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Closing thoughts on the Canon C300 – Late night chatter with Rodney Charters, Drew Gardner and Lan Bui part 3

by Lan Bui January 16, 2012

Here we go, the last part of our chat… our closing thoughts on the C300 from New Year’s eve. Stay around for the Billingsgate video and a whole lot more about the Canon C300…

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Using the C300 to create believable pictures – Late Night Chatter with Rodney Charters, Drew Gardner and Lan Bui – part 2

by Vu Bui January 10, 2012

In the second part of the “late night camera geek chat” the guys (Drew Gardner, Rodney Charters and Lan Bui) get a little more drunk and talk a little more about the C300 and what it’ll be good for. If you saw an earlier video Lan posted, they used an iPad and iPhone to light [...]

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Killing TV lighting, 4k and 10-bit – Canon C300 late night chat with Rodney Charters, Drew Gardner and Lan Bui part 1

by Lan Bui January 5, 2012

This is a late light chat Drew and I had with Rodney Charters on New Year’s eve sparked by the Canon C300. After we shot the ultimate low light test on the Canon C300 we had some whisky and talked about a wide range of things related to filmmaking. Here is a compressed list of [...]

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Canon C300 – the ultimate low light test with Rodney Charters, Drew Gardner and Lan Bui

by Lan Bui January 3, 2012

This video is what i will consider the ultimate low light test for the Canon C300. Rodney Charters, Drew Gardner and Lan Bui (me) spent New Year’s

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Canon C300 test video – Michaelmas Goose Dinner

by Lan Bui December 29, 2011

Here we go!!! Another test video shot on the Canon C300… remember the dinner Drew was cooking the other day? You know when Drew and I were talking about the benefits of the C300 over DSLRs… Well after a few drinks and trying to stay out of Drew’s way that was what I shot.

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Canon C300 video – Grand Union Canal, Hertfordshire, UK

by Lan Bui December 28, 2011

Yesterday I finally got to get out and shoot real video with the Canon C300!!! Drew was headed out to the market so I tagged along just to get dropped off at the canal and shoot a few test shots while he was shopping. I shot for one hour during sunset… well during sunset time…

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Canon C300 Day 2 – Discussing shooting with the C300, Canon DSLR vs C300?

by Lan Bui December 27, 2011

Today I finally got the camera outside the house and shot some test shots with it. Here is Drew and I talking about the camera a little bit more and we talk about the Canon C300 vs DSLRs… is the Canon C300 just a glorified souped up DSLR? Is it worth all the fuss? Footage [...]

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L’Oreal UNESCO For Women in Science

by Lan Bui December 18, 2011

L’Oreal and UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) give money to outstanding women in science each year… it is amazing to see women in science getting support for their research.

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Give Siri a sexy voice on your iPhone 4S

by Lan Bui October 24, 2011

I’ve been using my iPhone 4S for a few days now and love using Siri for various things… but the one thing I really wanted to do was change her voice. Not sure why I want this.. it really doesn’t matter… I just wanted to! So after I was just playing around in the settings [...]

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Zacuto Z-Finder EVF (electronic viewfinder) firmware version 0.09.04

by Lan Bui May 12, 2011

I just got the Zacuto Z-Finder EVF (electronic view finder) firmware version 0.09.04 and thought it would be nice to make a quick video showing you how easy it is to update the firmware on the Zacuto EVF. We have used the Zacuto DSLR electronic viewfinder for a few weeks now and can say it [...]

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How to shoot a short documentary and only charge your camera battery twice.

by Lan Bui April 5, 2011

You basically have two options… one: shoot a very very very short film… two: use a magical battery… What did we do? This post is a little bit about how Vu and I shot a short documentary, tons of b-roll and eighteen 20 minute interviews over the course of one entire week. All on a [...]

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Memory Bank : Lindsay Campbell Photos

by Erica Hampton April 5, 2011

I think everyone can appreciate how easy it can be to get so busy that really great work gets made but never shared with the world. Lan and Vu have quite a few sessions that were never blogged about because they were to busy making amazing photographs and videos! I think sharing these images as [...]

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Kaile Goh Gold (acoustic) ft. Paul Dateh and Ken Belcher

by Lan Bui March 31, 2011

vocals: kaile goh – kailegoh.com guitar: ken belcher – kenbelcher.com violin/vocals: paul dateh – pauldateh.com

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DSLR video cheatsheet – Cinematic Production Workflow with DSLRs – SXSW talk

by Lan Bui March 22, 2011

photo by Lyn Graft At SXSW Film this year we were asked to give a talk on cinematic production with DSLRs. We spent an hour talking about the gear and how we shot and edited a short 5 minute documentary over the course of 3 days. Literally… we shot for two days and edited for [...]

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Katy Perry Firework LipDub

by Lan Bui February 18, 2011

This video sponsored by: Katy Perry Firework LipDub A few weeks ago I got an itch to make something fun for WPPI. Obviously it had to be video related… so I started thinking of what to make. I have not just gone out and made a fun video for a long time so I decided [...]

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DSLR video workflow interactive webinar

by Vu Bui February 14, 2011

WHAT: 3-hour DSLR workflow webinar WHEN: Thursday, February 17th 7pm-10pm PST WHERE: Your computer, anywhere WHO: This webinar is geared towards beginners to DSLR video. Buy now only $49! (details and code will be sent before webinar, no refunds) We’ve put together a 3-hour DSLR video workflow webinar to compliment some of the talks and [...]

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Zacuto Great Camera Shootout 2011 – Hollywood Day 2

by Lan Bui February 1, 2011

Mike Ambs was with us today and shot the video above. Today was a very good day here at the Great Camera Shootout 2011, we got to see some fantastic cameras go through some tests. Here are some photos from the day:

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