Archive for June, 2011
Philip Hodgetts live conversation – the good, bad, and future of FCPX – podcast #44
Posted on 22. Jun, 2011 by planetMitch.
Yesterday, Apple released FCPX (see our blog post) and there were emotions all over the spectrum, so we decided to quickly put together a live conversation with Philip Hodgetts who had been given a copy of FCPX the week before it was released and therefore we had someone with more experience using it than those [...]
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Stop motion advertising with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Posted on 22. Jun, 2011 by planetMitch.
While HDSLRs can be good for video, making a video with stop motion is also cool – and here’s a sample set sent in by Eric where they used a Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) to made advertisements for some art schools. From Eriq: My name is Eriq, I’m a director and filmmaker and [...]
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Anya Marina’s “Felony Flats” music video with the behind the scenes
Posted on 21. Jun, 2011 by planetMitch.
Bill Frakes and Laura Heald and Imaginarium Video recently created a new music video for Anya Marina’s “Felony Flats” and while they were at it, they created a behind the scenes video showing how they used Cinevate’s sliders and other motion equipment. Recently, I’ve been learning about sliders (which you’ll read about in another post [...]
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Shane Hurlbut at CineGear 2011
Posted on 21. Jun, 2011 by planetMitch.
We weren’t able to attend CineGear 2011 (darn family vacation haha), but our friend Tony Reale from NextWaveDV was able to interview Shane Hurlbut and is letting us borrow the discussion. Tony talks with Shane about their newly announced rentals (see also “Shane Hurlbut, ASC is proud to announce the debut of Hurlbut Visuals DSLR [...]
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Apple releases Final Cut Pro X (FCPX) in the App Store *update 2*
Posted on 21. Jun, 2011 by planetMitch.
UPDATE 2: Added a bunch of articles after the update 1 section Note: We’ll have the archive of last night’s conversation with Philip Hodgetts (who’s a metadata expert and has had FCPX for a week to evaluate it and has tons of insights) online in a few hours… it is rendering now UPDATE 1: added [...]
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Daniel Lowe shares his lessons in timelapse with “Night Motion Timelapse: Outer Banks”
Posted on 20. Jun, 2011 by planetMitch.
Timelapses have become more and more sophisticated – and Daniel Lowe’s “Night Motion Timelapse: Outer Banks” is no exception. Daniel spent time creating a beautiful movie and has graciously also put together this post for planet5D with his lessons learned in creating this masterpiece. This time, we decided to give you the discussion of the [...]
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Canon U.S.A., has launched the EOS Rebel T3 EF 18-55 IS II Lens Kit in three new color variations
Posted on 20. Jun, 2011 by planetMitch.
Canon launches new colors for the T3 EF 18-55 IS II Lens Kit – please read the PR below: PR Canon U.S.A., has launched the EOS Rebel T3 EF 18-55 IS II Lens Kit in three new color variations – red, brown and metallic gray, in addition to the standard black color, available exclusively at [...]
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An open source light – want to help build it?
Posted on 20. Jun, 2011 by planetMitch.
Here’s an interesting idea: open source lighting – sure you’ve heard of open source software and now, here’s a project from Rift Labs where they’re trying to get new photographic lighting built for photographers and movie makers – with the main use being video with constant light output. First, watch the video: Invert the polarity [...]
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Chopper With Canon EOS 5D Mark II T2i Automatically Follows Wakeboarder With “FollowMe” Transmitter
Posted on 20. Jun, 2011 by planetMitch.
The folks over at F-Stoppers found this one yesterday…. would you fly your Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) Canon Rebel T2i/550D (reviews) over water? This RC Helicopter with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II is following this wakeboarder with “FollowMe” transmitter. Now that is cool! Note: Thanks to the comment below, we double checked [...]
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The Great Camera Shootout 2011 Episode 1: “The Tipping Point”
Posted on 17. Jun, 2011 by planetMitch.
Zacuto has premiered their documentary called “The Great Camera Shootout 2011: a documentary of the Single Chip Camera Evaluation (SCCE)” and Episode 1 “The Tipping Point” is now online. You can read all about it on this page. You can see me make a brief appearance as well! I had the privilege of seeing the [...]
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Steel Life – A short film by Mateusz Zdziebko & Patryk Kizny
Posted on 17. Jun, 2011 by planetMitch.
“Steel Life” is a short film by Mateusz Zdziebko & Patryk Kizny shot on HDSLRs and using DitoGear sliders. You may remember Patryk Kizny from our interview with him – he is also co-owner of DitoGear (a planet5D sponsor). He and Mateusz Zdziebko have put together this really nice short we thought you’d like to [...]
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