Tag Archives: test
How does you monitor hold up in drop kick tests? The SmallHD AC7 results
Posted on 01. Mar, 2013 by planetmitch.
SmallHD sent us this video of tests they did with the SmallHD AC7 that is pretty impressive and I’m glad they did it with their own equipment, not sure i’d put anything of mine thru this kind of test on purpose! An even mix of real-world and wildly-absurd abuse tests were performed—from a shoulder-height drop [...]
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Watch this lens battle! Canon Cinema Primes vs. Canon L Series by Jon Yi
Posted on 08. Jan, 2013 by planetmitch.
Jonathan Yi (creator of the famous “Revealing new Canon EOS C300 ‘test’ video from Jon Yi“) has done it again (and given planet5D worldwide first showing) – this time creating a battle of the Canon prime lenses – both L versions and Cinema versions. Give it a watch! I’m sure you’ll enjoy the distraction and [...]
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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 5D Mark III vs T2i/550D Comparison
Posted on 10. Jul, 2012 by planetmitch.
Dave Dugdale sent this in a couple of weeks ago (and yes, I’m way behind)… you may be very interested in seeing Dave’s comparison… does the Canon Rebel T2i/550D match up to the Canon EOS 5D Mark III? What do you think? Canon 5D Mark III vs T2i/550D Comparison From Dave’s post Before I start [...]
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Revenge of the Canon EOS 5D Mark III vs Nikon D800
Posted on 07. Jun, 2012 by planetmitch.
A few weeks ago, Kevin Good released a somewhat irreverent comparison of the Nikon D800 and the Canon EOS 5D Mark III (which included the destruction of a Canon) and now he and his team have released part 2. Remember, your evaluation and Kevin’s might be different as your needs might be different than his, [...]
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“Copelandia” – a Canon EOS 5D Mark III ‘test’ video with a story
Posted on 25. Apr, 2012 by planetmitch.
There aren’t many Canon EOS 5D Mark III shorts out yet, and most of what you’ve seen so far are ‘test’ videos – well, “Copelandia” is another (at least that’s what the guys who made it called it), but yet it is a complete story – and it was completed in only 8 days! Copelandia [...]
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III stills and video test from Slovakia
Posted on 15. Mar, 2012 by planetmitch.
I suspect we’ll be getting many of these in the next few weeks and I’ll try not to post all of them here, but will be posting them on the Canon EOS 5D Mark III page so keep your eye there. This one is from Martin Zilka who’s from Slovakia and he’s put together a [...]
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Next Level Pictures posts first ever Sony F3 S-Log video
Posted on 19. Apr, 2011 by planetmitch.
We received an interesting email a bit ago indicating these new Sony F3 S-Log tests would be made available this afternoon… (note: the S-Log upgrade will allow the Sony F3 to record 4:4:4 uncompressed video and we believe it is slated to be a $3300 upgrade – make sure to watch the BTS at the [...]
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Canon EOS 60D ISO and white balance video testing
Posted on 29. Oct, 2010 by planetmitch.
For those of you checking out the Canon EOS 60D, I’m sure you’re interested in the performance of the video in low ISO settings as well as how things look in the different white balance settings. We’ve found a couple of videos to help. First up is a test of many of the features including [...]
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Spring… a Canon Rebel T2i/550D video
Posted on 02. Apr, 2010 by planetmitch.
We had a little discussion with James Barber the creator of this beautiful little Canon Rebel T2i/550D movie and asked him to give us a little bit of feedback on how he was liking the T2i. We got more than we thought we’d get, but it is all great information. So here’s the movie (which [...]
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The Zacuto Great Camera Shootout 2010 – HDSLRs vs film
Posted on 26. Mar, 2010 by planetmitch.
Zacuto has released the first webisode of the Great Camera Shootout for 2010. This will be a three part series comparing the top line HDSLR cameras and they put them up against the ‘standard’ – 35mm film. The first webisode is called “It is all about latitude“. This really is a great production with a [...]
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Gizmodo tests 5D2 vs Nikon D700
Posted on 26. Feb, 2009 by planetmitch.
Techwatch on twitter alerted us that Gizmodo has just posted a story where they’ve spent several months testing both the 5D mk ii and the D700 side by side.“For the last few months, we’ve been shooting with the two hottest cameras on the market. Now it’s time to pit them against each other. Which one [...]











