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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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Introducing EOS Movie Plugin-E1 for Final Cut Pro

Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.

Canon has released much more information on the E1 plugin they announced earlier this Feb. They’re still saying it will be available in early March 2010.

EOS Movie Plugin-E1 Key Features:
On Febrary 5th, 2010, Canon Inc. announced the launch of a new, completely free plug-in to be used with Apple’s Final Cut Pro (FCP) software. Once [...]

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Apple releases new version of Aperture 3.0

Posted on 09. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.

Well, for those of us using Aperture, the big day has finally come – version 3.0 is released! “What’s new in Aperture 3 – Faces and Places. Brushes for precision retouching. Dozens of adjustment presets. True full-screen browsing and editing. And that’s just part of the perfect picture.”

They are boasting over 200 new features including:

Video! [...]

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Canon announces EOS E1 video plug-in for Apple’s Final Cut Pro

Posted on 05. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.

This is pretty exciting news for Canon HDSLR owners who use Apple’s Final Cut Pro! Canon releases a free EOS E1 video plug-in for Apple’s Final Cut Pro. The plug-in is compatible with Final Cut Pro 6 or higher and currently supports Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EOS 7D and EOS 1D Mark IV cameras. [...]

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Some Canon EOS-1D MKIV updates

Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.

Collecting several news items together about the Canon EOS-1D MKIV… stills and sample videos. I’m guessing that the price of the Canon EOS-1D MKIV keeps some of you from getting really excited about this camera, but there is a bit of news creeping out. I will say that it also seems like there aren’t many [...]

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Album Cover shot with Canon EOS 5D Mark II makes front of iTunes

Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.

Ok, so maybe not the biggest news on the planet, but I thought this was pretty cool. The Bui Brothers (whom we met out in LA last year) were asked to shoot the cover for “The Guild Season 3″ DVD and they used the Canon EOS 5D Mark II to do it.

Here’s what it looks [...]

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Canon EOS-1D MKIV and 200mm hands on

Posted on 23. Jan, 2010 by planetMitch.

Aoshi studio posted this interesting blog post where they were able to get their hands on a preview copy of the Canon EOS-1D MKIV and the 200mm f2 Canon lens. They weren’t able to put their own CF card into the 1DIV, but they were with the 200mm lens (which is where the images come [...]

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Canon EOS 5D Mark II underwater wedding portraits!

Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by planetMitch.

You won’t see this very often, but we found this very intriguing and had to share with everyone. This bride was photographed underwater in her wedding dress with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II and I have to say, the photographers turned this into a unique and beautiful portrait session. And yes, we do still [...]

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World’s largest photograph taken with Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Posted on 18. Dec, 2009 by planetMitch.

We found this posted this morning by @_photoradar on twitter – this series of 1665 photos taken with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II was stitched together to create the world’s largest photograph weighing in at 26 gigapixels. The process of creating the image is a very interesting story in itself! Once you start looking [...]

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Sample images from Canon Hybrid DSLRs

Posted on 03. Dec, 2009 by planetMitch.

Friend of planet5D @rodneykiwi (Rodney Charters – DP of the TV show “24″) posted a sample image from 3 of Canon’s top hybrid DSLRs – the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, the Canon EOS 7D and the new (pre-release) Canon EOS-1D MKIV. Rodney took one photo with all 3 to give us an idea of [...]

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planet5D Holiday Charity Drive Dec 1-15

Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by planetMitch.

UPDATE 12/16 Final tally $823!!! THANK YOU!
Please let your friends/family know – they can buy thru Amazon too and we’ll donate it – we hope as many people as possible buy their gifts for others thru us – it doesn’t cost you anything extra! Just pass them a link to Amazon (http://amazon.com/?&tag=saouri-20) or send them [...]

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Canon EOS-1D MKIV’s First Wedding!

Posted on 25. Nov, 2009 by planetMitch.

Canonrumors was our source for this, the first wedding shot on the currently unreleased Canon EOS-1D MKIV. Jeff Ascough was able to get his hands on a pre-release Canon EOS-1D MKIV and took it to a wedding he was shooting.

In his post, he’s able to give some great information about his experience and there are [...]

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Slightly off topic – the new iMacs – the speed will blow you away!

Posted on 24. Nov, 2009 by planetMitch.

Lots of you are mac fans and so am I – I love Apple products. This past week, I dove in and got the new 27″ iMac fully loaded – I got the top of the line with the Intel i7 quad core processor and let me tell you I’m ecstatic about it! Photography and [...]

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Confirmed – Canon EOS 7D can produce ghosts

Posted on 29. Oct, 2009 by planetMitch.

Nope, not a Halloween joke, Canon has confirmed a glitch in the rapid firing of the Canon EOS 7D which may produce ghosting (a residual image from a previous image). We first saw this on canonrumors a few days ago. A bit easier to show an example than to explain…

From this post on DPReview where [...]

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Nikon announces the D3S – the “ultimate” camera for news, sports and wildlife

Posted on 14. Oct, 2009 by planetMitch.

Ok, those are their words about the new Nikon D3S not mine… from the DPReview page: “Nikon today announces the introduction of the D3S, the camera that enables professionals to take control of the unpredictable and extends the possibilities for action photographers everywhere. Built upon the widely acclaimed Nikon D3, the D3S advances low light [...]

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