Stunning Cloud Fly Thru – creating motion from still photos
Tweet Last year, Jeff Farmer from XNcreative.com sent us an amazing tutorial we called “Incredible “3D” motion from Canon Rebel T2i/550D stills” and he’s just sent us another stills-to-motion tutorial showing how they’ve created a video fly thru of clouds that were shot on a Canon Rebel T2i/550D. It looks simple, but I’m sure there’s...
A Canon Rebel T2i/550D short born from constraints – “The Camera”
Tweet We discussed this wonderful Canon Rebel T2i/550D short on the Digital Convergence Podcast yesterday (episode “IMAGINE – CREATIVITY ON A BUDGET“) because it was born from ‘constraints’ and I wanted to share it with all of our planet5D readers who haven’t seen “The Camera”. We’ve talked a lot lately about the expensive cameras, but...
Worn DSLR Grip Replaced with an Old Leather Shoe and Rubber Cement
When the grip on his Canon Rebel T2i finally peeled and warped beyond repair, NYU computer science and mechanical engineering student Rob Huebner decided to go the DIY route. He found a beat up leather shoe, cut the proper shape out of it, and attached the leather graft onto his DSLR using rubber cement. Image...
A Canon Rebel T2i Fit for a Stormtrooper
Leica charges thousands of dollars extra for its limited edition white cameras, but a Boston-based photo enthusiast named Andrew successfully customized his camera for only a few dollars by going the DIY route. After spending two hours strategically placing green painters tape onto his Canon Rebel T2i DSLR using a razor, he hung the camera...
rgrain – add grain to your film with these new texture clips
We talk a lot about the noise and grain in video and stills – but sometimes you want to add grain texture to your film – so how do you do that? rgrain has come out with a new set of inexpensive clips you can add to your project with any editor and for clips...
Music video shot at 2.5x normal speed for impact
Tweet Another interesting video sent in some time ago… Sorry Levi! My name is Levi Bethune. I recently directed a music video for Over The Ocean, who recently signed with Spartan records and released their debut album a couple weeks ago. I shot the entire video with only a gas budget and three days. Mostly...
“Nightscapes” – creating a timelapse film on a minimal budget
Tweet For those of you looking to learn something about timelapse there are more and more resources going up on the web, but you’ll want to visit Daniel Freytag’s blog where he has this guest post from Phil Arntz about how he made an awesome ‘nighttime’ timelapse. Phil shot this timelapse on a Canon Rebel...
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...
Magic Lantern team deliver Xmas gift of improved Canon DSLR hack with FPS control and HDR mode
By Dan Chung I’m generally not into hacking cameras myself but the new Christmas release of the Magic Lantern hack for Canon 550D (t2i), 60D, 600D (t3i), 50D and 500D is certainly very enticing. Magic Lantern offers a greatly improved feature set which makes Canon DSLRs into much more fully feature video cameras. You simply...
Save $30 off the Okii MC1 USB Mini Controller!
We told you earlier about the new Okii MC1 USB mini controller and you can see our demo again down at the bottom of this post – but if you’re interested in buying one, right now, there’s a $30 off coupon! From the HDCamTeam site: We have been notified by Okii Systems that there is...
New HDSLR stablilizer project on kickstarter looking for your help
Kyle Hart sent us this request for help for his new HDSLR stabilizer over on kickstarter – it looks pretty cool and has already reached his funding goal even tho only being online for a couple of days. The fundraising video Kyle’s note to me Hey Mitch, I’ve been following your site for a while...
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...
