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Alice and the Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Posted on 18. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

Everyone knows “Alice in Wonderland” right? Well, you’ve not seen it done quite like this before! Shot on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II, this 15 minute short is quite an achievement. You can learn more about this movie at AliceAndTheWhiteHair.com

From the movie’s Cinematographer David Myrick comes this writeup:
“Lewis Carroll’s timeless novel “Alice’s Adventures [...]

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Behind the TV – in the control room with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

Here’s a fascinating behind the scenes look at the NBC Winter Olympics that was shot on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. We contacted Robert Coon who made the movie and he’s provided us with some insight!

“For the month of February I was part of a team hired by NBC to handle the post [...]

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The first Canon EOS 5D Mark II native 24fps movies

Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

Philip Bloom has announced that several of his recent movies have been done on the new Canon EOS 5D Mark II firmware version 2.0.3 that includes the native 24fps frame rate.
I urge you to download each of these in full size as well to see their full beauty… you can get a free membership on [...]

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Rodney Charters and Snehal Patel talk about using Canon EOS 5D Mark IIs

Posted on 13. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

Digital Photo Pro did a profile on director Snehal Patel and cinematographer Rodney Charters doing work on a short epic film “Indian Gangster” with Canon EOS 5D Mark IIs. You can see the results of their work on the trailer for the film at their website indiangangster.com.

From the introduction of the article… “In this article, [...]

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“Why We Fight” – an amazing Canon EOS 5D Mark II Special Forces movie

Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

Tyler Ginter (@tylerginter) has sent us his blog post about the new Special Forces movie “Why We Fight” – which was filmed entirely on Canon EOS 5D Mark II cameras. You have simply got to take a few minutes to watch this!

From Tyler’s blog post: ““Why We Fight” contains never before Released footage of the [...]

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“City of Lakes” – amazing wedding movie filmed with Canon HDSLRs

Posted on 06. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

You’ve got to watch this trailer – really – I insist. I’ve not seen a wedding filmed with five Canon 7Ds and two 5D Mark IIs quite like this before! The scale of this film is amazing.

From the Pacific Pictures blog: “There are so many ways to tell a story… And so much a marriage [...]

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Stu Maschwitz on shooting 24P

Posted on 06. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

Someone forwarded this on twitter (sorry don’t recall who), and it is a must see video if you’re learning how to make movies.

From the MacVideo site: “In this, Part 2 of the MacVideo interview with Stu Maschwitz, he tells why shooting and replay at 24 frames per second is so important to the filmmaker..
Stu Maschwitz [...]

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Ron Howard using Canon Hybrid DSLRs

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by planetMitch.

Earlier today, we got this alert from one of our loyal readers (thanks @eplatero) and several others have pointed it out as well – but the alert is that Ron Howard (imdb profile – famous director and TV star) has been spotted using either a Canon EOS 5D Mark II or a Canon EOS 7D [...]

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First production Canon Rebel T2i/550D movies and reaction

Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.

Late yesterday, amongst the news of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II firmware, friend of planet5D Dan Chung @dslrinformer posted his first Canon Rebel T2i/550D video. Dan’s been right there in front of each of the 4 Canon HDSLR cameras (see the other posts we’ve highlighted) and has always been one of the first (if [...]

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Sea by Philip Bloom – a Canon EOS 5D Mark II movie

Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.

We added this to planet5D Cinema right before bedtime last night, but since we know not every one of you is visiting over there every day (yet – but we know you will ), we thought you needed to see this. It is important.

Philip was already a master filmmaker, but this one is just WOW [...]

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The world’s first 35mm ENG Camera – a Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Sony mashup

Posted on 21. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.

Boy, I’m sorry to report I’m way behind on this one – I just found it and others reported it last fall… a Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Sony Betacam mashup. I sort of actually remember maybe seeing a still image of this and thinking it was just a joke, but I was wrong [...]

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The Bridge – Prologue

Posted on 16. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.

This morning, I saw this amazing Canon EOS 5D Mark II/7D movie that is in work on vimeo and had to show it to you. I also wrote to Marlon Torres who is making the movie. He was gracious enough to send us a bunch of information. We’ll also post over on planet5D cinema. You [...]

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Canon EOS 7D and 5D Mark II used on TV Show “Numb3rs”

Posted on 15. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.

Ryan Hinman (friend of planet5D) sent us a note the other day about a couple of videos posted on youtube by Stephen Gyllenhaal (imdb profile) – a Director for the TV show “Numb3rs”. Stephen has been posting some “behind the scenes” videos on his blog and there’s some good info there if you’re a fan [...]

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Recording audio with your video DSLR, Part I

Posted on 14. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.

Friend of planet5D Juan Pons (Wild Nature Photography) sent in this article he’s written on recording audio with your HDSLR.

” I have talked to many folks about how to best record sound when shooting with a Video DSLR, and have experimented quite a bit as well. In this article I will share with you the [...]

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Shooting F-16 Fighter Pilots with the 1D Mark IV and 5D Mark II

Posted on 11. Feb, 2010 by planetMitch.

I found this earlier today and had to show off Tyler Stableford’s work… Shooting F-16 Fighter Pilots with the 1D Mark IV and 5D Mark II

In November Tyler Stableford had the assignment of a lifetime, flying with F-16 fighter pilots of the 120th Fighter Squadron at Colorado’s Buckley Air Force Base, for an upcoming feature [...]

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