Finally! Canon EOS Utility updated to work on OSX Lion
Peter (@IamPter on twitter) sent us this good news this evening – Canon has updated the EOS Utility to work on OSX Lion and he also sent us the download link. I was able to download it and install it on my OSX Lion setup on my iMac and it worked like a charm. This...
UPDATED: Canon updates EOS utility – but mac OS X Lion support is nowhere to be found
Many who upgraded to the latest operating system for Apple’s OS X Lion were a bit disappointed to find out the Canon utilities wouldn’t function – and a new version was released last Thursday, but unfortunately, Lion support wasn’t included. On a good note, I’ve found several reports that version 2.8.1 (download) — oops that...
Canon Working on a New EOS DSLR Geared Towards Filmmakers
The new “EOS Movies” C300 digital video camera wasn’t the only thing Canon had up its sleeve today. The company has also announced that it’s working on a new EOS DSLR that’s geared more towards filmmakers than photographers. Not much was revealed about the camera, but it’ll be a 35mm full frame DSLR that can...
Canon Unveils the EOS C300, Jumps Into the Hollywood Digital Filmmaking Scene
Canon’s historic announcement is here, and as most people predicted, it’s geared towards filmmaking rather than photography. The company just unveiled its new C300 cinema camera in an effort to break into a Hollywood digital filmmaking scene that’s dominated by the Arri Alexa and the RED EPIC. While it’s not particularly powerful in any specific...
Canon to Combine 1D and 1Ds DSLRs into One Flagship Line
Canon is set to announce a new EOS DSLR next Tuesday, and Canon Rumors is reporting that the camera will mark the merging of the company’s flagship 1D and 1Ds lines. It makes sense too, since the camera packs the best of both worlds: it has an 18MP full frame sensor, yet also shoots at...
A Call to Action – tell Canon what you want in your next HDSLRs
Have you ever told Canon what you want in your next HDSLR? Well, now is a good time to take that action and to let them know what you need! Friend of planet5D James Drake watched an interview with Chuck Westfall at NAB (by Clint Milby) and decided to ask everyone to take the time...
Canon to update EOS E1 plugin for Final Cut Pro
Tweet canonrumors.com has posted Canon is updating their EOS E1 plugin for Final Cut Pro. Notes: this appears to be a press release, but I haven’t found it yet on Canon’s site and I don’t yet have an email from them. It appears to be an incremental improvement mainly in speed. Also, it isn’t due...
Noob Conundrum: Canon 60D or Panasonic GH2?
Tweet Here at planet5D, we try to bring you the best HDSLR content and news on the planet and it isn’t always easy for just one writer to provide the wide variety of content that you’d like to see – so today, we’re starting to bring you material from writers other than just good old...
Canon EOS 5D Mark II film wins ‘shorts’ category of the second International Forest Film Festival (IFFF)
Tweet “Man of the Soil” (shot on Canon EOS 5D Mark II) wins International Forest Film Festival (IFFF) award for Filmmaker Pierre Deschamps. We got a chance to see this late last year and we’re very proud to let you know that it has won an award. Canon feature Canon featured this movie on their...
Tethered Shooting With A Canon DSLR
Tethered shooting is a useful photography tool. With the use of a USB or firewire cable run between the camera and a computer, the photographer can instantly review their shots on the computer screen. As the shutter is pressed, the images are recorded on the computer hard drive rather than the camera’s memory card. This...
Reader Photo of the Week: A skirt in water #1
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Manta Ray borrows diver’s Canon EOS 5D Mark II and takes it for a spin
Tweet We first saw this on petapixel – a diver was swimming with a bunch of Manta Ray’s and filming them with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) when one of the rays decided to take his whole rig for a little adventure! From the youtube description: What began as another exhilarating manta ray...
