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8. Herpes is okay.

by safetyhammer

3 months ago

7. Win Half the Money

by safetyhammer

4 months ago

6. T is for Time

by safetyhammer

4 months ago

5. An open letter to Canon

by safetyhammer

1 year ago

4. Factoids and Slapstick

by safetyhammer

1 year ago

3. Tiny Legs of Fire

by safetyhammer

1 year ago

2. Imaginary War

by safetyhammer

1 year ago

by safetyhammer

1 year ago

Shot on a Canon EOS 60D with a Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

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Johannes Wagner
7 hours ago
Florian Emminghaus
13 hours ago
Francisco Lobo
1 day ago
Joana Maltez
3 days ago
Vasco Mendes
3 days ago
António Morais
3 days ago
Jan Keck | Red Gecko Productions
3 days ago
Heather M. Smith
4 days ago
Paul Cripps
5 days ago
Drew Buchanan
6 days ago

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Nurmamed 1 year ago

super!
Simon Hucko 1 year ago

bokeh bokeh bokeh bokeh!

("for fuck's sake stop it down" tag ftw!)
Pietro Impagliazzo 6 months ago

Well noted... :)
daniel jama 3 months ago

haha that is amazing
Michael Blake 1 year ago

Needs more of a vignette.
Pietro Impagliazzo 6 months ago

The MBL grade is top nottch already!
Sofía Amundsen 1 year ago

Lol!!
Oneris Rico 1 year ago

Thats me¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
James Wilsey 1 year ago

Funny because its true.
VisualMasterpiece 6 months ago

No its not.
alex penton 6 months ago

The truth hurts?
James Wilsey 6 months ago

@visulmasterpiece

Gear is cheap, ideas are priceless.
Philip Bloom 6 months ago

James, isn't that from a Mastercard advert? :)
James Wilsey 6 months ago

It should have been!
Not a bad idea for another cynical short. Can I borrow your Epic? ;)
Matthew Kent 1 year ago

Seriously... what lens did you use? ;)
Raimundas Sereika 6 months ago

haha :-) good question
John (A Camera in Japan) 1 year ago

awesome
Dino Alberini 1 year ago

This is talent!!!
Daniel Skogli 1 year ago

You made my day =)
Anthony Haden Salerno 1 year ago

Thank you.
Daniel Brown 1 year ago

That was great! Canon, you only have 22 days left…
collin cagan 1 year ago

man that was fun to watch. good shit!
Bernd Schäffer 1 year ago

True and nice disillusion, but I'm still the opinion that you can do a lot with dslrs and they have enormous potential. If somebody can't use his own potential to reach this, than well... it's their fault, right?
safetyhammer 1 year ago

Yeah, good point! Ability to reach my potential is another thing Canon forgot to put in the box.
ZoomOut 1 year ago

or it is still in the box and you are just not able to find it. Its not always the fault of others, haven´t you learned that in nursery school? ;))

nice vid, like the idea!
Daniel Dragon Films 6 months ago

For anyone actually angry at Canon; here's the "secret" to working with their cameras:

Use a tripod. Or, a shoulder rig.

Oh yeah, and learn to manual focus. Auto-focus is like Santa Claus, it doesn't really exist, and if it did, only works once a year.
Lynn Magnuson 6 months ago

Yeah .... autofocus is a joke. Or maybe that's why they measure the distance from the camera to the actor on film sets ... because they use AUTOFOCUS?????
BlueShore Productions 1 year ago

Hilarious!
Bernd Schäffer 1 year ago

The overuse of depth of field (for me typical for "not so great" dslr videos) still makes me chuckle xD
Mark_in_NY 1 year ago

You've got narrative so in some senses you're already in the top 5% of "artistic video making"... just one more elusive L lens purchase and Hollywood will be calling before you know it
Mark Horner 6 months ago

Funny!
A+G vIsUaLs 1 year ago

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Vincent Laforet's video's lack direction in my honest, humble, non-professional opinion. Anyone can take a DSLR with the ticket price of a small compact vehicle and make a video look good. Far as I'm concerned, your video was 10 times more interesting that anything Vincent Laforet has put out. Again, in my super poor, budget-minded, honest, humble, non-proffesional, "I-use-a-measly-cybershot-for-my-films, opinion.

Keep it up!
Austin Vavrovics 6 months ago

yes
halftone image 5 months ago

so true. this is the real point. gorilla style woo!
33hirtz 1 year ago

Hahaha! Please, more of this kind of hilariously true content.
Keep up the good bokeh!

:-))
Shahane Bekarian 1 year ago

So many shorts with bad scripts and lots of depth of field. They both come in the box.
Cory Thomas 10 months ago

Hahah this is great! You definitely need to make some more videos like this.
Lars Pallesen 9 months ago

Priceless! It's funny cause it's true ;-)
Mitch Payne 9 months ago

ahahha this is so sick
Daniel Dragon Films 6 months ago

Funniest thing since the Neumann brothers "HD-SLR Rigs" parody.

