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video production articles

Olympic Opening Ceremony Critique – Canada VS USA

February 19, 2010

I watched the Opening Ceremonies for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games with a bit of a different perspective than did most Canadians and even worldwide sports fans – I was watching to see how CTV, Canada’s Olympic network, covered the ceremonies. The 2010 Olympics marks the first time that a Canadian network did [...]

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Battery Charger Meltdown Part 3

December 31, 2009

Update on Battery Charger Meltdown Part 1 & Part 2 &
Part 4
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I mentioned yesterday that Amazon completed an investigation and concluded that the La Crosse BC-9009 “is safe if used as intended and has been reinstated for purchase.”
I wrote this reply back to Anthony Dunkley, the Amazon Customer Service Executive: (note – I corrected two [...]

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Battery Charger Meltdown – part 2

December 22, 2009

Update to Battery Charger Meltdown Part 1.
Battery Charger Meltdown Part 3
Battery Charger Meltdown Part 4
December 28 2009 UPDATE to Part 2:
I received an email from Anthony in Amazon Executive Customer Relations
I’ve confirmed that your concern regarding the La Crosse Technology BC-9009 AlphaPower Battery Charger has been fully investigated by Amazon.com, our vendors and the manufacturer.  [...]

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Battery Charger Meltdown

December 19, 2009

February 10, 2010 Update:
LaCrosse announced it has identified the problem behind the rash of battery charger meltdowns and is voluntarily replacing the affected A/C adapter, which is outputting too much voltage. If you have a LaCross BC-9009 purchased between October 1st 2009 and January 15, 2010 and your A/C adapter has the roman numeral [...]

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Shawn Lam featured in video marketing book

December 7, 2009

For the second time in only a few months, I’ve been interviewed for a video production book.  The last time it was for Refocus: Cutting Edge Strategies to Evolve Your Video Business by Ron and Tasra Dawson, and this time is it for
50 Interviews: Video Marketers- How America’s Most Skilled, Most Inspired Online Video Advertising [...]

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What’s the deal with rechargeable batteries?

October 23, 2009

I’m in the process of replacing my Sennheiser Evolution 100 lav mic systems with the new Sennheiser Evolution 100  G3 ones (because they have diversity) and decided to revisit my battery choices.
In the past I was simply using Alkaline AA’s from Costco (Kirkland) but didn’t like the fact that I was constantly throwing them away, [...]

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September Blog Preview

September 1, 2009

September is shaping up to be another busy month for Shawn Lam Video.
Here is just a peak at some of what you can expect to see on the Vancouver Video Production Blog.
WEVA Expo 2009 – September 14-17.  My Expo experience is going to start with the opening gala and awards presentation, where I hope to [...]

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Video Production Articles in EventDV Magazine

September 17, 2008

Even before meeting EventDV Magazine editor-in-chief Stephen Nathans-Kelly at the Video ‘07 convention, I had been a big fan of the magazine – the self proclaimed “Authority for Event Videographers”. I had read every magazine since the launch and talked openly about one day wanting to write for the magazine. I attended the [...]

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