Archive for October, 2011
iPhone cinema – exposed!
Posted on 31. Oct, 2011 by planetMitch.
We got this fun submission over the weekend from Abraham Joffe (untitled film works) and just had to share it with you! It is all in fun, yet it is so well done some folks have taken it seriously… “Philip Boom” – ha! LMAO! the iPhone report Abraham Joffe writes: Jason Magbanua spoke at the [...]
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planet5D November 3rd Canon Announcement coverage and more
Posted on 31. Oct, 2011 by planetMitch.
In just 4 days, we’ll be in Hollywood attending the November 3rd Canon Announcement (see our post on the invitation) and we wanted to let you know how we’re going to cover it (or at least hope to cover it) and we hope you’ll tune in! Many of you may be familiar with the blogs [...]
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Dan Chung’s first hands on preview of the Canon EOS-1D X
Posted on 27. Oct, 2011 by planetMitch.
Our friend Dan Chung from Dslrnewsshooter.com has produced one of the first hands on video reviews of the new Canon EOS-1D X camera. There are some interesting tidbits included… No line skipping in video – uses whole sensor (4:50) Very little rolling shutter (5:00) No clean output but there’s no blackout and no frame rate [...]
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First Canon EOS 5D Mark II stereoscopic 3D motion-controlled timelapse
Posted on 27. Oct, 2011 by planetMitch.
We’re pleased to share one of the first 3D motion-controlled timelapse shot on Canon EOS 5D Mark IIs with you – shot by Brad Kremer, Peter Chang, Stewart Mayer of CamBlock and others called “DEUS EX HOMINE”. It also features San Francisco and the sculptures of Jeremy Mayer. I present to you some of the [...]
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What does music really mean to a timelapse? New Tokyo Canon EOS 5D Mark II Timelapse rocks
Posted on 26. Oct, 2011 by planetMitch.
We’ve covered plenty of timelapse projects and one thing keeps coming back to me (and is exemplified in this Canon EOS 5D Mark II timelapse below) – the music selection makes all the difference in the world – the visuals in this one are very good, but the music is what sets this off to [...]
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podcast #58 – a mini review of Industry Tape
Posted on 25. Oct, 2011 by planetMitch.
We got our hands on some great new tape to replace gaffer tape or duct tape called Industry Tape – and we got a bit silly this time (my kids will tell you I’m often like this, but most times I act more ‘adult’ when making my podcasts and this time I just sort of [...]
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What the heck is this ‘scoop.it’ HDSLR thing?
Posted on 21. Oct, 2011 by planetMitch.
Many of you who follow planetMitch on twitter, facebook, google+ etc have seen posts that have a ‘scoop.it’ label and probably have wondered what the heck it is – oh, and now you can see it in the right sidebar here on the blog as well. We’re constantly searching the web for HDSLR news to [...]
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A Friday Fantastic Film – “Midnight Sun | Iceland”
Posted on 21. Oct, 2011 by planetMitch.
Yesterday we were contacted by Joe Capra (twitter) about his latest Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Canon EOS 7D timelapse and wow, this is worth a post! It will appear on planet5D cinema as well. Hi Mitch! I wanted to share my timelapse video i made while in Iceland this past summer. Its titled [...]
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The Human Slingshot – don’t try this at home with your Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Posted on 20. Oct, 2011 by planetMitch.
Oh boy, I’m not sure I’d try this – maybe because I’ve passed the age of reason but this does look like fun – “The Human Slingshot” was shot by Denver Riddle and he sent it to us to show off a bit of color grading and some just downright craziness. It was shot in [...]
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Canon combines 1D lines into one new amazing camera – the Canon EOS-1D X
Posted on 18. Oct, 2011 by planetMitch.
Canon takes 2 great DSLRs and combines them into one new amazing camera – the Canon EOS-1D X – which adds some incredible new functionality including three processors (dual Digic 5 and one Digic 4 for handling just the AF and metering), super high ISO and burst mode up to 14 frames per second. We’ve [...]
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the new Canon EOS-1D X – what’s inside? the nitty gritty details you won’t get in the press release
Posted on 18. Oct, 2011 by planetMitch.
We were able to have a lengthy conversation with Canon’s Chuck Westfall about the amazing new Canon EOS-1D X and we’ll be sharing lots of those details here – if you want to see the press release – jump over to our other Canon EOS-1D X post. I’ll start off with summaries because I think [...]
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