Archive for May, 2010

Friday, May 21st, 2010

Bushwalla’s Alien caught on a 5D

I was filming a promo for Bushwalla.net on the Canon 5D (displayed by Billy aka Bushwalla) using my favorite setup for run & gun shooting with wireless audio. I used a RedRock rig with Anton Battery on the back of the shoulder-mount balacing the camera, Canon EF lens, Marshall 7″ Monitor with HDMI input and a Beachtek preamplifier that connects to two Sennheiser wireless recievers. Everthing mounts solidly on the rig and travels easily. I popped in a Hoodman RAW CF card to record on and mic-ed the guys with wireless transmitters.

The promo was written by the very talented and funny comedian Smooth-E (smooth-e.tv) who is the green dude in the pucture.

Check out Bushwalla’s music and buy his tracks! One of my favorites is titled “Self Depreciating Hip Hop.”

Snehal Patel

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Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Vegas Shoot with 7D & Film Lenses

I’m operating on a commercial shoot for my buddy Paul and we’re using a Canon 7D converted by HotRod camera to accept PL mount film lenses. We opted for Cooke S4 primes. The look is amazing and the lenses are pretty compact so our camera setup is pretty manageable. While AC Alex pulls focus off the small Marshall monitor, the director can watch the large 26″ monitor remotely because we are converting and spliting the HDMI output to SDI using a simple Black Magic box. Small setup, great image quality and easy to operate.

Snehal Patel

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Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Canon 5Ds can go anywhere!

You can even use these camera’s in hazardous situations. Learn how to shoot in any condition by taking my Canon 1-Day Intense Boot Camp. Next one is May 22nd. For more info: www.theassociation.tv/canonbootcamp

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Friday, May 7th, 2010

Cool Video by my friend

Dude! Check out what Jeremy did. He was the colorist for my Indian Gangster Project. Very talented and inventive use of limited resources.

<p>CHRYSALIS (720p) from RAWworks on Vimeo.</p>

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Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

NAB 2010 Report – Part 3: DSLR

I got interviewed by Buzz Radio at NAB 2010 and spoke about the Canon DSLR work flow.

- Snehal

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Buzz_Snehal Patel at NAB10.mp3 (3618 KB)

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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Upcoming Canon DSLR Boot Camps in May

I still can't get over the reaction I'm getting from the Boot Camps I run for the Canon DSLR Cameras (1D, 5D & 7D)!

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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

NAB 2010 Report – Part 1: DSLR

NAB 2010 was quite a huge affair this year in Vegas. It's the biggest conference on geeky toys for the film and television industries. The focus was definitely on 3D, but another important topic was simplified and cheaper workflow. That is why the Canon DSLR technologies were discussed by everyone and anyone.

At the Canon booth, there was an on-site theater that played the Canon showreel. "Indian Gangster" (www.indiangangster.com) was a part of the reel so I had to check it out. It was awesome to see my little film cut together with some of the coolest projects from around the world, made by very talented professionals.

Rodney Charters also spoke about "Indian Gangster" daily in a talk he gave at the Canon booth and showed off the trailer.