- Slider Alternative: A pocket dolly with a flywheel – Polly!3 February 2012, 2:17 pm
Smooth for good, an invention that will probably change the way we look at sliders: Sliders. Convenient, compact devices that let us achieve dolly shots easily and affordably. They have become very popular with HDSLR, but one of the biggest challenges when using a slider is to make a shot really smooth (=professional). The smoothness [...]... - 3 affordable Jib’s29 January 2012, 9:41 pm
Jibs are your friend if you’re a one man show kind of production but still want pro looking camera movement. Lucky you: The HDSLR revolution brought tons of new gear into the market. While I must admit a lot of the gear we see is trash there are also very nice and cool things out [...]... - Video Review: Atomos Samurai – Harddisk Field Recorder25 January 2012, 2:27 pm
I had a chance to test the new Atomos Samurai with the Sony F3 (thanks to the guys at pro.media Austria) and the RED Scarlet-X. Read on for all the details on the review: Here are the key advantages and disadvantages you should consider before buying: PROs + affordable + [...]... - Canon 5D mark III spotted in the wild?24 January 2012, 7:40 pm
If you haven’t seen you should. Since yesterday there’s talk about these photos of a new camera by Canon that looks like it could be the yet unannounced 5D mark III. As you can see the camera from the photo above has the typical 5D form factor with a battery grip attached to the bottom. [...]...
- Vintage lens alert! 110 year old lens on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II3 February 2012, 3:52 pm
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 [...]You just finished reading Vintage lens alert! 110 year old lens on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II! Consider leaving a comment!Thanks for reading planet5D! Please come see our new podcast page... - The Dreams Come True – Storytelling with timelapse3 February 2012, 3:16 pm
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 [...]You just finished reading The Dreams Come True - Storytelling with timelapse! Consider leaving a comment!Thanks for reading planet5D! Please come see our new podcast page... - ExtremeStorms – editing Canon EOS 5D Mark II video on an iPad2 February 2012, 3:32 pm
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 [...]You just finished reading ExtremeStorms - editing Canon EOS 5D Mark II video on an iPad! Consider leaving a comment!Thanks for reading planet5D! Please come see our new podcast page... - Ron Risman On Location with Commercial NYC Photographer Gregor Halenda2 February 2012, 3:12 pm
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 [...]You just finished reading Ron Risman On Location with Commercial NYC Photographer Gregor Halenda! Consider leaving a comment!Thanks for reading planet5D! Please come see ou... - “Silky water” tests w/ CHV “Time collection” plugins2 February 2012, 2:46 pm
Ric Kasnoff sent us his latest input on the CHV Time Collection FCP plugins with a sample… what do you think? “Silky water” tests Can't see the video in your RSS reader or email? Click Here! Background While shooting more footage for the upcoming short "Winter" down at Rainier this weekend I took some time [...]You just finished reading "Silky water" tests w/ CHV "Time collection" plugins! Consider leaving a comment!Thanks for reading planet5D! Please come see our new ... - Finally! Canon EOS Utility updated to work on OSX Lion1 February 2012, 2:53 pm
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 [...]You just finished reading Finally! Canon EOS Utility updated to work on OSX Lion! Consider leaving a comment!Thanks for reading planet5D! Please come see our new podcast page... - Apple updates Final Cut Pro X with some stuff that should have been there in the first place UPDATE 431 January 2012, 2:31 pm
We’d heard rumors about it yesterday and 9to5mac just published the story (tho it hasn’t yet been picked up by other sites like macrumors yet surprisingly… was there an embargo that is being ignored? -update 8:54 am CT – macrumors does have a story now) Included as a free update are these features and more… read [...]You just finished reading Apple updates Final Cut Pro X with some stuff that should have been there in the first place UPDATE 4! Consider leaving a c... - Flying People in New York City – it’s a bird! it’s a plane! no, it’s an RC plane!31 January 2012, 2:16 pm
Ok, I admit it right up front, this has very little to do with HDSLR (tho there is a very short clip of an RC drone with a DSLR on it but I don’t know if the whole clip was filmed with it)… but this is just cool and I love the concept – so [...]You just finished reading Flying People in New York City - it's a bird! it's a plane! no, it's an RC plane!! Consider leaving a comment!Thanks for reading planet5D! Please come see our new podcast page... - New Nikon D4 videos – a couple from Joe McNally30 January 2012, 3:05 pm
I found these two new videos from Joe McNally who’s had his hands all over the Nikon D4 and wanted to share them with you. Joe McNally Photography- Little Freddie King, Livin’ The Blues Can't see the video in your RSS reader or email? Click Here! Snip from Joe’s post Little Freddie King is the [...]You just finished reading New Nikon D4 videos - a couple from Joe McNally! Consider leaving a comment!Thanks for reading planet5D! Please come see our new podcast page... - The Digital Convergence Podcasts – a few good ones (because I was on! HA)30 January 2012, 2:47 pm
Even tho I’ve been taking a sabbatical from the planet5D podcasts, I have been active over on Carl Olson’s Digital Convergence podcast – and I thought you’d like to listen in because we’ve had a great time talking about all sorts of different topics. Here’s last week’s episode Dave Dugdale (LearningDSLRVideo.com), planetMitch (planet5D.com), Chris Fenwick [...]You just finished reading The Digital Convergence Podcasts - a few good ones (because I was on!...
