Posts Tagged ‘pro’

Aug
25
2013

Camera Drone crashes into crowd - malfunction or pilot error?

Just saw this tweet by @AnthonyQuintano which is one of our greatest fears about using these multi-copters for any events near crowds. We don't know much about whether there were any injuries - but maybe the bulls caused more injuries than the copter crash... these…
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Mar
18
2013

Rise of the Multicopter for AP part two - “Choosing the right Multicopter”

planetMitch note: this is the second part of a series (part 1 here) being written for planet5D by TJ Diaz - we'll have more to come soon! Also please note that TJ sells these copters Join in on the conversation about Multicopters for photography and…
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Jun
12
2012

Apple announces new macbook pro, and more - support planet5D

I know this isn't HDSLR related, but I also know that over 60% of our readers are mac users and so I know those of you will be interested (tho many of you were following the announcements yesterday) in these new mac products. Many of…
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Jun
10
2012

Should touch screens come to all HDSLRs? Including pro level? Updated with demos

This might be a simple question, but I thought i'd find out what you thought. With the release of the Canon Rebel T4i on friday, we now have touch screens in the HDSLR world (yes, I remember the GH2 has one) - but I also…
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Apr
30
2012

Win a RØDE VideoMic Pro on planet5D - get your friends to help you win!

The good folks at RØDE have given me 2 RØDE VideoMic Pros to give away and that means you've got a great chance to win one. Please scroll down to enter the giveaway! And notice there are multiple ways you can gain entry to the…
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Mar
3
2011

Winner of the February Rode Videomic Pro giveaway from DVeStore

As we reported a couple of weeks ago, RØDE has announced a new Videomic Pro and thanks to the DVeStore, we've just given one away! We'd like to thank them again for sponsoring this giveaway! See who the winner was below... The DVeStore DVeStore spun…
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Feb
2
2011

Win a Rode Videomic Pro on planet5D forums in February from DVeStore

As we reported a couple of weeks ago, RØDE has announced a new Videomic Pro and thanks to the DVeStore, we're going to be giving one away! The DVeStore DVeStore spun off from DVcreators.net to fulfill the overwhelming requests of "What gear should I buy?"…
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Jan
14
2011

New RØDE VideoMic Pro announced - update 3

A quick post about the new RØDE VideoMic Pro - was just announced over on Philip Bloom's blog - read about it now. We're trying not to duplicate news from other sources as you can read all of the news on the HDSLR news page…
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Jan
7
2011

1000fps for free – using Motion Optical Flow instead of Twixtor

The other day, we were contacted by Patrick Donohoe from CrumplePop about this method of making HDSLR video incredibly slow - like we've posted about recently with Twixtor - and we thought you'd appreciate the info. We've been given permission to reprint this here on…
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Dec
16
2010

Top 5 HDSLR ‘must have’ features moviemakers want in the next pro HDSLR

In a recent poll about HDSLRs, planet5D readers answered this question: "What are your top 3 needs for the next pro level HDSLR?" - we offered selections like 4k video, autofocus in video, reduced jello, HDMI out, RAW video and more. The poll recently closed,…
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