Redrock Micro announces Canon EOS C300 and new HDSLR rigs
One of our sponsors Redrock Micro showed us a new rig that they’ve prepared to go with the new Canon EOS C300 called the Redrock Micro ultraCage | blue and let me tell you it looks darn sexy with the new camera! And, they were selected to have this new rig available when all of...
Getting rid of flicker in timelapse – The Lens Twist Method by Dustin Farrell
We’ve got another new writer (as we promised a few weeks ago) – Dustin Farrell is going to be contributing to planet5D about what he’s learned doing timelapses (remember the “Landscapes Volume 2” post?) If not, you should go watch that to see how amazing Dustin is! We’re thrilled to have him contributing to planet5D!...
The Letus / Hurlbut Master Cinema Series debut party
Wow, what a fun time we had at the Letus / Hurlbut Master Cinema Series launch party in LA over the weekend! I got to meet so many great people and quite literally talked from 9am until at least midnight – I was exhausted! Tom Guilmette recorded the event for a mini-documentary and we’ll be...
Automatic AF Microadjust Calibration Software now available!
If you’ve ever tried to use the Microadjustment functions on your Canon EOS 5D Mark II, you’ll be interested in this story (tho don’t yet get too excited if you’re a mac user as this is windows only I’m afraid). Automatic AF Microadjust Calibration Software Over the past few months, I have spent some time...
Letus announces Shane Hurlbut Master Cinema Series HDSLR support rigs
Letus (maker of HDSLR support rigs and the Letus Hawk Viewfinder) have announced a partnership with Shane Hurlbut ASC where they’re going to be releasing a new line of HDSLR support rigs. Letus is going to be announcing more details about this on Saturday October 15th (and I’ll be there for the announcements) but they’ve...
gps4cam for Android released – geotag your DSLR photos on you phone
Back in June, we told you about the great little iPhone app called GPS4cam – allowing you to use the gps unit in your iPhone to generate geotag data for your DSLR camera – well, now they’ve released the Android version so those of you who have been dying to get it can now jump...
Rumors abound – is the 5D3 coming soon? plus canonrumors live on planet5D Oct 3rd
Things are heating up in the camera world as the weather cools off in the northern hemisphere – and with Canon’s announcement of something major coming November 3rd, as well as another potential release on Oct 26 (see below), plus the recent patent finding for an aperture ring (again see more below), we thought it...
Canon Rumors suggests no new DSLRs this year
canonrumors.com posted on Sunday but we thought you’d want to know – we’re all dying to know what is coming from Canon and Nikon and others and some rumors have said we’d see a new Canon DSLR before the end of the year, yet CR is suggesting (see below) that there won’t be anything this...
CINEMA Picture Style – a new option for Canon HDSLRs (Updated)
Making the rounds in the last couple of days is this new video picture style for Canon EOS HDSLRs – this isn’t free like the technicolor one because it was developed by an individual – but it is only $19. The new CINEMA Picture Style was developed analyzing and replicating a film stock colorimetry, and...
The Bathroom Epiphanies – an HDSLR college thesis
We’ve talked about many ways that HDSLRs have changed the world and here’s another: using the Canon EOS 7D (reviews) for putting together your thesis! That’s exactly what Sebastian Tomczak has done. I am excited to present you “THE BATHROOM EPIPHANIES”, my final thesis project which i created at the University of Applied Sciences and...
edelkrone announces new HDSLR rigs, follow focus
The folks at edelkrone® have sure made a splash in the short time they’ve been around and they’ve just announced a new line of rigs called the ‘modula’ as well as a new follow focus that looks pretty versatile. The new rig is called the modula one – they’ve got quite a bit of options...
