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Alice and the Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Posted on 18. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

Everyone knows “Alice in Wonderland” right? Well, you’ve not seen it done quite like this before! Shot on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II, this 15 minute short is quite an achievement. You can learn more about this movie at AliceAndTheWhiteHair.com

From the movie’s Cinematographer David Myrick comes this writeup:
“Lewis Carroll’s timeless novel “Alice’s Adventures [...]

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Canon confirms some issues with the 2.0.3 firmware

Posted on 17. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

With swift action, Canon has announced there are some bugs in the 2.0.3 Canon EOS 5D Mark II firmware release!

Earlier today, we’d been alerted to some complaints by the 5D Mark II Team. They reported:
“The firmware 2.0.3 is in fact a great update and has been very long awaited by thousands of customers, as it [...]

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The CamCaddie unboxing – an HDSLR rig

Posted on 17. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

At the HDSLR meetup in Venice Beach, I met Daniel McElderry from CamCaddie who had a batch of his new low cost rigs to show off. While I was in the hotel after the meetup, I had a brilliant idea (modest aren’t I? LOL)… why not do an unboxing video of the copy that I [...]

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Behind the TV – in the control room with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

Here’s a fascinating behind the scenes look at the NBC Winter Olympics that was shot on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. We contacted Robert Coon who made the movie and he’s provided us with some insight!

“For the month of February I was part of a team hired by NBC to handle the post [...]

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Wanna make some giga panoramas? GigaPan is ready to help

Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

Engadget showed this one off – the GigaPan Epic Pro – a remote control device to help you make huge panoramas with your Canon EOS 5D Mark II or other DSLR.

“EPIC Pro model – designed to handle professional DSLR camera/lens combinations is going to be available in April for $895.”
“Powerful, accurate and easy to [...]

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Dan Chung does news report on Canon Rebel T2i/550D

Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

We’ve heard yet again from our friend Dan Chung who’s shared with us his Canon Rebel T2i/550D news report on “China’s Migrant Children“.

Please read the whole story on Dan’s blog!
Here’s a snip from the discussion:
“Guardian reporter Tania Branigan and I have been wanting to make a report about the children of migrant workers for a [...]

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Tired of ‘Rolling Shutter’? Here is a manual fix tutorial

Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

Mike Huetz has presented this very intriguing manual fix for removing any ‘rolling shutter’ (often called the “jello effect”) from your video using Adobe’s After Effects. I am no expert, but I would imagine there’s a way to do it in FCP as well. It doesn’t look simple (at least to this layman), but if [...]

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The first Canon EOS 5D Mark II native 24fps movies

Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

Philip Bloom has announced that several of his recent movies have been done on the new Canon EOS 5D Mark II firmware version 2.0.3 that includes the native 24fps frame rate.
I urge you to download each of these in full size as well to see their full beauty… you can get a free membership on [...]

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Complete guide to Canon EOS 5D Mark II ‘cinema’ firmware 2.0.3

Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

We’ve known it was coming, but now it is finally here! The firmware that gives the Canon EOS 5D Mark II 24fps has arrived and we’ve got full coverage for you!

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I’m sure you want to get right into it… so here’s the download link!
And if you’ve never done the firmware update before, here’s a movie [...]

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Canon USA Spring 2010 Rebates

Posted on 14. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

Is it spring or is this the end of winter? Either way, there are some good rebates being offered by Canon until April 3rd (yes, I’m a few days late posting this one – sorry). Please remember that planet5D is supported by your purchases and we really appreciate it if you’ll visit these vendors by [...]

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Rodney Charters and Snehal Patel talk about using Canon EOS 5D Mark IIs

Posted on 13. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

Digital Photo Pro did a profile on director Snehal Patel and cinematographer Rodney Charters doing work on a short epic film “Indian Gangster” with Canon EOS 5D Mark IIs. You can see the results of their work on the trailer for the film at their website indiangangster.com.

From the introduction of the article… “In this article, [...]

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How to post a review on planet5D Review

Posted on 13. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

I’ve had several people ask me how to post a review over on planet5D Review in order to enter and maybe win that iPad that I ordered yesterday.

It really is quite easy – really. It just doesn’t jump out at you at the top of the page like maybe it should. You enter reviews on [...]

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Paris – 26 gigapixels – shot with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

Rob Galbraith just posted this one on his blog. A record breaker in size, it is made from over 2300 individual Canon EOS 5D Mark II images. Don’t miss out on the photographer’s blog as he describes how it was done as well. They used 2 5D2s to make the shoot go faster as well [...]

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“Why We Fight” – an amazing Canon EOS 5D Mark II Special Forces movie

Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

Tyler Ginter (@tylerginter) has sent us his blog post about the new Special Forces movie “Why We Fight” – which was filmed entirely on Canon EOS 5D Mark II cameras. You have simply got to take a few minutes to watch this!

From Tyler’s blog post: ““Why We Fight” contains never before Released footage of the [...]

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Focus – My Images Aren’t Sharp

Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

Update: March 2010 This article has gotten a lot of use since it was first published on Jun 16, 2009 and I thought that it would be a good time to re-issue this. Especially in light of @fcwestfall’s posting of this excellent article “This lens is soft” and other FACTS from LensRentals.com
“My images from the [...]

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