Exclusive – “Lonely Girl” Music Video Filmed with Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 by planetmitch.
Snooping around the other day, I stumbled into this cool new music video filmed with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. “Lonely Girl” is the new single from Oceanlab and includes actors model Jacqueline Lord and actor Scott Elrod. The description on Youtube includes this “The single coincides with the release of OceanLab ‘Sirens Of [...]
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“Magic Lantern” – firmware hack for Canon EOS 5D Mark II released as open platform
Posted on 22. Jun, 2009 by planetmitch.
Trammell Hudson has released the first “pre-release” firmware hack for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II as well as an informational wiki. Trammell has been making some significant progress – we’ve talked about earlier success with the zebra stripes for over exposure and the audio gain control. The wiki states that this “Magic Lantern is [...]
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500 pictures in 3 minutes – a Canon EOS 5D & Mk II stills movie
Posted on 20. Jun, 2009 by planetmitch.
Lately, we seem to be focusing (no camera pun intended) on the video aspects of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. We have talked a little about the stills side (with the ‘focus‘ post) but we don’t want to forget that the 5D mk ii is one heck of a still camera! We’ve been in [...]
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“A man and his dog” a Canon EOS 5D Mark II mini-movie
Posted on 19. Jun, 2009 by planetmitch.
Friend of planet5D, Michelle Ganter (@loonachic on twitter) submitted her new Canon EOS 5D Mark II video and we think it’s the bees knees! a man and his dog from Loonachic on Vimeo. I had some video, but nothing to go with it so I asked my husband Mark to write a story for the [...]
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“The Trainer” – a new Canon EOS 5D Mark II mini-movie
Posted on 17. Jun, 2009 by planetmitch.
New from the Canon Australia site – a mini movie completely shot on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II by Clayton Jacobson. The Trainer – About the Director, Clayton Jacobson Graduating from Australia’s prestigious Swinburne Film & TV School in the mid 80’s Clayton collaborated with established industry luminaries such as Jane Campion (the Piano) [...]
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More amazing wedding and engagement fusion with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Posted on 17. Jun, 2009 by planetmitch.
We continue to find some wonderful Wedding and Engagement videos made with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II! It is almost too hard to pick which ones to show y’all. The creativity is just oozing from these. Following up from our posts on senior fusion and this amazing engagement fusion video, we had to show [...]
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And now for something completely different – a ‘Holga’ Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Posted on 14. Jun, 2009 by planetmitch.
Giving a tip of the hat to Monty Python… “And now for something completely different” – a Canon EOS 5D Mark II with a Holga lens! It is an interesting idea to combine one of the best (and largest) sensors on the market with an inexpensive plastic lens, but that’s what makes life interesting right? [...]
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Does the Canon EOS 5D Mark II do documentaries? Yup!
Posted on 14. Jun, 2009 by planetmitch.
We’ve found a couple of documentaries lately that are being filmed with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, and it is doing quite the job with some amazing results. Have a hot 5D mk ii tip, a video, or a 5D2 product to announce? Give us a shout The first was submitted by another planet5D [...]
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Does the Canon EOS 5D Mark II do ‘art’?
Posted on 14. Jun, 2009 by planetmitch.
Trying to process thru some of your wonderful submissions to planet5D. This morning I went back thru some of the stuff that you wonderful people have been sending in to us for review. This Canon EOS 5D Mark II movie submitted by Alicendre is very artistic and really opens your mind to the different possibilities [...]
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planet5D Buyer’s Guide Brings You Just About Everything
Posted on 13. Jun, 2009 by planetmitch.
Many of you are still out there looking for Canon EOS 5D Mark II cameras (just where the kits are nobody knows!) and accessories as well as new versions of software and hardware. We’ve had our Buyer’s Guide available for a while, but it was mainly highlighting just Canon EOS 5D Mark II bodies that [...]
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Ralph Lauren promotional video made with Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Posted on 12. Jun, 2009 by planetmitch.
We found this Ralph Lauren promotional video made with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II the other day on vimeo posted by Camille Marotte and asked for a little background information – of course we were wondering if this was an ‘official’ Ralph Lauren commercial. Here’s what we found: “Well, the Ralph Lauren vid has been done for the [...]
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Tiltshift + Timelapse + Canon EOS 5D Mark II = miniature magic
Posted on 12. Jun, 2009 by planetmitch.
I’m sure many of you have noticed a trend, tiltshift lenses and timelapse movies making things look minature is hot. Ok, you don’t have to have a Canon EOS 5D Mark II to make a cool timelapse miniature movie, but it helps. This first one is “hot” on the twitter/youtube scale. I’m showing it from [...]



















