Archive for February, 2011
Rycote’s portable Recorder Audio Kit for ZOOM H4N Handy Recorders
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by planetMitch.
This is new – Rycote has announced a portable Recorder Audio Kit for ZOOM H4N Handy Recorders – something that most mics that mount to the hot shoe already have, a shock mount and more. Rycote PR A combined Windshield and Suspension solution, the kit contains everything needed to protect a handheld digital recorder from [...]
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II film wins ‘shorts’ category of the second International Forest Film Festival (IFFF)
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by planetMitch.
“Man of the Soil” (shot on Canon EOS 5D Mark II) wins International Forest Film Festival (IFFF) award for Filmmaker Pierre Deschamps. We got a chance to see this late last year and we’re very proud to let you know that it has won an award. Canon feature Canon featured this movie on their Canon [...]
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Vimeo Plus account winners announced
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by planetMitch.
Vimeo was very gracious to send along 5 Vimeo Plus accounts to give away and we ran a contest in the month of January on the planet5D forums – well, we’ve picked the winners and they’ve all been notified. Why did it take so long to get the announcement out? Well, that’s my fault. We [...]
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planet5D interview of Patryk Kizny online and dryeye giveaway winners
Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by planetMitch.
We had a very interesting conversation with Patryk Kizny from DitoGear the other day – he’s involved in three different companies at the same time – incredibly fascinating because of all the projects he has his fingers in – including the timelapse and astrophotography. The interview is online now and you can watch it below [...]
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Pogo’s fun Canon EOS 5D Mark II music video – ‘Joburg Jam’
Posted on 25. Feb, 2011 by planetMitch.
We stumbled into this a couple of weeks ago – Pogo (Nick Bertke) is using the Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) to record all of his videos now. Who’s Pogo? Well, he is one of those guys who was doing his own thing – creating music mixes from snippets of audio from all kinds [...]
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Awesome ways an iPad/iPhone can be your DSLR / HDSLR remote control
Posted on 24. Feb, 2011 by planetMitch.
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could use your iPad or iPhone to as a remote control for your DSLR/HDSLR (either Canon or Nikon or whatever)? It turns out there are several different solutions for you to choose from! We did a post a few weeks ago about using the Canon wireless transmitters to shoot [...]
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A Verse Before Dying-The first short film from the Panasonic AF100
Posted on 24. Feb, 2011 by planetMitch.
This is one of the first short films from the Panasonic AF100 – “A Verse Before Dying” was sent to us by Timur Civan (remember him from the video shot with the 102 year old lens which he also shot some stills) who has been working with the Panasonic AF100. Timur’s description After a month [...]
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The Dental Enforcer – A Canon EOS 5D Mark II fun short
Posted on 24. Feb, 2011 by planetMitch.
Friend of planet5D Tracey Lee sent us this project, “The Dental Enforcer” – shot on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) and it only took 18 months from start to finish Dentrix | Appointment Reminders — The Dental Enforcer Description from Tracey Lee This is an ad campaign that our marketing team rolled out [...]
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ikan announces new FG geared follow focus for HDSLR users
Posted on 23. Feb, 2011 by planetMitch.
ikan has announced their new ikan ELE-FGK – FG Follow Focus Cine-Kit for HDSLR users. Have a look at the press release and additional info below. A couple of videos Ikan ELE-FGK Follow Focus Kit from emmagination on Vimeo. A look over the new Ikan ELE-FGK Follow focus kit that includes gears, speed crank, whip, [...]
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Solar Power! Charging your photo gear out in the wild
Posted on 22. Feb, 2011 by planetMitch.
Solar Power! Charging all of your photo gear (not just photo gear actually – anything with a battery!) – Eric Dennis sent us this video on how he kept his Canon HDSLR batteries charged with solar power while in the wilds of Alaska for 2 weeks without any hope of finding an electrical outlet. Eric [...]
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Tallscreen HDSLR video – continuing to break the mold – this time for mountain biking
Posted on 22. Feb, 2011 by planetMitch.
sebastian doerk sent us this tallscreen video – it is great to see folks branching out and doing different things – this time it is a video about mountain biking. Info sent from sebastian doerk Coming from the photographers point of view it always felt kind of strange to be bound to only one format [...]
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