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Canon EOS 7D splendor and simplicity-a cell phone ad with wood
Posted on 05. Apr, 2011 by planetMitch.
Yes it is a commercial for a new cell phone – the Touch Wood SH-08C – but it is a very cool concept and it was shot on the Canon EOS 7D (reviews) (we verified with the videographer)! Conceived by Morihiro Harano of Drill inc. from Japan, the video simply shows a wooden ball rolling [...]
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Liberation ’44 – Shot on Canon 60D Makes final shortlist for national UK film competition
Posted on 04. Apr, 2011 by planetMitch.
We saw this great short the other day called “Liberation ’44″ and found out it was shot on Canon EOS 60D – and then come to find out it made it to the final shortlist for national UK film competition – have a watch and if you like it – please vote for it! Our [...]
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Dan Chung-conversation about the controversial Japan Tsunami coverage
Posted on 01. Apr, 2011 by planetMitch.
We got to have a surprise guest on the planet5D LIVE show the other day – Dan Chung (dslrnewsshooter.com) – a reporter for places like the Guardian.co.uk and of course we talked about the controversy surrounding his reporting of the events. We again thank Dan for taking time to have a conversion and for engaging [...]
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Japan disasters lead to tough months ahead for HDSLR buyers and manufacturers
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by planetMitch.
In the 3 weeks since the disasters struck the shores of Japan, it is becoming more evident that the disasters not only hurt and killed many tens of thousands (which we seriously care much more about!) but the economic impacts to the HDSLR makers and buyers will be high – since this blog is however [...]
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Condition ONE – a Canon HDSLR based virtual reality system for news
Posted on 30. Mar, 2011 by planetMitch.
We found this story on dlsrNewsShooter.com while doing additional research for our interview with Dan Chung – we’d also heard about it when making this report: ‘“Hell and Back Again” by Danfung Dennis wins Sundance WORLD CINEMA GRAND JURY PRIZE – DOCUMENTARY‘ but there weren’t many details (and there still aren’t many either), but we’re [...]
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Surprise interview! Dan Chung (dslrnewsshooter.com) on the Japan Tsunami reporting
Posted on 29. Mar, 2011 by planetMitch.
The tragic events in Japan have touched us all in one way or another – and when we found out Guardian.co.uk reporter Dan Chung (dslrnewsshooter.com) was flying into that disaster to cover it as a news gatherer, we were concerned for his safety. Dan’s back home now and has agreed to come on planet5D live [...]
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Noob Conundrum: Canon 60D or Panasonic GH2?
Posted on 29. Mar, 2011 by planetSven.
Here at planet5D, we try to bring you the best HDSLR content and news on the planet and it isn’t always easy for just one writer to provide the wide variety of content that you’d like to see – so today, we’re starting to bring you material from writers other than just good old planetMitch. [...]
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Kinotehnik announces new LCDVFe universal electronic viewfinder
Posted on 24. Mar, 2011 by planetMitch.
Thanks to a tweet this morning by michaschmidt we’ve found a new electronic viewfinder called the LCDVFe has been announced by Kinotehnik – due in the second quarter 2011. About LCDVFe is an universal electronic viewfinder for any camera which has a standard HDMI signal output. Now you can hold or mount the camera in [...]
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“Nissan Sentra SE-R Drift” a neat HDSLR based commercial with a kick
Posted on 22. Mar, 2011 by planetMitch.
We remember seeing this last year – “Nissan Sentra SE-R Drift” – it is a commercial shot with Canon HDSLRs like the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Canon EOS 7D as well as a video camera and we sure thought we covered it already, but we can’t find a post… and it has some [...]
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Two wonderfully beautiful Canon EOS 5D Mark II timelapses
Posted on 22. Mar, 2011 by planetMitch.
This past week has seen some stunning Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) timelapses come across the planet5D world headquarters’ desk… and here are two of them – first up just came in from this tweet is an HDR timelapse of Washington DC – and the second is a totally different timelapse – one of [...]
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Fantastic New Magic Lantern Canon EOS 5D Mark II Firmware Version Announced
Posted on 21. Mar, 2011 by planetMitch.
A fantastic new Magic Lantern Canon EOS 5D Mark II firmware version is right around the corner and it has some amazing new features thanks to AJ Newman and others working on the update. We’ve been talking with Moira O’Brien whom we met on the Trammell Hudson planet5D live interview and she’s kept us up [...]
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