Remember “too big to fail”? How about: “too big to innovate”? Or maybe “too big to give customers what they want”? Wow. If the EOS Canon 7D Mark II specs …
A Rundown of The Latest EOS 7D Mark II Information
Our friends over at Canon Rumors are pretty good at separating the wheat from the chaff, so it seemed appropriate to share their August 15th update on what appears to …
What Would be a “Big Splash” by Canon at Photokina Next Month?
Being a gearhead – a blogging gearhead at that – is fun, fascinating and sometimes frustrating. I guess a bit like everything else. We love Canon; we’re exasperated by Canon. …
LockCircle Introduces LockPort A7 and LockPort GH4
Ever get annoyed and anxious as the mini-HDMI or mini-USB port on your camera becomes looser and looser – and you just KNOW the connection is going to become unreliable …
Getting A High-End Look with Inexpensive Gear
This is a guest post from Tim Hicks. He and I met on the chat application on the lower right of the planet5D blog that shows up only when I’m …
Watch Beautiful Underwater Creatures in Breathtaking Macro Timelapse Video “Slow Life”
This is incredible, simply beautiful. I don’t really understand the time and amount of work that went into making this, but the description says it took 9 months just to …
Canon C100 vs Canon 7D RAW Comparison Test
If you believe that a stills camera like the Canon EOS 7D SLR Digital Camera would have better dynamic range than a video camera like the Canon EOS C100 Cinema …
A Short List of Cameras Used by the 2014 Sundance Filmmakers
Curious about which cameras independent film makers are using these days? Find out in a survey of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival entries. See a complete list of cameras used …
The Red Scarlet and Schneider Xenar 3 Lenses On Set for “Impact”
It is always a (heated) question of what camera to choose. Sometimes you are limited to time and budget and you are forced to shoot with what you own. DSLRs …
Top 10 Things to Know About Magic Lantern Hack for Canon DSLRs
2018-02-03 planetMitch note… this is a planet5D post from the archives. We’re testing bringing some existing content back to your attention that you may have missed and is timeless. In …