Tag Archives: hack
HDR video firmware for Canon DSLRs? Magic Lantern adds new features!
Posted on 20. Dec, 2011 by planetMitch.
Is it really true? A tweet this evening said that Magic Lantern has added HDR video for some Canon HDSLRs to their arsenal! We watched the video and it looks pretty impressive – but there are indeed some limitations – please read on for more info and thanks to gizmag.com for their story with all [...]
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Macro Extravaganza with marbles shot on hacked GH2
Posted on 02. Sep, 2011 by planetMitch.
We don’t get that many GH2 videos so I thought I’d pass this one along here – it was shot with a hacked GH2 Of course you can see lots of HDSLR movies over on planet5D Cinema! Macro Extravaganza with marbles Description Trying the new physics engine of upcoming Cinema 4DR13. Also using greyscalegorilla lightkit [...]
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Hack for the Panasonic GH2 announced
Posted on 07. Jul, 2011 by planetMitch.
Vitaliy Kiselev has released a new hack for the Panasonic GH2 – Vitaliy is the same guy who released the first hack for the GH1… but it should be noted this is just the first release and many of the GH1 hack features aren’t here. Vitaly’s site is here [source: EOSHD] Some details GH2: * [...]
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Trammell Hudson – author of Magic Lantern – planet5D live interview guest Jan 30th 9pm EST
Posted on 24. Jan, 2011 by planetMitch.
Yes, that’s right, Trammell Hudson – author of Magic Lantern firmware will be our planet5D live interview guest on Sunday January 30th at 9pm EST and if you join our live UStream broadcast, you get to ask some of the questions! And don’t forget to Subscribe to the planet5D International Event Calendar – subscribing will [...]
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planet5D exclusive update on the 4k Canon Rebel T2i/550D software We’ve all been RickRoll’d
Posted on 01. Jan, 2011 by planetMitch.
We’ve been investigating the firmware we reported on Thursday and have been granted this exclusive additional information. We’ve been given nothing to prove that this software is real yet, so we’re posting this just as it was given to us – and we’ve been told that 11:11pm EST is still the time where the software [...]
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4k hack firmware for Canon Rebel T2i/550D coming on Jan 1? *update 5 1/1
Posted on 30. Dec, 2010 by planetMitch.
Found this on Philip’s blog – thought it was significant enough to report to you… user Earz62801 on youtube has posted that he’ll be delivering a firmware hack to allow the Canon Rebel T2i/550D (reviews) to record video in 2k, 3k, and 4k at 24fps. Since it comes out of the blue, who knows whether [...]
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New Magic Lantern firmware release for the Canon Rebel T2i/550D
Posted on 23. Dec, 2010 by planetMitch.
A new Magic Lantern firmware release for the Canon Rebel T2i/550D has been released enabling features that aren’t available with the standard Canon firmware. Be warned tho that Magic Lantern (tho we’ve not heard of any reports of this happening) in rare circumstances could damage your camera or void your warranty (we have to say [...]
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Yet another Canon EOS 5D Mark II hack announced – over exposure
Posted on 27. May, 2009 by planetMitch.
Hudson continues to work on the Canon EOS 5D Free hack – even knowing that the Canon firmware update has been announced. He’s working on features not included in the Canon firmware. Have a tip, a video, or a Canon 5D2 product to announce? Give us a shout Last night on cinema5d, he announced the [...]
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Second Canon EOS 5D Mark II hack! Audio Metering
Posted on 25. May, 2009 by planetMitch.
Yup, it has happened. The second hack for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II has been produced and demonstrated. Same author, different feature. This time, audio metering. Here’s the demo! 5D Mark Free audio meters from Trammell Hudson on Vimeo. Demo of the audio level meters in the 5D Mark Free (version 0.0.4). The audio [...]
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A firmware hack for Canon 5D Mark II Audio Gain Control
Posted on 15. May, 2009 by planetMitch.
Our friends over at cinema5d have a thread announcing a successful hack for controlling the Audio Gain Control (AGC) chip! Have a tip, a video, or a Canon 5D2 product to announce? Give us a shout “————— Success! ————— As an early goal, I have disabled the AGC for on the AK4646 audio chip that [...]














