Archive for '1D MKIV'
Rolling shutter comparison test with 6 Canon and Nikon HDSLRs
Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by planetMitch.
Here’s an interesting analysis you might be intrigued by – rolling shutter comparisons across a group of 6 Canon and Nikon HDSLR cameras. I don’t think there’s any major surprise here, but it is an interesting read. Brief Snip via Rolling shutter comparison test | Too Much Imagination. I finally come around to piecing together [...]
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Virtually moving your camera for a timelapse thru space without a slider?
Posted on 07. Jan, 2012 by planetMitch.
Patrick Kizny sent us his latest test this morning – and it is visually impressive – a method for taking a static timelapse and moving the camera virtually thru space… I think you have to see it and think about the fact that the camera couldn’t really be moving there to then wonder how it [...]
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New Poll: Will smart phone cameras replace HDSLRs within 5 years?
Posted on 31. Dec, 2011 by planetMitch.
I’ve been reading several interesting blog posts/tweets lately about the death of the DSLR via the surge in smart phones with high quality cameras so I thought I’d ask you what you thought… I’ve included a couple of quotes below the poll to give you an idea of what some others are saying. Poll Question! [...]
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UPDATED: Canon updates EOS utility – but mac OS X Lion support is nowhere to be found
Posted on 24. Dec, 2011 by planetMitch.
Canon released a working version for Lion – read more on our post Many who upgraded to the latest operating system for Apple’s OS X Lion were a bit disappointed to find out the Canon utilities wouldn’t function – and a new version was released last Thursday, but unfortunately, Lion support wasn’t included. On a [...]
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Save $30 off the Okii MC1 USB Mini Controller!
Posted on 22. Dec, 2011 by planetMitch.
We told you earlier about the new Okii MC1 USB mini controller and you can see our demo again down at the bottom of this post – but if you’re interested in buying one, right now, there’s a $30 off coupon! From the HDCamTeam site: We have been notified by Okii Systems that there is [...]
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@stillmotion’s “Prelude: The Making of A Game of Honor” – BTS on their HDSLR Army/Navy Documentary
Posted on 15. Dec, 2011 by planetMitch.
Those of you following planet5D for a while know we love to show off what Patrick Moreau and his team at @stillmotion are doing – and you’ll be blown away by this behind the scenes look at their upcoming Showtime feature “Game of Honor”. Mostly shot on HDSLRs (they use the Canon HDSLRs but there [...]
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cineLook for HDSLRs – give your HDSLR footage an instant cinema look
Posted on 07. Dec, 2011 by planetMitch.
Our friend Denver Riddle over at colorGradingCentral has come up with this FCPX plugin that will appeal to many of our HDSLR readers – it does a quick bang up job of creating a cinema look and feel for your DSLR video footage! Here’s what cineLook for HDSLRs will do for you: Tired of your [...]
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Sad day for this camera! “how to lose $2400 in 24 seconds”
Posted on 01. Dec, 2011 by planetMitch.
Hopefully this guy will read my comment about drying the camera out with rice as was done in this post from 2009 here on planet5D… always remember – if electronics get wet, dry them as best as you can (without heat) – and then place them in a big bag of uncooked white rice for [...]
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A tip: How to overcome audio weaknesses of HDSLRs
Posted on 23. Nov, 2011 by planetMitch.
At the MastersInMotionLive event we learned a lot – and one of the major topics I wanted to learn more about (and did thanks to Adam Forgione – and we’ll have Adam on our planet5D live coming up too!) was recording better audio on HDSLRs. Well, this morning I also found this little tip from [...]
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New HDSLR stablilizer project on kickstarter looking for your help
Posted on 18. Nov, 2011 by planetMitch.
Kyle Hart sent us this request for help for his new HDSLR stabilizer over on kickstarter – it looks pretty cool and has already reached his funding goal even tho only being online for a couple of days. The fundraising video Kyle’s note to me Hey Mitch, I’ve been following your site for a while [...]
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Redrock Micro announces Canon EOS C300 and new HDSLR rigs
Posted on 14. Nov, 2011 by planetMitch.
One of our sponsors Redrock Micro showed us a new rig that they’ve prepared to go with the new Canon EOS C300 called the Redrock Micro ultraCage | blue and let me tell you it looks darn sexy with the new camera! And, they were selected to have this new rig available when all of [...]
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