Canon5Dtips Photography is more than words.

The problem I was doing some test recording with my macro, for a small test project I had in mind, when I noticed the image flickering when I was focusing in and out. At first I thought it was just my eye but the issue was still there when I looked at the video playback.       Not everyone ...

DISCLAIMER: these parameters were not discovered by me, I found them somewhere on the net and never wrote the URL. I will update the post if I ever find the URL again and give due credits. Here is a quick tip on how to achieve a cross process look in Aperture without buying an expensive plugin (I am looking at ...

This post is the first of 3 describing and linking to gear used by cinemaphotographer to make their videos. In this first post, we are going to review the gear available to beginners aka low budget movie makers. The second article will review the gear available to enthusiast while the last one will target those with professional goals.

In case you missed it, Vimeo Plus is now available for everyone, not just United Statians! Rejoice! Also, they changed the plan to be: 5GB of upload space per week (10x what you get with the free account) 5000 free HD embed plays with purchase (up from 1000) The ability to control which domains can embed in HD 25fps/PAL support ...

B&H currently has a promotion which allows you to get a free 2gig CF card. Well, after the mail in rebate (30$). I know, 2gig is not much and its probably why they are giving it away…  Anyways, I would order one if I was in the US, you can never have enough memory card! A nice use of multiple ...

Ed McNichol made a very nice tutorial on how to setup Compressor to convert your ProRes file so they could be uploaded to Vimeo in the “best” possible format. The process is very straight forward and should produce good result for 99% of the situations. Exporting, which used to be one of my biggest frustration when working with video (iMovie, ...

A quick test of how much a lens with IS can improve the image quality when filming with the 5DMrkII

Bruce as released 3 video a week ago about his line of product for Canon 5DMrkII camera handle: the U-Boat Commander. Watch his video as he keep adding more pieces to the handle system. This is somewhat an alternative to the Zacuto systems that we have presented previously. I havent tried any of these two, but I think I would ...

While browsing the clips on dslrflix I found this story of a kid who wants to box. The story is compelling and there are some very well edited sequences (when it switches the view from the father to the kid when talking about is health issues). Take a 3 minutes pause and check it out. It is worth it!   5DMKII ...

If you havent seen it yet, go take a look at www.dslrflix.com. It is a blog/content site dedicated to cinephotography (I think they made up that word). Contrary to the Canon5DMrkII Vimeo group which is spammed by people showing their “test” footage, DSLRFlix only display high quality content. So no bandwidth is wasted! Spread the news around so more people visit ...

First short I saw made with the 5D.

With the release of the CAnon 5DMrkII (and to some extend the Nikon D90), a whole new industry is taking shape: low budget film making. As with the coming of any new market, a supporting industry has to take shape. A few suppliers have already stepped in and my favorite so far has to be Zacuto. They have released a ...