Canon EOS 5D Mark II by Christian Mülhauser blows away the Northern Lights
Tweet I confess! I’m a sucker for photos of the Northern Lights – maybe it is because I’ve never been blessed to see this incredible event (at least that’s what I’ve seen it called) – so when I see a Canon EOS 5D Mark II timelapse put together I get a little giddy and have...
The Shot – an emotionally charged HDSLR short
Tweet Good friend of planet5D Mario (inCINErate films) created this hauntingly tough short – so be warned, for some people (parents) this can be hard to watch – but the key is how well we’re pulled into the movie. This story is told so well, I almost turned it off twice… so strong are the...
Gravity is popular today on planet5D – two different but similar videos
Tweet Gravity is a popular subject today on planet5D – we just published “Gravity” on the planet5D Cinema – and suddenly found another “Gravity” HDSLR movie that has a very fun attitude about it – “GRAVITY // UN RÊVE DE DEMAIN” by Filip Piskorzynski. It is very popular too! It has over 445k views on...
Vintage lens alert! 110 year old lens on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Quite a while ago, we featured a 102 year old lens that was mounted to a Canon EOS 5D Mark II (two posts: stills post and video from the same lens) – and today, here’s an even older one – 110 years old! This was sent in by Ignacio Sanchez who has started a group...
The Dreams Come True – Storytelling with timelapse
planetMitch note: this is a new post by one of our new guest bloggers – Patryk Kizny (from LookyCreative and DitoGear (a planet5D sponsor)). Welcome Patryk! “The Dreams Come True” “The Dreams Come True” is a short film commissioned by the the office of Las Palmas 2016 to promote the city of Las Palmas the...
ExtremeStorms – editing Canon EOS 5D Mark II video on an iPad
Thanks to a tweet from Phrommayon this morning, I found this article which I just had to share about editing Canon EOS 5D Mark II video on an iPad 2 – written by Jim Edds from ExtremeStorms.com! Snip from Jim’s article This demo will show you how to import footage directly from the Canon 5D2...
Ron Risman On Location with Commercial NYC Photographer Gregor Halenda
Ron Risman of CameraTown.com sent us this feature he did for cinematicStories.com about NYC photographer Grego Halenda – which of course he shot on HDSLRs. I wanted to share a promotional film that I shot last April for commercial photographer Gregor Halenda in NY. I was asked not to promote the film until his new...
Sunday Poll: Two questions about the Canon EOS 5D Mark III
I enjoyed last week’s poll about which was better, the Canon EOS-1D X or the Nikon D4 simply because of the results… yep, I’m a Canon guy and was surprised at how many people were tweeting and talking about how cool the Nikon D4 was and how it was better than the Canon EOS-1D X…...
“Act Of Valor” – filming with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II around LIVE ammo!
If you’ve been following planet5D at all, you know I’m a huge fan of Shane Hurlbut and the Hurlbut Visuals team – and Shane tweeted this “Act of Valor” (IMDB) featurette this morning about shooting with LIVE AMMO, and if this doesn’t get your blood moving, I don’t know what will! If you haven’t heard,...
Rolling shutter comparison test with 6 Canon and Nikon HDSLRs
Here’s an interesting analysis you might be intrigued by – rolling shutter comparisons across a group of 6 Canon and Nikon HDSLR cameras. I don’t think there’s any major surprise here, but it is an interesting read. Brief Snip via Rolling shutter comparison test | Too Much Imagination. I finally come around to piecing together...
Oscar nomination for a Canon EOS 5D Mark II movie! Danfung Dennis’ “Hell and Back Again”
UPDATE: There’s also this documentary short! “Oscar nominated doc shot with Canon 5D Mark II Film chronicles Japanese quake” – the short is called “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom” This morning we’ve seen several tweets and the official announcement from Danfung himself that his Canon EOS 5D Mark II movie “Hell and Back Again”...
Canon EOS 5D Mark III or Canon EOS 7D mk II prototype discovered? UPDATED
UPDATE: We have an update with a photo that is more clear plus a poll to say what you think it might be Daniel Freytag alerted me to this blog post with Canon prototype bodies and lenses and canonrumors.com has covered it… but there are these snaps from what is reportedly a Canon employee testing...
