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Stunning Cloud Fly Thru – creating motion from still photos

Posted on 27. Apr, 2012 by planetMitch.

Last year, Jeff Farmer from XNcreative.com sent us an amazing tutorial we called “Incredible “3D” motion from Canon Rebel T2i/550D stills” and he’s just sent us another stills-to-motion tutorial showing how they’ve created a video fly thru of clouds that were shot on a Canon Rebel T2i/550D. It looks simple, but I’m sure there’s a [...]

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A Canon Rebel T2i/550D short born from constraints – “The Camera”

Posted on 27. Apr, 2012 by planetMitch.

We discussed this wonderful Canon Rebel T2i/550D short on the Digital Convergence Podcast yesterday (episode “IMAGINE – CREATIVITY ON A BUDGET“) because it was born from ‘constraints’ and I wanted to share it with all of our planet5D readers who haven’t seen “The Camera”. We’ve talked a lot lately about the expensive cameras, but we [...]

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rgrain – add grain to your film with these new texture clips

Posted on 23. Feb, 2012 by planetMitch.

We talk a lot about the noise and grain in video and stills – but sometimes you want to add grain texture to your film – so how do you do that? rgrain has come out with a new set of inexpensive clips you can add to your project with any editor and for clips [...]

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Music video shot at 2.5x normal speed for impact

Posted on 11. Feb, 2012 by Maddie.

Another interesting video sent in some time ago… Sorry Levi! My name is Levi Bethune. I recently directed a music video for Over The Ocean, who recently signed with Spartan records and released their debut album a couple weeks ago. I shot the entire video with only a gas budget and three days. Mostly shot [...]

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“Nightscapes” – creating a timelapse film on a minimal budget

Posted on 06. Feb, 2012 by planetMitch.

For those of you looking to learn something about timelapse there are more and more resources going up on the web, but you’ll want to visit Daniel Freytag’s blog where he has this guest post from Phil Arntz about how he made an awesome ‘nighttime’ timelapse. Phil shot this timelapse on a Canon Rebel T2i/550D! [...]

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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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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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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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gps4cam for Android released – geotag your DSLR photos on you phone

Posted on 29. Sep, 2011 by planetMitch.

Back in June, we told you about the great little iPhone app called GPS4cam – allowing you to use the gps unit in your iPhone to generate geotag data for your DSLR camera – well, now they’ve released the Android version so those of you who have been dying to get it can now jump [...]

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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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Angry about FCPX? Then help fund a collaborative video editor – Novacut

Posted on 19. Jul, 2011 by planetMitch.

If you’re angry about Final Cut Pro X, then put your money where your mouth is and help fund a new collaborative video editor (called Novacut Pro) specifically designed for the HDSLR enthusiast. This is a kickstarter project that you can help fund here. Overview Why HDSLR? (from the project at kickstarter) Initially we’re only [...]