Canon EOS 5D Mark II $400 Price reduction! Last chance?
Posted on 01. Oct, 2012 by planetmitch.
The Canon EOS 5D Mark II has a huge $400 price reduction right now – could this be your last chance to buy one? canonrumors.com is reporting that they think this is an attempt to clear out the remaining inventory 5D2s. The sites like B&H Photo and Adorama are reporting this is a $400 instant [...]
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II Shoots ParaNorman!
Posted on 01. Oct, 2012 by Maddie.
Canon sent us this info on how the Canon EOS 5D Mark II was used to shoot the stop-motion feature film out in theaters now called ParaNorman (imdb). This little tidbit of the story just blows me away… “It took us 86 weeks to shoot the principal photography,” noted John Ashlee Prat, one of five [...]
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Digital Convergence Episode 92: Lost Memories
Posted on 27. Sep, 2012 by planetmitch.
In episode 92 of the Digital Convergence Podcast, Chris Fenwick, planetMitch, Ron Dawson and I discuss the amazing new sci-fi movie Lost Memories, by filmmaker Francois Ferracci. The movie is about a couple in Paris. The man has the latest digital technology to capture his memories. The woman has nothing more than an old analog Polaroid camera. [...]
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daily planet5D – where have you been?
Posted on 27. Sep, 2012 by planetmitch.
In this episode, I talk about a whole lot of nothing quite honestly, i have not done an episode in about three weeks and this is just to get off the horse as they say or back on the horse? I’ve decided to record an episode and tell you little bit about what’s coming up [...]
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edelkrone has free shipping and 1 year protection plan offer thru Sept 30
Posted on 27. Sep, 2012 by planetmitch.
This is a short time offer – only a couple of more days – they’ve had this posted in their ad on our sidebar for a couple of days, but I thought this significant enough for some of you that you might want it slapped in your face (ha!) edelkrone free shipping and protection More [...]
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Michael Artsis HDSLR seminar coming October 27th
Posted on 27. Sep, 2012 by planetmitch.
Four time Emmy Award Winner Michael Artsis passed along a note that he’s doing an HDSLR seminar in New Jersey on October 27th and he’d love for you to attend and to suck all the knowledge he has out of his brain as well as the other speakers from his team. I met Michael this [...]
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Directing Actors For Indie Filmmakers – a free course on Oct 2nd
Posted on 27. Sep, 2012 by planetmitch.
Want to learn how to direct actors as an independent filmmaker? Barry Andersson and movieola are presenting this 90 minute free training session on how to create a better environment for your actors. Barry Andersson is an author, a teacher, and a writer for planet5D. We have also seen him as our director for “Incident [...]
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Lensbaby Ignites Creativity with Spark™ – a Fun & Affordable Selective Focus Lens
Posted on 26. Sep, 2012 by planetmitch.
Our friends over at Lensbaby have just announced the Spark – something they are calling a Fun and Affordable Selective Focus lens… I’ve used several of their lenses and they are indeed fun! They are great to use for special things – have a look again at our blog post about how we used it [...]
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Crumplepop fixes the fisheye effect of the GoPro camera
Posted on 25. Sep, 2012 by planetmitch.
Crumplepop fixes the fisheye effect of the goPro camera that I never really even worried about – but now that I see how they’ve fixed it, I’m eager to try this! I didn’t know what I was missing HA! Fisheye Fixer for GoPro® is a utility for correcting GoPro® fisheye distortion in FCP X. Just [...]
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Ron Howard talks about the HDSLR Revolution
Posted on 25. Sep, 2012 by planetmitch.
The other day, I found this video on USA today where Ron Howard is talking about all sorts of things about cameras including the HDSLR revolution and I knew you’d want to watch. When asked about switching from Film to HDSLRs, Ron said: “I think it is absolutely fantastic. I’m sure there is still a [...]
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LIFX: Light Bulb Reinvented – plus huge kickstarter policy change!
Posted on 23. Sep, 2012 by planetmitch.
Sent in by Khachik Mkrtchyan via twitter – and I have to agree, this might be a very interesting project for filmmakers and a cool light all by itself… @planetmitch It’s not made for filmmaking use but I see a big potential and creative use! Control lights by using an… kickstarter.com/projects/limem… — Khachik Mkrtchyan (@KMA_WWC) [...]
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The Blackmagic Cinema Camera vs Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Posted on 22. Sep, 2012 by planetmatt.
Blackmagic Cinema Camera vs Canon EOS 5D Mark III notes So much thanks to Marco Solorio and OneRiver Media for his detailed post comparing the cheaper Blackmagic Cinema Camera (BMCC home) ($3000) to the Canon EOS 5D Mark III ($3500). Please note that they had a lot of Vimeo trouble uploading the video and finally had to [...]
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