Tag Archives: 5D2
The story behind SmallHD plus a bonus! SmallHD AC7 Field Monitor Review and a DISCOUNT
Posted on 12. Feb, 2013 by planetmitch.
Julien Lasseur (IMDB) (our DP for “Incident on Marmont Avenue”) from the Hurlbut Visuals team made this great little video with the back story of the launching of the SmallHD company – including the amazing tale of their victory in the Doritos Super Bowl contest (which of course we covered back in the day). SmallHD [...]
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“Act of Valor” – Leap of Faith
Posted on 23. Feb, 2012 by planetmitch.
In our continuing coverage of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II superstar movie “Act of Valor” we present an article written for MovieMaker magazine by Hamish McCollester. We’re posting with MovieMaker’s permission – thanks guys! See Act of Valor and hear from Shane and filmmakers Feb 25th ACT OF VALOR LEAP OF FAITH Shane Hurlbut, [...]
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Act of Valor: Reinventing the Action Genre by Shane Hurlbut
Posted on 22. Feb, 2012 by planetmitch.
If you haven’t gathered, I consider “Act of Valor” an incredible achievement and very significant for the HDSLR movement – and so we’ll be covering it a bit in the next few days. I mentioned before that I’m flying out to LA to be with Shane and to see the movie and then watch a [...]
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See Act of Valor and hear from Shane and filmmakers Feb 25th
Posted on 16. Feb, 2012 by planetmitch.
Update: Please click to tweet this about this movie! You may not live in the LA area, but some of your followers may be – it will help to get the word out – thank you! See @ActOfValorFilm & special Q&A with filmmakers – 2/25 at 5:10pm at Regal LA LIVE bit.ly/w9bysN #ActOfValor (wrong link [...]
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“Act Of Valor” – filming with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II around LIVE ammo!
Posted on 28. Jan, 2012 by planetmitch.
If you’ve been following planet5D at all, you know I’m a huge fan of Shane Hurlbut and the Hurlbut Visuals team – and Shane tweeted this “Act of Valor” (IMDB) featurette this morning about shooting with LIVE AMMO, and if this doesn’t get your blood moving, I don’t know what will! If you haven’t heard, [...]
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III rumor roundup – eye focus? March? GPS? Megapixel race?
Posted on 23. Jan, 2012 by planetmitch.
Well, with all the rumor postings in the last week, I guess it is time to do a roundup of the Canon EOS 5D Mark III rumors… Summary of possibilites: GPS to be included? Sticking to 21 mp? March Announcement? Eye controlled focusing system? Links Here are the links to the rumors summarized below: EOS [...]
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“South West America” a majestic 5D2 film portrait by Michael Fletcher
Posted on 17. Jan, 2012 by planetmitch.
Last summer, my family toured the Southwest of the USA and had a blast and this morning Michael Fletcher sent us his latest movie about the same area and I fell in love all over again (with the southwest – not with Michael – tho is movies are amazing!). I’ve posted several of Michael’s movies [...]
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Rumors abound – is the 5D3 coming soon? plus canonrumors live on planet5D Oct 3rd
Posted on 28. Sep, 2011 by planetmitch.
Things are heating up in the camera world as the weather cools off in the northern hemisphere – and with Canon’s announcement of something major coming November 3rd, as well as another potential release on Oct 26 (see below), plus the recent patent finding for an aperture ring (again see more below), we thought it [...]
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Canon Rumors suggests no new DSLRs this year
Posted on 14. Sep, 2011 by planetmitch.
canonrumors.com posted on Sunday but we thought you’d want to know – we’re all dying to know what is coming from Canon and Nikon and others and some rumors have said we’d see a new Canon DSLR before the end of the year, yet CR is suggesting (see below) that there won’t be anything this [...]
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podcast #49 Kevin Shahinian now on the planet5D podcast page
Posted on 31. Aug, 2011 by planetmitch.
Kevin is a master wedding videographer who’s making some amazing movies from not only the weddings but the proposals and more… we talk about making movies, one man band movies and much more! The Podcast Of course, you can now see this on the new planet5D podcast section of the planet5D site with all of [...]
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Kevin Shahinian to be planet5D live guest Monday Sept 29
Posted on 25. Aug, 2011 by planetmitch.
Next on planet5D Live – on Monday August 29th – Kevin Shahinian! Please join us for this live conversation where you get to ask the questions. One subject we thought we’d talk about is “the rising demand for “preditors” (producers, directors, editors) – the ‘one-man-band’ in filmmaking” planet5D live with Kevin Shahinian Monday August 29th, [...]
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canonrumors.com reports Canon EOS 5D Mark III due in October 2011
Posted on 25. Aug, 2011 by planetmitch.
In this brief report, canonrumors is reporting they’ve heard the Canon EOS 5D Mark III may be announced as early as October – yes, this year. As with all rumors, we have to take this with a grain of salt… but we thought you should know of the rumor. the canonrumors report on the Canon [...]











