Archive for December, 2010
PhotoCineNews Expo DVD – a review and a contest!
Posted on 14. Dec, 2010 by planetMitch.
I attended the photoCineNews Expo back in September and quite frankly, there was so much going on, I missed out on a lot of the presentations because I was meeting folks and gathering news – so it was with great pleasure that Michael Britt sent me a copy of the PhotoCineNews EXPO Conference DVDs to [...]
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New Ikan Teleprompter announced
Posted on 14. Dec, 2010 by planetMitch.
Ikan (a planet5D sponsor) has just announced a new teleprompter – The ikan PT3100. The ikan press release: “The ikan PT3100 is a through-the-glass teleprompter that is large enough for studio applications, while still retaining enough portability to be utilized on location. With a 15†LCD, VGA AC-powered monitor, the PT3100 offers a large viewing [...]
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5 ways to win HDSLR gear now
Posted on 13. Dec, 2010 by planetMitch.
There are lots of little contests running around the web right now for HDSLR gear – we thought we’d bring you a few… Letus Letus has just announced they’re giving away a Letus Hawk in just a few days – here are the twitter rules for their contest. Redrock Micro Redrock has two promotions… The [...]
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HDSLR Week In Review – Saturday, December 11
Posted on 11. Dec, 2010 by planetMitch.
Thought I might try something a little different and y’all can let me know if you like it… we’re all busy and our inbox is flooded with lots of things grasping at your attention and I’m sure it is difficult to catch all of the HDSLR news – so I thought a weekly summary might [...]
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Macupdate Mac Software December Bundle
Posted on 11. Dec, 2010 by planetMitch.
This is a bit off topic, but I know well over 50% of our readers are mac users and you may not be aware of this deal – granted, none of the software is photography related, but let’s just see if anyone is interested – and a portion of the funds are donated to charity [...]
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II wirelessly shooting the Space Shuttle with an Apple iPad
Posted on 09. Dec, 2010 by planetMitch.
Using your Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) from a remote location (even miles away) via an Apple iPad is indeed possible using the Canon WFT-E4 II Wireless Transmitter! Several months ago, we found this blog post by photographer and filmmaker Scott Audette and we’ve also recently gotten an inside look at the process from [...]
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Thomas Dolby’s new music video “The Toadlickers” filmed with Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Posted on 09. Dec, 2010 by planetMitch.
Thomas Dolby has always been an interesting musician and his latest effort is no different – and this particular music video was shot with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) and as the Director/Producer Paul D says in his blog post… “A few months ago, Thomas Dolby invited me to direct his first music [...]
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A little HDSLR elf fun for the holidays with @philipbloom, @tomguilmette, @vincentLaforet, @hurlbutvisuals and @pjoy
Posted on 08. Dec, 2010 by planetMitch.
Reading some tweets this morning and ran across one from Paul Joy (@pjoy – who is someone you should follow for Adobe Premiere help) – Paul’s used the Office Depot “Elf yourself” tool to create this fun little movie to help you get in the holiday spirit! Paul Joy’s HDSLR Elf boy band from planetMitch [...]
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Magic Lantern tackles the video bitrate on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Posted on 08. Dec, 2010 by planetMitch.
The Magic Lantern Canon EOS 5D Mark II firmware has a new beta release allowing higher bitrates in video – all the way up to 74 Mbps. We first learned about this several days ago when it was posted by Scott in this planet5D forum thread and we’ve been doing some research about the details [...]
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Letus announces HDSLR shoulder rigs
Posted on 08. Dec, 2010 by planetMitch.
Our friends over at Letus (planet5D sponsor) have announced some new HDSLR shoulder rigs you might be interested in – and they start at $1149 If you are looking for a complete shoulder mount solution for your HDSLR camera, this Letus rig is for you. This kit includes the standard Letus Talon K1 base kit [...]
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Canon EOS 7D footage at 2000 frames per second?
Posted on 07. Dec, 2010 by planetMitch.
How can you get Canon EOS 7D (reviews) footage slowed down to 2000 frames per second? With Twixtor of course! You saw this done before here in this post “Taking Canon EOS 7D footage from 60fps to 1000fps with Twixtor” now see it again (from the same guys). 7D 2000 fps from Oton BaÄar on [...]
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