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NeoScene update for 29.97

Posted on 21. Mar, 2009 by planetMitch.

NeoScene has announced their tool now handles the 5D mk ii video properly at 29.97 frames per second…
From their post on dvinfo.net:
“Weekend Beta of NeoScene 1.1.3
We finally found out what was going wrong with clash between Nero 7 and NeoScene, so we here is the beta that addresses that. The second big change is regarding [...]

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Are your videos steady?

Posted on 21. Mar, 2009 by planetMitch.

I’ve been paying a bit of attention lately to video stability… both from the 5D mk ii and in professionally done movies. Stability is all over the place! And, a lot of it is style. Turns out, you can do just about anything you want, but you have to at least pay attention to it. [...]

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Some amazing 5D mk ii nature videos

Posted on 19. Mar, 2009 by planetMitch.

Ok, we just can’t stop with these videos! The list of videos we’d like to post but haven’t yet gotten around to is about 30 items in length. But these were so good, we couldn’t wait. This particular post is all about nature.
We highlighted Michael Fletcher’s videos a few days ago, but we’ve found yet [...]

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Does the 5D mk ii do weddings?

Posted on 19. Mar, 2009 by planetMitch.

Of course the still side of the 5D mk ii will work for weddings, but what about Video?
This video has gotten some ‘air play’ on the threads around the world… but tho it is entitled the “first” wedding video, I don’t believe it was really first. But here you go, it is well done regardless!

The [...]

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Video: Olivia Rubin backstage

Posted on 17. Mar, 2009 by planetMitch.

There are so many interesting videos coming out lately that it is hard to keep track of what is coming out. This morning, I found this video and thought I’d highlight it simply because of the background information provided by the filmmaker.
Ed Thomas used his new 5D mk ii to produce a quick film for [...]

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The death of still photography?

Posted on 10. Mar, 2009 by planetMitch.

In This Week in Photography’s (TWIP) podcast is an interesting discussion of the possibility that still photography will die… the show is entitiled “The Death of Still Photography?
The future of still photography, Alex gives a PMA round-up, and Pictage CEO Jason Kiefer tells photographers to keep their day jobs”
As i listened to the beginning (where [...]

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The 5D mk ii does commercials

Posted on 04. Mar, 2009 by planetMitch.

The other day, i wrote a post about how people are doing some great things with the video side of the Canon 5D mk ii, but at the same time, there are others who say the 5D mk ii is too crippled to do any good work (tell that to Vincent Laforet LOL).
Just discovered a [...]

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NIN video from stage

Posted on 26. Feb, 2009 by planetMitch.

The other day, i posted this blurb about a Nine Inch Nails video that had been posted:
“Just a little while ago, Rob Sheridan, Art Director for Nine Inch Nails released this quick video taken at last night’s NIN concert in Sydney - there was a power outage and the clips are from the forced intermission. [...]

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Does the 5D mk ii do video?

Posted on 24. Feb, 2009 by planetMitch.

I keep reading stories and tweets from people who seem to think that there are just too many limitations in the 5D mk ii to be able to really shoot video. Yet, time and time again, I’m also seeing great examples of people just blowing past any ‘limitations’ to get the job done. Just a [...]

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Recording audio with 5D2

Posted on 17. Feb, 2009 by planetMitch.

B&H just posted at great article on recording audio with the 5D mk ii which of course we’ll be adding to the planet5D wiki audio section.The Sweet Sounds of HDRecording Great-Sounding Audio with the Canon EOS 5D MkIIBy Kevin ReylekThe story ends with a Kevin ReylekThe story ends with a video about the Rode NTG-3 [...]

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