planet5D added to the Alltop photography collection!
Posted on 12. May, 2009 by planetmitch.
Good news comes to us today. We’ve been added to the Alltop photography collection! That’s pretty cool. Not bad for a Canon EOS 5D mk ii blog that just started 6 months ago. It is so great to be recognized as one of the top photography blogs! Traffic to the planet5D sites has been increasing [...]
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Beachtek announces the DXA-5D XLR adapter for the Canon 5D MKII !
Posted on 10. May, 2009 by planetmitch.
Beachtek announces the DXA-5D XLR adapter for the Canon 5D MKII! This too is slightly old news, but important none the less. Especially for anyone wanting to do professional audio with the Canon 5D mk ii. “If you’ve been following the maturation of the Canon 5D MKII as an HD video capture device, then you’ve [...]
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Software updates for PocketWizard fix Canon 5D mk ii issues
Posted on 10. May, 2009 by planetmitch.
Yep, I admit it, way behind on news. Sorry! This was announced in several places, but Rob Galbraith’s story, “Supercharged High Speed Sync, improved EOS 5D Mark II support in new firmware for PocketWizard MiniTT1, FlexTT5 ” covers it best. Not only is there discussion of the changes, but he includes several videos showing the [...]
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Help needed – is Canon 5D mk ii video “marginal at best”?
Posted on 05. May, 2009 by planetmitch.
Hey everyone… I need some help. I ran into this blog yesterday talking about the video on the Canon 5D mk ii… “Sadly, here’s the thing. The video is marginal at best. It’s compressed like crazy. HD? Not even close. It’s perfect if you don’t want to do anything other than produce moving images for [...]
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Canon USA Rebates are live!
Posted on 03. May, 2009 by planetmitch.
As we mentioned the other day, Canon has announced spring 2009 rebates for the folks in the USA. And to make sure you see it, we set up a page that is visible in the header (ya, up there in the black ^). These are “instant rebates” – meaning the price should be lowered in [...]
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Last few days to enter contest!
Posted on 01. May, 2009 by planetmitch.
The contest! Elite Video graciously agreed to let planet5D give away this copy of “Canon 5D Mark II Made Easy” and we’re going to do that in a simple way… all you have to do is to visit the planet5D forums and make at least one post. That’s pretty easy. We’ll randomly select one person [...]
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Canon USA Rebates start Sunday
Posted on 01. May, 2009 by planetmitch.
In the ‘rumor’ category (tho many indicate it is most likely true), Canon USA is doing May rebates. The funny thing is that some of the body information is shown twice – the kits and then a lens, when if you look at most of the vendors, the kit already comes with that lens… so [...]
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Confirmation of firmware patches coming?
Posted on 28. Apr, 2009 by planetmitch.
As we pointed out in the post a few minutes ago about the Ghost Whisperer on CBS, there was an interview done with Tim Smith from Canon at the NAB conference last week. In the video, Tim makes several interesting points. Have a tip, a video, or a Canon 5D2 product to announce? Give us [...]
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CBS’ Ghost Whisperer webisodes filmed on Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Posted on 28. Apr, 2009 by planetmitch.
Yes it is true, webisodes of the show Ghost Whisperer have been filmed with the Canon 5D mk ii. Ok, they aren’t the versions of the TV show that everyone sees over the broadcast airwaves, but they’re cool none the less. And it is impressive that a big name like CBS would go with video [...]
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Music Video filmed with Canon 5D Mark II and Panavision movie lens
Posted on 27. Apr, 2009 by planetmitch.
Last week, we posted about an image we found out on the net where someone had attached a Panavision movie lens to the Canon EOS 5D mk ii.Well today, we’re happy to have some information directly from the owner of that lens. Axel contacted us to let us know of his new music video that [...]
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Amazing ‘Fusion’ wedding video-completed before the reception!
Posted on 27. Apr, 2009 by planetmitch.
I don’t think you can do it much faster than this… the video and stills were recorded on a Canon 5D mk ii (and a Canon HV20 on the steadycam shots) during the wedding ceremony, and then the movie was prepared and presented to the entire wedding party at the reception! Amazing. Make sure to [...]
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New T1i/500D user videos
Posted on 27. Apr, 2009 by planetmitch.
We thought we’d just share in case some of you are interested… we’ve started finding videos from the Canon T1i/500D and we’ve posted about it on our sister blog. FYI – we’re pretty pleased with what we’re seeing out of the 720 videos, but the 1080 is showing a good bit of jelly. Have a [...]
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