Hands-On Review: the Canon EOS Rebel SL1
Posted on 06. May, 2013 by Keith Alvendia.
The good folks at B&H have put together this report on the Canon EOS Rebel SL1 if you’re interested in this new “small” DSLR video camera. Getting Up Close with the Canon EOS Rebel SL1 The main appeal of the Canon EOS Rebel SL1 is its size. At first glance, it looks like any number [...]
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Win a Canon EOS 6D or Nikon D600 from B&H and planet5D!
Posted on 06. May, 2013 by planetmitch.
Win a Canon EOS 6D or Nikon D600 from B&H Photo/Video! or A Bolt Pro or a Cube from Teradek We’re giving away! Over $9,000 in prizes! including: 7 Microphones from RØDE! A rig and follow focus from ikan and much more! Yes! Today we’re launching this major giveaway here on planet5D! See the [...]
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Is Georgia the next Hollywood? Pinewood announces new studios in Georgia
Posted on 03. May, 2013 by planetmitch.
This story in the Washington Post (British film company, Pinewood Shepperton, announces 1st US studio facility with site in Ga.) puts Georgia on the map for filmmakers. We’ve heard that Georgia has been not-so-quietly trying to attract more filmmakers for quite a while, and this story also mentions another major project that we didn’t see [...]
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LensProToGo Gear Sale
Posted on 03. May, 2013 by Keith Alvendia.
Every year, our friends at LensProToGo sell off some of their used gear and they’ve got some great deals going on right now if you don’t mind that others have used the gear first. LensProToGo Gear Sale Looking for a some new toys? LensProToGo is having a used gear sale. Use code ‘SPRINGCLEANING’ to get [...]
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planet5D special discount! Syl Arena’s Speedliter’s Intensive tour of the US!
Posted on 03. May, 2013 by planetmitch.
Syl Arena is a specialist – he knows the Canon Speedlights like no other person I know! He’s got a great book called “Speedliter’s Handbook: Learning to Craft Light with Canon Speedlites” — you can read my review here: “Speedliter’s Handbook” – I HATE this book! You should buy it!“. I met Syl several years [...]
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Shane Hurlbut on Selecting Cameras for Need for Speed
Posted on 02. May, 2013 by Keith Alvendia.
I posted this the other day on the planet5D HDSLRScoopNews page – but I really wanted everyone to have a chance to hear it… you know if you’ve been reading this blog, that I really admire Shane and what he’s willing to share with everyone – he doesn’t hold anything back. Listen to Shane tell [...]
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Does the HDMI uncompressed video from Canon EOS 5D Mark III firmware look better?
Posted on 02. May, 2013 by planetmitch.
Our good friends over at LensProToGo have just put out a sample video showing the differences between the data written to the internal storage vs. the image written to the Atomos Ninja-2 via the HDMI out thanks to the new Canon EOS 5D Mark III firmware 1.2.1. The results are interesting and I’ll let you [...]
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NAB 2013 followup: Excellent interview with Rodney Charters, ASC
Posted on 01. May, 2013 by planetmitch.
This is an excellent interview with Rodney Charters, ASC, from our good friends at NextWaveDV from NAB 2013. For those of you who may not remember, Rodney was shooting the TV show “24″ and was using HDSRs for some experimentation on that and got very active in the HDSLR revolution. Since then, Rodney has moved [...]
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DSLR Pinhole Video? Is this something for your arsenal?
Posted on 01. May, 2013 by Keith Alvendia.
Well, it turns out that this past weekend (April 28th) was Pinhole photography day – I’ve been working on this story for a while, but you’d think I would have run into that date somewhere HA! There are literally thousands of different ways to shoot – and one of the earliest was shooting without a [...]
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Sony’s 2014 Alpha Lineup Expected To Outshine Nikon And Canon? [Rumor]
Posted on 01. May, 2013 by planetmitch.
Can anyone challenge Canon in the HDSLR market? Here’s an interesting rumor – something that many would love to see — for at least it could put the hurt on Canon and make them wake up and get more aggressive with their offerings… (anyone wonder what the heck is different with the Canon Rebel T5i [...]
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Start your downloads! EOS 5D Mark III Firmware Version 1.2.1 Available
Posted on 29. Apr, 2013 by planetmitch.
The Canon Australia site has the download for the long promised Canon EOS 5D Mark III firmware version 1.2.1 which includes the clean HDMI output. Many big thanks to “A Magpoc” who sent this in via the contact page We’ve had some reports already on this planet5D forum thread about the results since there was [...]
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DxOMark discovers Canon EOS 5D Mark III vs. Nikon D800 not so far apart after all!
Posted on 29. Apr, 2013 by planetmitch.
In an interesting turn, the DxO team looked at both the Canon EOS 5D Mark III and Nikon D800 cameras – and many have seen the report on the Nikon D800 saying it was about the best sensor on the market… well, it turns out they’ve looked at the two cameras with excellent lenses and [...]
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