selected friend of planet5D David Harry Stewart for an interview called “Pro DSLR Video Tips from David Harry Stewart” – please give it a read. Here’s the intro and first question from the Pop Photo article “Commercial and editorial photographer David Harry Stewart (www.dhstewart.com) is one of the many pro shooters to take [...]
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Anamorphic lenses and the Canon HDSLRs
Posted on 27. Jul, 2010 by planetMitch.
Anamorphic lenses have been around for a long time and many people just absolutely love them and their wide-screen aspect ratio for making movies – however, they don’t fit on the Canon mount without some help. What is an anamorphic lens anyway? (I didn’t know either LOL!) Our friends at wikipedia have a definition but [...]
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II in the Beijing hutongs on the back of a bike
Posted on 27. Jul, 2010 by planetMitch.
Putting a Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) on the back of a bike and shooting a movie implies lots of vibration and bouncy output, but this video shows that with Final Cut Pro’s smooth camera filter, it can be done! This video is interesting (tho sometimes a bit tedious – but that’s because it [...]
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New York Times reports on “Bouncing” with Canon EOS 5D Mark II in the dark
Posted on 26. Jul, 2010 by planetMitch.
New York Times Multimedia Producer Zach Wise (see also this report) sent us one of his latest reports – filmed in New Orleans with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews), the story is about the music scene around “Bounce” (something I’d sure never heard of LOL). While not groundbreaking, it is just another great [...]
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Two Canon EOS 7Ds working on a new short – “The Inventor”
Posted on 24. Jul, 2010 by planetMitch.
Recently, we’ve gotten quite a few submissions (and we’re thrilled to see so much activity out there!) and this one stood out to us – shot on two Canon EOS 7D (reviews) HDSLRs, “The Inventor” looks to be a great short. The movie is ‘in the can’ but they’re looking for a bit of cash [...]
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Yippee! iPad and iPhone video embeds from Vimeo now working
Posted on 23. Jul, 2010 by planetMitch.
Yes, there are some planet5D fans who read the blog via their iPhones or iPads and they’ve always been frustrated because the videos didn’t play. Well, the other day, I posted a tweet (follow me on twitter) about wanting to get videos from Vimeo that we post here in the blog to work properly on [...]
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A new type of fashion film shot on Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Posted on 22. Jul, 2010 by planetMitch.
Friend of planet5D Martin Reisch (@safesolvent on twitter) sent in a movie and he’d like some help if you think it is good – it is entered in a contest and I’ve messed up because the deadline to vote is in about 16 hours (I kept putting off the post not realizing there was a [...]
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Stop motion with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and a guy walking across the USA
Posted on 22. Jul, 2010 by planetMitch.
The Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) can make some pretty awesome movies and when used properly, even the stills side of the camera can make some cool stop-motion movies. This one stands out. I met Peter Cote for the first time at the NAB conference and he was part of the team that put [...]
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Tim Halperin’s one take wonder… a unique Canon EOS 5D Mark II music video
Posted on 21. Jul, 2010 by planetMitch.
Coming up with unique ideas for music videos must be difficult (at least it would be for me) so when I see something like this Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) music video for Tim Halperin (twitter) called “She Runs” I just have to show it off. There are several ‘one take’ videos running around [...]
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