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“The Battle at F-Stop Ridge” – funny battle of the camera brands
Posted on 24. May, 2011 by planetMitch.
The Battle at F-Stop Ridge is a fun little short about the craziness of the different DSLR camps… Shot by Jordan Drake from The Camera Store (a camera shop in Canada), it comes with a making of post as well. This came in from a couple of sources – Matt Palmer and Jeff Farmer both [...]
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HDSLR music video from Norway with a message
Posted on 20. May, 2011 by planetMitch.
Shocking I know! A music video with a positive message… (and a nice song to go with it). Constantly on the lookout for unique and interesting HDSLR videos, we were sent this one from Norway – Egil Pedersen directed this music video for the band “Ruggged Wilderness & Mountain Man No More” (how’s that for [...]
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Canon issues minor Canon Rebel T3i/600D firmware update
Posted on 18. May, 2011 by planetMitch.
Canon has issued a minor fix to the Canon Rebel T3i/600D firmware… read about it below Here’s the Canon link Issue: We have found the following 2 phenomena in cameras with firmware version 1.0.0. The feature guide description of the digital zoom function for movie-shooting that appears on the camera’s LCD monitor needed carification. In [...]
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Cineroid Electronic Viewfinders at NAB 2011
Posted on 16. May, 2011 by planetMitch.
Yep, dug one more video out of the treasure troves from NAB 2011 – one I almost forgot – Cineroid electronic viewfinders! We did manage a few minutes to talk with Joseph from Cineroid about their Electronic Viewfinders for HDSLRs and video cameras. The report For feedburner daily email readers: watch the video (note: feedburner [...]
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Comment Thanks
Posted on 12. May, 2011 by planetMitch.
Thank you for taking the time to make your first comment on planet5D! (First time comments are moderated to catch the nasties – but if your post is approved, after that there won’t be any delay) Email Subscription If you haven’t already signed up, I urge you to subscribe to our daily email (it will [...]
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Spectacular! “Tahiti – Ocean Voyage” – a Canon EOS 5D Mark II video
Posted on 10. May, 2011 by planetMitch.
This spectacular Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) video called “Tahiti – Ocean Voyage” popped up today and I wanted you to see it! Normally we’re posting most new really good videos on planet5D Cinema (usually 1 per day) but this one is just very beautiful and I wanted to share quickly (I’ll post it [...]
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A review of the SmallHD DP6
Posted on 10. May, 2011 by planetMitch.
A new guest post from Craig Anderl (IMDB profile) who provides a review of the SmallHD DP6 – and look for more from Craig here in the future (posting as planetCraig). I asked Craig for a short bit on what he’s working on now… “I’m working on different projects, chiefly with director Michael Rymer, shooting [...]
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UPDATED: Manfrotto at NAB 2011 – new video/photo head! Podcast #40
Posted on 05. May, 2011 by planetMitch.
While wandering the show floor at NAB, I of course stopped in to see what was up at the Manfrotto booth – as I love my Manfrotto 685B monopod – wanting to see what was new and BAM! I found this new gem – a head that is built for BOTH stills and video! Introducing [...]
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Carl Zeiss at NAB 2011 – podcast #39
Posted on 04. May, 2011 by planetMitch.
podcast #39 Zeiss at NAB 2011 – our friend Richard Schleuning from Carl Zeiss gives a quick run down of the new DLSR lenses and the new cinema kit for HDSLRs. (Yes, I’m still trying to get our podcasts from NAB out – sorry!). After turning off the camera, Richard told me a bit of [...]
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III prototypes out in the wild?
Posted on 03. May, 2011 by planetMitch.
canonrumors.com is reporting that they’re hearing there are Canon EOS 5D Mark III prototypes out amongst the world’s great photographers. This is quite likely – but doesn’t necessarily mean the 5D3 is right around the corner… I wouldn’t get your hopes up. It is part of their normal process! Normally we don’t publish stories that [...]
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a ‘simple’ stillmotion short film contest – win prizes!
Posted on 20. Apr, 2011 by planetMitch.
continuing the planet5D and stillmotion partnership, stillmotion has announced the next theme in the short film contest – “simple”. This is something they’ve been doing for a while and we’re going to be working together to not only promote the contest, but planet5D will host the discussion about the videos while stillmotion will host the [...]













