Archive for '5D3'
Magic Lantern hacks the Canon EOS 5D Mark III!
Posted on 27. Apr, 2012 by planetMitch.
Alex, who’s working for the Magic Lantern team, published early this morning a photo showing the beginnings of the hack running on the Canon EOS 5D Mark III and Marvin sent us the photo via twitter. Thanks Alex and Marvin! Obviously, it is still early and the only thing Alex has managed so far is [...]
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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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Outstanding “Yosemite Range of Light” shot on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Posted on 24. Apr, 2012 by planetMitch.
This is one outstanding short - especially if you’ve ever been to Yosemite National Park… shot by Shawn Reeder on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Canon EOS 5D Mark III, I’m sure you’ll enjoy this beautiful short! Yosemite Range of Light Description I am a destination visual artist who specializes in photography, timelapse [...]
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Canon addresses the exposure issue on the Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Posted on 23. Apr, 2012 by planetMitch.
Canon has issued a statement about the Canon EOS 5D Mark III exposure metering issue when the top LCD backlight is on… and has agreed to examine your camera for free. However, they don’t necessarily say what they’ll do to fix it in the notice, but they will inspect it for free. Read the details [...]
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Canon confirms Canon EOS 5D Mark III LCD light impacts metering in extreme dark
Posted on 13. Apr, 2012 by planetMitch.
Earlier we reported on what was being called a “light leak” and Canon now confirms that in extreme dark light situations, pressing the LCD backlight may impact metering. Please read the product advisory below. We’ll of course let you know when Canon issues a resolution statement. Product Advisories To Users of the Canon EOS 5D [...]
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Testing transcoding on the Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Posted on 12. Apr, 2012 by planetMitch.
During our Canon EOS 5D Mark III shoot of the “Incident on Marmont Ave” (to be released soon), we tested the Canon EOS 5D Mark IIIs we had to find out what our best options were for transcoding… our on site media manager and editor Andrew Cohen did these tests and recommended 5DtoRGB by Rarevision. [...]
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The great next HDSLR features poll… what do you want in your next pro DSLR?
Posted on 10. Apr, 2012 by planetMitch.
With all the cameras recently announced (like the Canon EOS 5D Mark III and the Nikon D800) and many of them having the features you indicated you wanted in the last poll, we thought we’d ask the question again! If you don’t recall, back in Dec 2010, we asked you what features you wanted in [...]
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Coming Soon! the planet5D Canon EOS 5D Mark III short film!
Posted on 09. Apr, 2012 by planetMitch.
It is indeed coming - tho a bit slower than we’d hoped I’m afraid… but all signs point to having our amazing (so says the proud father) Canon EOS 5D Mark III short film out by this Thursday… just before NAB. I told you about it a few weeks ago (“we’re making a short film!“) [...]
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The Canon EOS 5D Mark III “light leak” exposure meter concern
Posted on 09. Apr, 2012 by planetMitch.
I’m sure some of you have heard the discussion that started on Saturday, but there’s a minor issue that has been found with the Canon EOS 5D Mark III metering system when shooting in pitch black (or shooting with the lens cap on). I debated about even reporting it, because some people have blown this [...]
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First test: Canon EOS 5D Mark III @ 29:59 - does it drop frames between files? Not that I can see
Posted on 09. Apr, 2012 by planetMitch.
Last week on twitter, I was asked about the new method of creating multiple 4gb files in order to achieve the new maximum video recording length of 29:59 on the Canon EOS 5D Mark III. My assumption was that we’d trust Canon to get this right and to have tested it, but of course we [...]
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Apple updates RAW formats for Canon EOS 5D Mark III and Nikon!
Posted on 05. Apr, 2012 by planetMitch.
We reported the updates for Nikon on our HDSLR scoop news the other day, but just now, we’ve found the Canon EOS 5D Mark III update in our software update! OS X Lion: Supported digital camera RAW formats Supported by Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 3.12 Canon EOS 5D Mark III Supported by Digital [...]
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