Archive for '60D'
Blonde Ambition : Magic Lantern RAW vs h.264 video for Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Posted on 30. Oct, 2013 by fletch murray.
QUESTION: Is the resolution, color space and dynamic range of Magic Lantern’s RAW video that much better than h.264? Judge for yourself. Here’s a side by side test we did – a blonde with extremely fine, almost white hair in a black silk robe. Blond Ambition Here’s the RAW vs h.264 video Does Magic Lantern […]
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Get accurate shutter actuations for your Canon through the ShutterCount App
Posted on 21. Oct, 2013 by Keith Alvendia.
One of the oldest questions around the DSLR market has always been “how many shutter actuations does my camera have?” In fact, one of the most popular posts in the past was this planet5D article “Canon EOS 5D Mark II shutter count actuation utility” Well now, there’s a new player in the game! Just released […]
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HDSLR training at 1/4 th the price at the California Photo Festival
Posted on 13. Aug, 2013 by fletch murray.
If Mitch found out they were selling new Canon lenses for 75% off you’d expect him to tell you about it. Well, pro training in digital filmmaking is being offered at 75% off it’s normal price if you took our Cine Boot Camps. Victoria, of California Photo Festival, wants you to learn DSLR filmmaking. A […]
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The gloves come off…
Posted on 12. Aug, 2013 by fletch murray.
In the last year, I’ve said goodbye to my older brother and my mom. I was impressed by their care providers in Oklahoma, my home state. Now I learn that not all elders are treated properly. So we’re tasking the filmmaker graduates of our Cine Boot Camps to create a series of mini-docs to rescue […]
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Refresher: Lasers can damage your camera’s sensor – watch RED EPIC bite the dust
Posted on 16. Jul, 2013 by planetmitch.
We’ve warned you before, but this is serious enough that I feel a reminder is necessary – Lasers can DESTROY your camera’s sensor! We’ve got some new samples – including the destruction of a RED EPIC (and I talked to someone in chat who had his Canon EOS C300 sensor burned as well!). Our first […]
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canonrumors reports new Canon EOS 70D is due next week
Posted on 28. Jun, 2013 by planetmitch.
canonrumors.com is reporting that next week will show us a new Canon EOS 70D! Below are the specs. See more of my thoughts in the comments (on the planet5D forums) Canon EOS 70D specs New Sensor! Below is the spec list of the upcoming Canon EOS 70D. The new autofocus type we were told about appears […]
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Student creates live monitoring tool for Magic Lantern HDR video
Posted on 11. Jun, 2013 by Keith Alvendia.
Now this is pretty cool! The folks over at Magic Lantern have created HDR video (which is been there for quite a while actually inside their firmware hack). Magic Lantern figured out a way to alternate the ISOs in between frames to create the HDR effect. In order to see the HDR video, you could […]
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Largest collection of Magic Lantern RAW HDSLR video – part IV
Posted on 06. Jun, 2013 by Keith Alvendia.
Yes, the interest is continuing to swell over the Magic Lantern RAW video feature and we’re still finding amazing videos to share – so here’s episode 4! We’ve got a new Magic Lantern forum section – check it out and comment away and be entered to win that Canon EOS 6D! The past 3+ weeks […]
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Largest collection of Magic Lantern RAW HDSLR video – part III
Posted on 28. May, 2013 by planetmitch.
Some very cool samples in this batch – this is part III of the Largest collection of Magic Lantern RAW DSLR videos on the planet. Interesting in this batch — the use of Twixtor as well as a couple of videos with the “zoom” feature enabled (see more on this in the “3x zoom” post) […]
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Largest collection of Magic Lantern RAW HDSLR video – part II
Posted on 21. May, 2013 by planetmitch.
We posted a huge list of videos on Saturday from the Magic Lantern “Largest collection of Magic Lantern RAW HDSLR video on the planet” but the videos keep pouring in… and we wanted to share them with you. Note there are videos here from Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon […]
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Secrets of Fast Focusing while filming with the Canon 5d Mark III
Posted on 11. Mar, 2013 by fletch murray.
planetMitch note: we welcome Fletcher Murray (also known as Fletch – but not the guy from the movie “Fletch”) from the Canon Boot Camp team as another planet5D blogger You might be interested in a quicker way to focus while shooting films with your Canon HDSLRs. You probably know by now that still camera lenses […]
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EMERGE! and Couture Fashion Week – can a Canon 60D handle it?
Posted on 06. Mar, 2013 by planetmitch.
This is a guest post from Kahleem Poole – you’ve seen him on planet5D before (“Kahleem Poole rocks the Blackmagic Cinema Camera” and “Beautiful Fashion Photography BTS HDSLR video“). Special thanks to Brigid Turner from Dopeshoes Ent. for giving me the all access invite and Tirusha Dave from Bravura Magazine for letting me go bananas […]
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