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Tweet For those of you who have seen “Act of Valor” that was shot on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, you may have wondered how they got it to look so ‘filmic’ – and those of you paying close attention over the past 2 years or so to what Shane Hurlbut has been talking...
NAB 2012: Letus Direct
Shane Hurlbut shows off the new Master Cinema Series rig system from Letus Direct and Ryan E. Walters demonstrates a prototype of a camera rotation system that allows for Dutch angles and crazy camera moves
NAB 2012: Shane Hurlbut talks Master Cinema Series Letus rigs and news shooting with Matt Allard
By technical editor Matt Allard: Hollywood DOP Shane Hurlbut took time at NAB to talk to me about rigs for news and docu shooting. Hurlbut recently shot the blockbuster ‘Act of Valor’ that follows a group of real Navy Seals on a fictional mission. The film was shot mainly of Canon DSLRs and featured Hurlbut’s...
Using the Canon EOS 5D Mark II for a crash cam!
Tweet We’ve all wanted to destroy a camera now and then right? Well, if you’ve always wanted to do that but are cheap like me, you can fantasize about it thru the work of Shane Hurlbut and his amazing team! Vashi Nedomansky has put together this fun short showing all of the shots where something...
“Act of valor” – shot on Canon EOS 5D Mark II – my review
I’m sure many of our planet5D readers have been to see the movie “Act of Valor” that I’ve been talking about over the past couple of years. This movie (just in case you haven’t read my posts about it yet) was shot on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II (well about 75% of the final...
The Canon 5D MK III is here.
Hey there photo nerds. We’re all in this together and today Canon just added more fuel to the HdDSLR fire – the much-anticipated Canon 5D MK III is here. They made some interesting choices on pixel count, recording modes, etc. So let’s review the skinny of it all. Here’s some highlighted specs: _22.3MP Full-Frame CMOS...
ACT OF VALOR Parachutes Into The Premiere
Yes, we’re crazy about Act of Valor – but we missed out on the premier last week – so we thought we’d bring you a little bit of the excitement that most of us missed out on. From the We Are Movie Geeks article Navy SEALs parachuted onto Sunset Blvd. at the premiere of Relativity...
“Act of Valor” – Leap of Faith
In our continuing coverage of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II superstar movie “Act of Valor” we present an article written for MovieMaker magazine by Hamish McCollester. We’re posting with MovieMaker’s permission – thanks guys! See Act of Valor and hear from Shane and filmmakers Feb 25th ACT OF VALOR LEAP OF FAITH Shane Hurlbut,...
Act of Valor: Reinventing the Action Genre by Shane Hurlbut
If you haven’t gathered, I consider “Act of Valor” an incredible achievement and very significant for the HDSLR movement – and so we’ll be covering it a bit in the next few days. I mentioned before that I’m flying out to LA to be with Shane and to see the movie and then watch a...
See Act of Valor and hear from Shane and filmmakers Feb 25th
Update: Please click to tweet this about this movie! You may not live in the LA area, but some of your followers may be – it will help to get the word out – thank you! See @ActOfValorFilm & special Q&A with filmmakers – 2/25 at 5:10pm at Regal LA LIVE bit.ly/w9bysN #ActOfValor (wrong link...
“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,...
Full demos for the Letus/Hurlbut Visuals Master Cinema Series platform
In mid-October, the folks at Letus announced their new Master Cinema Series cinema platform along with Shane Hurlbut – and I was there for the announcement (thanks to Letus). Tho we got some good info there at the announcement, it is always good when the vendor produces additional information to help you make a decision...
