Controversial Canon HDSLR news video of the Japan tsunami from Dan Chung
Posted on 14. Mar, 2011 by planetMitch.
Should cinematic techniques be included in news coverage? The guardian.co.uk has Dan Chung in Japan covering the earthquake and tsunami and he’s using the Canon HDSLRs (I think he has a Canon EOS 5D Mark II with him but I don’t have confirmation). Dan posted one of their news videos on vimeo and it has [...]
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Easy conversion of your old 8mm film to digital with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Posted on 14. Mar, 2011 by planetMitch.
James Miller sent us his “quick guide on how to get 8mm footage direct to sensor on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II” which is pretty cool if you’ve got a bunch of old 8mm films (maybe old family movies) that you’d like to convert to digital without paying an arm and a leg. Transfer [...]
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using an iPad to wirelessly edit photos in Adobe’s LightRoom
Posted on 14. Mar, 2011 by planetMitch.
Sara Collaton pointed to this cool $10 iPad application called LRPAD for adjusting photos in Adobe’s Lightroom wirelessly from an Apple iPad – darn amazing! Wish there was a version for Aperture! Description LRPAD connects to Lightroom 3 over Wi-Fi, and it enables you to adjust different develop settings using multitouch controls. You can even [...]
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planet5D considering a weekly live HDSLR video show… what day of the week?
Posted on 13. Mar, 2011 by planetMitch.
Hey gals and guys – we had a lot of fun on the last couple of live interviews and we’ve been discussing doing a regular series of weekly conversations and we’re asking for your input on which day of the week we should try it… I posted this on twitter yesterday and I’m surprised that [...]
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Majorca HDSLR/AF101 Masterclass with Nino, Sebastian, and Philip
Posted on 13. Mar, 2011 by planetMitch.
If you’re looking to learn about HDSLR filmmaking, it looks like Sebastian Wiegärtner and Nino Leitner have added Philip Bloom this year to put on the Majorca HDSLR/AF101 Masterclass! And since Europe is grossly underrepresented most of the time, it is a good thing these guys are setting this training up! And please don’t forget [...]
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Canon joins Thunderbolt initiative! Faster file transfers in our HDSLR future?
Posted on 11. Mar, 2011 by planetMitch.
This is a developing story that will unfold over the next year or more, Intel announced late yesterday that Canon has joined the Thunderbolt technology wave… however, we have no idea yet how they’re going to be using it… does it only apply to video recorders or will it be applicable to the HDSLR market? [...]
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“Fight the Foot” a viral HDSLR Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan film (updated)
Posted on 10. Mar, 2011 by planetMitch.
Last week, we stumbled into a report that this pretty cool Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan film called “Fight the Foot” was shot on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) so we went digging for info and have in fact talked with the moviemaker Richard Krause and he’s confirmed it. UPDATE: see below – [...]
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Canon and Apple working together on a secret project?
Posted on 10. Mar, 2011 by planetMitch.
This story of Canon and Apple possibly collaborating on a secret project is getting some big hitter coverage – first reported by canonrumors.com and it is now spreading like wildfire and has made it to gizmodo. Our take is that anything is possible, but the info is too sketchy to dig much facts out of… [...]
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@stillmotion ‘discover’ short contest – view the first entries
Posted on 09. Mar, 2011 by planetMitch.
@stillmotion’s patrick has posted the first group of entries in the ‘discover’ short film contest – you can view them on the stillmotion page and vote for your favorite. There were so many entries, they’re breaking them into 3 groups for voting this time. Discussion of the entries is happening over on the planet5D forums [...]
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Gale Tattersall – HOUSE DP live conversation on planet5D! March 26
Posted on 09. Mar, 2011 by planetMitch.
Most of you know Gale Tattersall (DP of the #1 rated FOX TV show “HOUSE”) by now, but maybe you haven’t had a chance to really hear from him and get to know him – we have your chance coming Saturday March 26th at 10am PST (1pm EST and this is great for folks in [...]
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The RØDE Podcaster USB Dynamic Microphone
Posted on 09. Mar, 2011 by planetMitch.
Many of you may have noticed I have a new Rode Podcaster USB Dynamic Microphone that I’m using for my podcasts – it was sent to us by Scott Emerton of RØDE – who also make the RØDE VideoMic Pro. We’ve been looking for a good external mic to improve the audio of our podcasts [...]
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