Top 10 Music Videos Shot on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Posted on 25. May, 2009 by planetmitch.
We’ve got so many videos we’ve collected that were filmed with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, we thought it time to start highlighting the top ones we’ve found. Today, we’re going to highlight music videos… the 5D mk ii seems very good to use for music videos – they’re certainly coming out of the [...]
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Second Canon EOS 5D Mark II hack! Audio Metering
Posted on 25. May, 2009 by planetmitch.
Yup, it has happened. The second hack for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II has been produced and demonstrated. Same author, different feature. This time, audio metering. Here’s the demo! 5D Mark Free audio meters from Trammell Hudson on Vimeo. Demo of the audio level meters in the 5D Mark Free (version 0.0.4). The audio [...]
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Yet another amazing timelapse done with Canon 5D Mark II
Posted on 24. May, 2009 by planetmitch.
Maybe I’m just too close to the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, but it seems to me that people are just constantly pushing the edge with this camera! The other day, I ran into this amazing timelapse done with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II… Death Cab for Cutie – Little Bribes from Ross Ching [...]
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Octopi Films announces new DSLRV rigs
Posted on 23. May, 2009 by planetmitch.
We’d like to welcome a new sponsor to planet5D, Octopi Films! They’ve got a new line of DSLR rigs that appear to be quite nice. Tracey gave us this bit of background on the company and the new rigs: “I started out a couple of years ago selling DIY 35mm adapters. After owning a couple [...]
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More on the DSLR Remote iPhone app
Posted on 23. May, 2009 by planetmitch.
Today, we found a new blog post from onOne software with a video explaining a bit more on how the software will work. And we note that it still isn’t approved in the app store yet. The video makes it much easier to understand what will be needed and how it will work. (Sorry, couldn’t [...]
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A bit of one of my fusion videos
Posted on 22. May, 2009 by planetmitch.
Ok, time for a little self indulgence… finally finished up a 15 minute movie for the local high school band. I’d like to share a little bit of that with y’all. A little background first… this segment is the bit with the Color Guard (what we used to call the “flag corps” in my days). [...]
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Is there a problem with the lens mount?
Posted on 22. May, 2009 by planetmitch.
Ok, I’ve ignored this issue for a few days wondering if it was really really isolated, and after a few days, more than a couple have reported this, so in order to investigate the issue, I’m reporting it. I don’t think it is something to start a panic over, but it seems that it should [...]
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Chris Milk shoots a great Canon EOS 5D Mark II video
Posted on 15. May, 2009 by planetmitch.
My backlog of amazing Canon EOS 5D Mark II videos is piling up… but I just found this one by the famous Chris Milk… and it just grabbed me and I had to share. Great story line, well executed with Lensbaby lenses, and just a beautiful quick story. Funny that the credits are longer than [...]
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A firmware hack for Canon 5D Mark II Audio Gain Control
Posted on 15. May, 2009 by planetmitch.
Our friends over at cinema5d have a thread announcing a successful hack for controlling the Audio Gain Control (AGC) chip! Have a tip, a video, or a Canon 5D2 product to announce? Give us a shout “————— Success! ————— As an early goal, I have disabled the AGC for on the AK4646 audio chip that [...]
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Canon 5D Mark II captures Shuttle and Hubble as they cross the sun
Posted on 15. May, 2009 by planetmitch.
Gizmodo first alerted us to this story. A very ingenious astrophotographer, Thierry Legault, has taken the first image of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Hubble Space Telescope as they transited the sun – and he used a Canon EOS 5D Mark II to make the image. As it turns out, he’s also famous for [...]
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Exclusive: Canon 5D Mark II begins filming full length feature
Posted on 13. May, 2009 by planetmitch.
The other day, we found a post on twitter announcing a new feature length movie that was about to begin shooting with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II by Mind Head Media. So we started digging a bit to see what we could find out. We found a blog post on their site with the [...]
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Rumor: Harry Potter film crew using 2 Canon 5D mk ii cameras with Panavision lenses
Posted on 12. May, 2009 by planetmitch.
Warning… pure rumor here… One source, (at this time I don’t have any confirmation so this is truly rumor!) is reporting that the crew working on the next Harry Potter movie has 2 Canon EOS 5D Mark II cameras on set for filming. And, they’re using Panavision lenses on the 5D2s. That doesn’t mean they’re [...]
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