Awesome stuff, keep it up.
Jeff Morris 6 months ago

funny guy
Vincent Laforet 6 months ago

Can't believe it took me this long to hear about this... I'm still in pain from laughing...
Bob Gundu 6 months ago

because you were busy making a living....
Jake Chapman 6 months ago

im glad you have a sense of humor :)

but comon now, lets be serious?
can a 18 year old kid with a 60D really get into an airplane and just fly around whenever on a Jamba Juice pay rate? lol
InRetro 6 months ago

Evil maniacal laughter, I imagine. Heh.
Travis Sawyer 6 months ago

I think seeing you're comment makes this video even better. Bravo sir.
safetyhammer 6 months ago

Hey, thanks, Vincent. Next time you're in a Canon store, you feel free to shoplift something. You've earned it.
Daniel Dragon Films 6 months ago

We have a winner: Funniest Vimeo comment ever!

Yeah, Canon gave me tickets to a 1994 World Cup game. But I've bought a 5DmkII, 7D, 16-35mm, etc.. I think we're about even now.

I have laughed so hard today.. every time he says Vincent's name I just bust up laughing again....

Your animations are pretty hilarious, I like the Vlad the Impaler one a lot.
Vincent Laforet 6 months ago

Safety - now that would be a fantastic news headline "Laforet Jailed for shoplifting Canon coffee mug" ;) Once again - well done.
Chris Conti 6 months ago

Hilarious. Well done all around.
BOMBAYFILMS 3D 6 months ago

that's true buying the camera u don't buy the eye behind it......the eye behind it is coming with time........
Tom Guilmette 6 months ago

this is why i love the internet.
F9photo 3 months ago

Awesome!
Ken Fisk 6 months ago

Did anyone else go through his videos looking for the "soft core" or was that just me?
James Benet 6 months ago

You missed Vince Forest's... Pulitzer Prize! Great vid LoL
Preston Kanak 6 months ago

Speechless.
Anton Seim 6 months ago

Funny stuff. I'll send this to my clients who've replaced me by buying themselves 60D's with kit lenses.
HDProFilms 6 months ago

Great Idea!!
Austin Vavrovics 6 months ago

genius!
413 Studios 3 months ago

so true.
maller 6 months ago

So. Damn. Hilarious.
Victoria Shirley Productions 6 months ago

hahaha!
Martin Lachmair 6 months ago

oh what a great idea behind this video! so maybe you should hold your canon ;-D
Giorgio Gunnelli 6 months ago

Not bad. Now just buy another $15k in Canon gear, and you're well on your way!
Poker Jedi 6 months ago

I had cramps laughing so hard...then tears. I can't wait for the next clip....he's freaking funny.
Patricio del Sacramento 6 months ago

it´s only training jajaja
radiant 6 months ago

Hilarious Doug! Nice work mate :)
Jim Jannard @R3D kicking sand in your face... nice touch - hehe
Idustrial Revolution 6 months ago

Excellent, had us laughing
Daniel Condé 6 months ago

Hilarius, and true :-)
DC Patterson 6 months ago

blogged this - then realized that your one video could replace my entire 40 post blog rant about DLSRs. Talk about feeling redundant.
Enrique Pacheco 6 months ago

Your mistake was buying a 60D, you need a 5DII to have shorter depth of field.
Edic Kouzmik 6 months ago

True story!
Karen Abad 6 months ago

hee hee
Rick Macomber 6 months ago

You should have waited a bit longer to purchase. Canon will soon be coming out with their first hybrid real video/film cam, rendering your 60D useless! But you still have a chance to make real movies for about 3 or 4K more $ : )
Guess Who 6 months ago

Awesome!
Partho Sen-Gupta 6 months ago

super!
Christiane Nicely 6 months ago

Great piece! (speach, film and camera! ... lol)
Ken Yee 6 months ago

lol....no comments on the jello shutter? It's all over that video :-P
Marc Strong 6 months ago

I didn't eat that puppy. I don't know where he went.
Norman Bosworth 6 months ago

Exactly!
Brandon Mc. 6 months ago

PURE WIN!!! Experience in television, motorsports coverage, telecasts, etc... but they'd rather take a kid with a DSLR willing to shoot for free... the industry is changing...
Greg Hartman 6 months ago

Very nice! Funny stuff.
Benjamin Lemaire 6 months ago

Well, look. You have it now. They're SORRY :D
twitter.com/#!/CanonFrance/status/104593066119266304
Drew Geraci 6 months ago

HA - Enjoyed it. Nice work brother ;)
Paul Antico 6 months ago

Brilliant!!!!
Justin Ho 6 months ago

Haha so good!
keith kendall 6 months ago

Efffing hilarious!
Eric B. Shanks 6 months ago

This is my favorite thing ever.
Lee Welton 6 months ago

Brilliant
Eugene & Heather 6 months ago

Love this !!!
LTD KNWLDG 6 months ago

I think you just shattered my dreams!
Michael Ericsson 6 months ago

that one episode of house... genius.
Vincent Laforet 6 months ago

Agree to that one! absolutely
iHartVideo 6 months ago

Made me LOL!
Greg O'Callaghan 6 months ago

lol @ last tag, so true
Dan Hashemi 6 months ago

hahahahhaha, awesome! and to those with serious comments about dslr filmmaking...thats the problem :)
SarahQ 6 months ago

LOOOOOOVE this.
saverio pulice 6 months ago

Great!!! brilliant!! howwww :-)
Geneve Hoffman Photography 6 months ago

ha, ha, ha...love it! bokeh, bokeh, bokeh, bokeh..that is true photography geek humor (that by the way...I shamefully admit I got...).
Robinson Usagani 6 months ago

Vincent who?

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