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Sony announces new HDSLR A77 – Nikon announces more CoolPix
Posted on 24. Aug, 2011 by planetmitch.
In the “youNeverKnowForSure” category, Sony came thru this morning with their announcement of the new HDSLR – the A77 – and Nikon’s ‘big’ announcement turned out to be more CoolPix point and shoot cameras (tho NikonRumors says another PR is coming) – oh well! So let’s dive into the new Sony A77 (pre-order on amazon) [...]
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Is this the week of great new HDSLRs? Nikon and Sony poised to release new cameras
Posted on 23. Aug, 2011 by planetmitch.
We’ve been keeping our ears to the rails and it looks like things are really going to be hopping in the HDSLR world this week with new HDSLR cameras coming from not only Nikon (as we told you about last week) but Sony seems to be on the brink of not only one, but maybe [...]
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New accessories from 4DSLR – bokeh kit and h4n audio mic holder
Posted on 23. Aug, 2011 by planetmitch.
We’re always looking for new gear aren’t we? Here’s a new set of HDSLR accessories for a variety of needs – a Zoom H4n holder, a custom bokeh kit, and more from 4DSLR.com which is being offered by Brandan Fisher 4DSLR background 4DSLR started with my vision for the Zoom Cradle. I was on a [...]
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podcast #47 – surprise announcements and more from Zacuto’s Steve Weiss
Posted on 19. Aug, 2011 by planetmitch.
podcast #47 is now online and we had some surprise announcements and more from Zacuto’s Steve Weiss during the chat! Steve announced a new follow focus is coming as well as new products called the ‘pincher’ and the EVF Gorilla Plate Bracket and the Zwiss Cage. Quite the scoop for planet5D! NotesOnVideo was in the [...]
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Nikon rep: two DSLRs will be announced by the end of August – next week?
Posted on 19. Aug, 2011 by planetmitch.
We’re nearing the fall here in the northern hemisphere – a somewhat traditional time for camera announcements and there are big rumors of Nikon releasing something next week! Will Nikon release a Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) killer? As with Apple and Canon and Nikon, rumors fly but we don’t really have much good [...]
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LockCircle announces new F-Mount LockCircle for Nikon
Posted on 17. Aug, 2011 by planetmitch.
A few weeks ago, we announced the LockCircle EF body mount for Canon, and now, the LockCircle folks have released the Nikon version for the F-mount cameras. They’ve been selling like hotcakes from what I hear (the first EF mount run sold out completely) and the first run of the “F-Mount sold in 24 hours [...]
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edelkrone announces new HDSLR rigs, follow focus
Posted on 11. Aug, 2011 by planetmitch.
The folks at edelkrone® have sure made a splash in the short time they’ve been around and they’ve just announced a new line of rigs called the ‘modula’ as well as a new follow focus that looks pretty versatile. The new rig is called the modula one – they’ve got quite a bit of options [...]
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The YAD (YetAnotherDrobo) giveaway
Posted on 08. Aug, 2011 by planetmitch.
Yes! We’ve got another Drobo to give away!!! That makes 2 for the month of August! You can win one of two ways – this quick giveaway – or on the planet5D forums (see this post with info). This new giveaway is gonna be a quick one tho – only 7 days to enter and [...]
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August giveaway – Drobo #2
Posted on 05. Aug, 2011 by planetmitch.
We’re very pleased to be offering another great prize in our August giveaway – a Drobo 4-Bay! All of the instructions for entering are below – but here’s a pic of the Drobo boxes that arrived at my house the other day! Note: We have selected a winner for the July giveaway – but we [...]
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Ron Howard picks 8 photos that will inspire the HDSLR Project Imagin8ion
Posted on 05. Aug, 2011 by planetmitch.
Back in May, Canon announced “Project Imagin8ion” which would be shot by Ron Howard (see this announcement) and now, they’ve selected the 8 photographs that will inspire Ron and his daughter Bryce Dallas Howard who has been announced as the director of the project. As a reminder, this movie will be shot on Canon HDSLR [...]
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RigWheels SALE! Plus: Pelican Case Dolly / Slider with RigWheels
Posted on 03. Aug, 2011 by Maddie.
planet5D sponsor RigWheels has a couple of updates for you – first off, they’re having a SALE until August 8th! Also, they’ve put together this demo of the RigWheels on a Pelican case. The Sale The Pelican Case demo In this video we demonstrate how to build a great little dolly / slider using a [...]
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The Making of a LockCircle billett aluminum camera body cap
Posted on 03. Aug, 2011 by planetmitch.
There certainly was a lot of discussion on the blog post where we announced the new LockCircle camera body cap – and tho I doubt it will convince anyone that didn’t like the idea to buy, we present the ‘making of’ video. Make your own decisions, but to me, it looks like it fills a [...]
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