Tag Archives: Mark Iii
DSLR Video – Advanced Cinematic Color Grading by planetLuke
Posted on 14. Jun, 2013 by planetmitch.
planetLuke released this tutorial about how to use his presets to do cinematic color grading. He’s using several scenes from his Canon EOS 5D Mark III short “Copelandia” — and I thought maybe you’d want to see that first… Cinematic Color Grading Luke’s description Check out all 30 presets for Premiere, AE, Sony Vegas Pro, [...]
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Magic Lantern Raw Video Test – H.264 vs. Hacked GH2 vs. Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Posted on 17. May, 2013 by planetmitch.
planetLuke has been at it again – this time testing the new Magic Lantern RAW video on the Canon EOS 5D Mark III vs the Hacked Panasonic GH2. What an incredible week it has been for the Canon EOS 5D Mark III and Magic Lantern! Thanks so much to the team over there! Other posts [...]
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III firmware and Atomos Ninja 2 complete explanation
Posted on 08. May, 2013 by planetmitch.
On the new planet5D forums, we’ve had a lot of discussion about the new Canon EOS 5D Mark III firmware and HDMI and stuff (“here“)… but this video explanation of the firmware, HDMI, and the Atomos Ninja 2 from Stefan Czech is the most complete explanation of everything having to do with the Canon EOS [...]
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DxOMark discovers Canon EOS 5D Mark III vs. Nikon D800 not so far apart after all!
Posted on 29. Apr, 2013 by planetmitch.
In an interesting turn, the DxO team looked at both the Canon EOS 5D Mark III and Nikon D800 cameras – and many have seen the report on the Nikon D800 saying it was about the best sensor on the market… well, it turns out they’ve looked at the two cameras with excellent lenses and [...]
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Magic Lantern blows up the HDSLR world with 14bit RAW stream in LiveView
Posted on 26. Apr, 2013 by planetmitch.
Recent RAW data developments have led to the discovery of the 14bit RAW stream in LiveView. DNG pics with no shutter action now possible on the 5D2 and 5D3! With this post about 5 hours ago, the Canon 5D market just blew up with new possibilities. UPDATE: SEE THIS POST FOR MORE INFO Note: this [...]
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Eat n Park Breakfast – the Canon EOS 5D Mark III shines again
Posted on 23. Apr, 2013 by planetmitch.
Glenn Przyborski sent me this some time ago and it has been stuck in my queue – sorry Glen! I enjoyed this mainly because it is indeed a high energy commercial shot on the Canon EOS 5D Mark III – simple, yet well done – another great example of how HDSLRs can and are being [...]
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The Canon EOS 5D Mark III helps team shoot stills and DSLR video in a “lean” way (NSFW)
Posted on 28. Mar, 2013 by planetmitch.
Here’s an example of where a Canon EOS 5D Mark III can help your team be “lean” (small and agile) and still shoot stills and video for your customer quickly. Chris Gramly contacted us about this shoot where he was asked to produce a marketing piece for a spa – here’s part of his email [...]
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Catapult yourself off a zipline! I don’t think so – but Devin sure did
Posted on 18. Dec, 2012 by planetmitch.
We’ve featured Devin Graham several times before so this is nothing new to you but, every thing he does seems to just fascinate me so I’m going to post this one too. Devin Graham has taken a group of folks and zip lined into a lake! He does shoot these with a Canon EOS 5D [...]
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The High ISO Battle of the Full Frame Heavy Weights – Canon 6D vs Canon 5D Mark III
Posted on 13. Dec, 2012 by planetmitch.
On the “Canon5DMarkSeries” yahoo group, a member (Don Marcotte) has been very interested in finding out about the high ISO performance of the Canon EOS 6D – so he managed to visit his local store and they let him do some “dark” tests – by placing the body cap or lens cap on the camera [...]
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Canon Full Frame Shootout! Canon EOS 6D vs Canon EOS 5D Mark III vs Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Posted on 02. Dec, 2012 by planetmitch.
UPDATE: Sorry – turns out there’s a bug in one of the plugins and the side by side in the video didn’t export properly – I’m working with the developers to get that fixed. Yes, it is a Canon Full Frame Shootout with the Canon EOS 6D, the Canon EOS 5D Mark III and the [...]
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Iconic Images – Abraham Joffe shoots Namibia Solo with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Posted on 31. Oct, 2012 by planetmitch.
Today, we have a guest post from Abraham Joffe – whom we highlighted a while back in this post: “iPhone cinema – exposed!” (i find it funny that we posted that last year on the same date – Oct 31!) – he’s sent us his latest effort – a film about “Iconic Images” (one of [...]
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Devin Graham flies his Canon EOS 5D Mark III fast and high
Posted on 05. Oct, 2012 by planetmitch.
Devin Graham just continues to entertain me with his lifestyle videos – they’re upbeat and fun and this young man has come a long way in the last 2 years shooting with his Canon HDSLRs. Let’s consider this some “friday fun video.” This video he recently posted features guys flying around on personal Paramotor flying [...]











