HD Cam Team

Few days ago we contacted Chuck Westfall (Technical Advisor/Professional Engineering & Solutions Division) at Canon U.S.A. asking him about some features of the new Canon EOS 7D Mark II. As always, he kindly replied clearly and quickly. Since we already know the HUGE improvements of this camera for sports, fast action and wildlife photography, we […]

  UPDATE – April 14, 2012: Added additional comments about some options/solutions that Canon could give, check at bottom. ___ If you have been following our previous report “*UPDATE* REPORT: EOS 5D Mark III – Light Leak Issue?” then you already know what this is all about. Thanks to Canon USA for posting their official […]

Laser beams may be VERY dangerous, not only for your camera, but also (and much more important) for your eyes. Through many years we’ve seen and known several cases of cameras damaged by laser, and much more sad: people injured by them as well. Damage is NOT limited to DSLR with video capturing capabilities. Lasers […]

Our friends at Robino Films (who already made very nice video tutorials related to video editing) have recently posted a nice overview demo of “Gradiest” for iPad: “Gradiest is an iPad control surface to use with Cineform FirstLight. (Hopefully other color correction software support will follow.) This is a very brief overview of Gradiest. There […]

UPDATE: May 10, 2011 – Tim Kang from TSK Pictures has posted a preset file for Adobe Premiere CS5: As those of you that shoot DSLR video with Canon cameras may know, Technicolor (the big name movie post-production facility) released a new Canon picture style to aid in post production toning. You can download their […]

MAGIC LANTERN AJ 5.0 Our friends at Planet5D have recently posted the announcement of a new version of Magic Lantern. This version includes many improvements, along with a great and enhanced user interface (menu). Just check the video and you’ll see what we mean. Here is a brief list of improvements: 1) AJ MENU: * […]

The latest Canon DSLR camera, EOS Rebel T3i/600D, announced in February of this year is finally in stock! This entry-level HDSLR has really great features, especially if you are interested in the movie/video capturing capabilities, or if you are new to the DSLR world. Please check these links: Canon EOS T3i/600D Kit Canon EOS T3i/600D […]

How to use stills to create simple matte painting effects for your DSLR footage This is another great video tutorial for people using HDSLR cameras for filmmaking purposes. Credits: Robino Films Quoted text from the video description: Taking stills before rolling your DSLR can save you a lot of time during post production when working […]

Canon DSLR Footage 10-Bit Colorspace Up-conversion Tutorial Credits: Robino Films Quoted text from the video description: Learn how to prepare your Canon DSLR footage for editing and color correction by up-converting 8-Bit compressed colorspace clips to true 10-bit 4:2:2 or 12-bit 4:4:4. NOTE: This tutorial demonstrates the cleaning of one clip from beginning to end. […]

Contents: Tamron to release AC for Adobe products Comments . TAMRON TO RELEASE ABERRATION CORRECTION CAMERA RAW PLUG-IN FOR ADOBE® PRODUCTS From Tamron Website: PRESS RELEASE September 1, 2010, Commack, NY— President and CEO of the optical equipment manufacturer Tamron Co. Ltd., Morio Ono announced today the release of their latest offering, an aberration correction […]

Contents: Update #1 – Canon 60D Manual Canon EOS 60D Features Request Additional Comments . UPDATE #1 – CANON 60D MANUAL The english user manual for the new Canon EOS 60D is now available for download. You will notice that there is no AF microadjust in the manual. Download it from here:  Canon EOS 60D […]

Contents: Firmware Update 1.2.2 for EOS 7D Canon Official Announcements Download Additional Comments EOS 7D FIRMWARE UPDATE 1.2.2 As expected and mentioned in our last article, Canon has just announced a firmware update that fixes the “iris jitter” issue that we previously reported here and here for the Canon 5D Mark II on April, 2010, […]

Contents: Firmware Update 1.0.8 – 1D Mark IV & 550D/T2i Canon Official Announcements Download Comments FIRMWARE UPDATE 1.0.8 Canon has just announced a firmware update that fixes the “iris jitter” issue that we previously reported here and here for the Canon 5D Mark II on April, 2010, especially affecting macro lenses (but not limited to […]

UPDATE – November, 2014: Please check below. ____ Contents: Canon EOS 5D Mark II – Parts Catalog – Parts List & Schematics Download Please support us . Canon EOS 5D Mark II – Parts Catalog This is a Service Manual for Canon EOS 5D Mark II: Parts Catalog – List & Schematics. It is NOT […]