Canon announces EOS 500D/Rebel T1i
Posted on 25. Mar, 2009 by planetmitch.
Update: planet5D will be expanding to cover this wonderful new camera. We’ve opened a new blog and wiki at planetT1i.com and planet500D.com (both URLs go to the same location). As expected, Canon has announced a new consumer digital SLR (dSLR) in the “Rebel” line, the T1i. Continuing with the naming conventions of previous cameras like [...]
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Canon LP-E6 batteries available (USA)
Posted on 24. Mar, 2009 by planetmitch.
UPDATE – SOLD OUT! Hey y’all – i know many of you are hunting and hunting for batteries for your 5D mk ii. Well i can finally announce that my friend Barry over at CameraLensRentals.com in Indiana has 30 batteries that will be arriving at his shop this week! Note: he’s charging (pun intended) $77.95 [...]
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Rumor: 500D tomorrow?
Posted on 24. Mar, 2009 by planetmitch.
Following up on an earlier post about this rumor, we see that CanonRumors has posted a follow up – which points to this website (translated to english). Can it be possible that this Rebel will have an articulated LCD? There have been rumors of such and I suspect that this is a mockup Note: this [...]
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A batch of 5D2 reviews
Posted on 23. Mar, 2009 by planetmitch.
I’ve been holding on to a couple of reviews so I could put them all together. First, a Negative review: Initial impression of the new Canon 5D Mark II – Disappointment “Everyone knows I’m a Canon loyalist, and today I had the pleasure of trying out their new 5D Mark II. One word should sum [...]
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Spring Flowers
Posted on 23. Mar, 2009 by planetmitch.
Ok, every now and then I’m gonna do some self indulgence. I get to do that every now and then right? Yesterday, during the golden hour, I went out and took some pix of the Bradford Pear tree in our front yard. I think they turned out very well (if I do say so myself). [...]
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NeoScene update for 29.97
Posted on 21. Mar, 2009 by planetmitch.
NeoScene has announced their tool now handles the 5D mk ii video properly at 29.97 frames per second… From their post on dvinfo.net: “Weekend Beta of NeoScene 1.1.3 We finally found out what was going wrong with clash between Nero 7 and NeoScene, so we here is the beta that addresses that. The second big [...]
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Availability updates
Posted on 21. Mar, 2009 by planetmitch.
In moving to the new blog, I’ve just realized that many of you may be missing out on the updates on who has bodies and kits available etc. So, I’m looking into adding an email alert feature since I’m sure not all of our readers are following us on twitter. In the mean time, here’s [...]
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Are your videos steady?
Posted on 21. Mar, 2009 by planetmitch.
I’ve been paying a bit of attention lately to video stability… both from the 5D mk ii and in professionally done movies. Stability is all over the place! And, a lot of it is style. Turns out, you can do just about anything you want, but you have to at least pay attention to it. [...]
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Some amazing 5D mk ii nature videos
Posted on 19. Mar, 2009 by planetmitch.
Ok, we just can’t stop with these videos! The list of videos we’d like to post but haven’t yet gotten around to is about 30 items in length. But these were so good, we couldn’t wait. This particular post is all about nature. We highlighted Michael Fletcher’s videos a few days ago, but we’ve found [...]
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Does the 5D mk ii do weddings?
Posted on 19. Mar, 2009 by planetmitch.
Of course the still side of the 5D mk ii will work for weddings, but what about Video? This video has gotten some ‘air play’ on the threads around the world… but tho it is entitled the “first” wedding video, I don’t believe it was really first. But here you go, it is well done [...]
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Can the original 5D do video?
Posted on 19. Mar, 2009 by planetmitch.
Ok, guess that’s a trick question… of course it can’t. However, people can still make videos with it if they do time-lapse! Stumbled into these guys (Atelier Tranfert) who are making advertisements with the original canon 5d. Email Center Pro from Atelier Transfert on Vimeo. This is a stop motion animation video that we made [...]
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You mean the 5D2 shoots stills?
Posted on 19. Mar, 2009 by planetmitch.
I know… it seems like I’m so totally enthralled with the 5D mk ii’s video capabilities due to all the posts about it and all the videos… well, I know the 5D mk ii does stills too! It seems there were a lot of tweets overnight about stills and so why not highlight some of [...]
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