- Avid Studio is a $4.99, Frame-Accurate Editing Application for the iPad4 February 2012, 5:36 pm
Many have lauded Avid’s latest version of Media Composer (6), and it seems Avid is not content to cede the lower-end editing market to Adobe and Apple. To that end, they have released a new iPad app, Avid Studio, which at a special introductory price of $4.99 is surely the lowest-price piece of paid Avid [...]... - Adobe Gives a Sneak Peak at New Video Application 'Prelude'2 February 2012, 7:11 pm
With Story and OnLocation, Adobe has been adding to their better-known video applications (Premiere Pro, After Effects) and transforming their suite into an end-to-end production solution. The latest addition is an application called Prelude, and in San Francisco they recently demoed the new software, which looks to be an on-set ingest and logging program.... - Vimeo and Cinelan to Award $200k in Prizes for Short Docs2 February 2012, 5:16 pm
In conjunction with General Electric and Cinelan, Vimeo has launched a new short documentary series entitled Focus Forward, and they’re opening the series up for submissions. There’s a $100k Grand Prize at stake — along with a premiere at next year’s Sundance — as well as an additional $100k in prizes. The details:... - Canon Updates EOS Utility, Finally Works on OS X Lion1 February 2012, 6:26 pm
Canon’s EOS Utility software, which includes the ability to edit picture styles on your HDSLR, has not worked on OSX Lion since Apple released the new OS in July. However, Canon has just released version 2.10.4 which remedies this problem. Here’s the deal with this new version:... - Apple Adds Multicam Support (And a Way to Open Final Cut 7 Projects) to Final Cut Pro X31 January 2012, 8:59 pm
Apple today released an update to the controversial Final Cut Pro X, adding multicam support, advanced chroma keying, media relinking upgrades, and enhanced XML support. There’s also a third party app that — get this — actually allows you to import Final Cut Pro 7 projects. FCPX is now at 10.0.3, and while I’m not [...]... - Top Five Essentials for Shooting Your Indie Film30 January 2012, 8:12 pm
This is a guest post by indie filmmaker Jason Sokoloff. Everyone wants to write and direct, but the reality is it doesn’t happen immediately. Coming out of NYU’s Graduate Film Program, I was surrounded by talented filmmakers, but, while you’re writing scripts and trying to do what you love, you have student loans to repay, [...]... - At the Rough Cut Stage? Apply to IFP's Independent Filmmaker Labs30 January 2012, 4:59 pm
You’re editing your first narrative or documentary feature. You’re working with an assembly or rough cut; the film is coming together, but you’re not sure how to best carry the project through post-production. In short, you need help. If this sounds like you, I highly recommend applying to IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Labs, which provide mentorship [...]... - Is HTML5 Ready to Replace Flash Video? A Full Report on the State of HTML529 January 2012, 6:25 pm
I’ve been keeping tabs on HTML5 video for my future transmedia project 3rd Rail, as HTML5 will almost certainly replace Flash video as the primary method of consuming online video… eventually. However, where we are right now is that Adobe is sunsetting Flash video but HTML5 is still in its infancy. Long Tail Video has [...]... - Patent Filing Reveals Canon's RAW 4K Future27 January 2012, 6:26 pm
Canon applied for a RAW video patent in July of 2010, and it was just published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office yesterday. The filing indicates that Canon is planning to retain CF card compatibility while compressing 12-bit moving images to RAW 4K or 2K resolutions. Note that it’s a popular misconception that “RAW” [...]... - Ten Shorts from This Year's Sundance Film Festival Now Available to Watch Online26 January 2012, 3:50 pm
Sundance has announced this year’s Jury-prize winning shorts, and one of the winners is already available to watch online free. In total there are ten shorts online, and you don’t have to be in Park City to see them. Here’s one short that’s embeddable — note that it is not for the faint of heart [...]...
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