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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
Closing thoughts on the Canon C300

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
Canon C300 shooting realistic pictures

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
Killing TV lighting, 4k and 10-bit - Canon C300

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
canon c300 ultimate low light test

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
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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
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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
canon c300

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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Canon C300 Day 1 – Brief Physical Review

by Lan Bui December 24, 2011
Canon C300 brief review - hoodman CF cards

Drew Gardner and I have just received a Canon C300. This video is us discussing our first reactions to the camera. We review the size and weight of the Canon C300, the build quality, the buttons, the Canon C300 ‘foot’, battery compartment, audio inputs, LCD, handle, and review other Canon C300 parts too. It is [...]

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L’Oreal UNESCO For Women in Science

by Lan Bui December 18, 2011
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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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Zacuto Z-Finder EVF (electronic viewfinder) firmware version 0.09.04

by Lan Bui May 12, 2011
Zacuto Z-Finder EVF

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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Manfrotto MH055M8-Q5 055 MAG Photo-Movie Head Features Review

by Vu Bui May 5, 2011
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Manfrotto Photo-Movie Head by Drew Gardner from Manfrotto on Vimeo. Last year we headed to London to shoot behind the scenes of the epic fashion zebra photo shoot for Drew Gardner. While we were there we all decided to make the best of our time and Drew hired us to shoot his tutorial set and [...]

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

by Lan Bui March 31, 2011
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vocals: kaile goh – kailegoh.com guitar: ken belcher – kenbelcher.com violin/vocals: paul dateh – pauldateh.com

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Zacuto Great Camera Shootout 2011 – Hollywood Day 2

by Lan Bui February 1, 2011
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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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Same Day Edit Wedding Video – Laura and Sasha

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I was asked to shoot a wedding fusion video for Laura and Sasha this past weekend. It was a really beautiful wedding, Laura and Sasha were so fun to work with. Jesi Haack wedding planners made the day go perfectly and Mark Brooke from Mark Brooke Photographers took the awesome still photographs you’ll see in [...]

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Drew Gardner Zebra Photo – Epic Fashion BTS video

by Lan Bui December 2, 2010
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What an amazing experience… a photo shoot with an awesome model, a fantastic trip to UK and now one of the best videos we have ever made!

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Post Teradek HD-SLR OC Skatepark Meetup

by Erica Hampton November 12, 2010
Teradek DSLR Meetup

If you were following us twitter then I’m sure you heard about last nights big DSLR Teradek meet-up at the Volcom skate park in Costa Mesa. Thanks to everyone who made it out! The turnout was amazing and we had such a great time checking out some great new gear from Camtrol and Marshall Electronics [...]

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Teaser for Drew Gardners Epic Fashion zebra photo shoot

by Lan Bui November 8, 2010
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I’m not going to say much about this video… just that Drew Gardner had Vu and I shoot a promo for his photo shoot in the UK. We had a great time and can’t wait to release the full video, which will be happening soon. Well… I’ll also say… I’ve had a chance to see [...]

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Maurissa Tancharoen photos – Maurissa Tancharoen Photo Shoot

by Lan Bui November 4, 2010
Maurissa Tancharoen photo

Music by: Jed Whedon and the Willing (Buy the album, it is really good!) A few months ago we did a photo shoot of the the lovely Maurissa Tancharoen. Maurissa is a mega talented television writer, singer, actress and lyricist. You may know her from Emmy award winning Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog where she was [...]

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Rodney Charters photos – Portraits of Rodney Charters

by Erica Hampton November 1, 2010
Rodney Charters

Original Music: Paul Dateh Make Up: Jamie Blair Lan and Vu met cinematographer/director Rodney Charters about 1 year ago and have since become good friends. Rodney recently needed some new head shots and promo video for the launch of his new website. It took a mere 3 months before their schedules were able to coincide [...]

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Kaile Goh, Ken Belcher and Paul Dateh cover music video

by Lan Bui October 15, 2010
Kaile Goh

Kaile Goh (vocals) | Ken Belcher (guitar) | Paul Dateh (vocals/violin) | Lan Bui (director of photography) The other day Kaile came over with Ken to shoot a mashup video with Paul. I was working on some videos and needed a quick break… so I asked Paul what he had in mind for shooting it. [...]

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