Sandy Jadeja - The man who predicted the crash shot on the Canon HD CMOS

The man who predicted the market crash from david dunkley gyimah on Vimeo.

If I could ask you to do one thing first and that is to google [ google don't like it their name as a verb] "Sandy Jadeja".

I have reposted this on the front page of viewmagazine.tv having effectively telecined it which removes some artefacting and provides mood, coupled with the its accompanying music.

This was shot on the Canon HD CMOS.

What do I think about this 500ukp baby?

If you're intending on shooting semi or pro, then it's not for you. There are a number of hoops you have to jump through to ingest the footage and then bring it into FCP.

However pays you money make your choice, this is an excellent camera for its price range and the non fussy shooter. It certainly also has the advantage of stealth in shooting sensitive scenes.

Would I have one on location?

No, because the A1 without the matt box and camera is almost the same size but far superior in quality.

But if you gave me one, I wouldn't say no.

Financial Video Journalism - Star trader who called melt down

Robert Peston, the BBC's star Business Editor is rightly receiving all the praise for breaking a number of important finance stories, but here's a name that won't mean much to you but garners growing admiration in the city.

Sandy Jadeja a Chief Market Strategist of ODL and listed here on the London Stock Exchange for his trading credentials, spoke a year ago about a market set to go into hyper spin.

And speaking to him yesterday he says it's going to get much worse. How does he know?

Well you can watch him on CNBC where he talks market speak or you might want to tune back here sometime when I intend to do a Cine-VJ feature.

Sandy and I crossed paths at my Apple Talk. He was in the audience and wanted to find out how he could combine some of the things he does, using complex software to read the market with Cine-Video Journalism to show how he does it.

We've toyed with doing something but have been short of time, but now?


Lack of Financial Video Journalism
Earlier this week I asked why TV and VJs weren't pursuing financial video journalism stories.

Well might as well put my money where my mouth is...

In the future I'm looking forward to getting together with friends at Reuters and the Financial Times to talk more on financial Video journalism.

Here's a link to previous collaborations.

The video ( financial) Journalist VFJ

His kit will leave you envious; his specialist knowledge, beached.

Unless you're a trader or avid market watcher the bulk of what he's saying here on The London Stock Exchange may leave you flumoxed, but google him and you'll find out he knows his market and they know him; from city traders to the lay person wanting to invest.

Quietly away from the hulabaloo of zeitgeist talks of video journalism and ocassional dog fights between professionals, a new video practitioner is making their mark.

For a while they've operated from office with fixed ISDN and T1 lines, with studios in a basement which they'd hurried to when the broadcasters called.

That was the 90s.

Today, Sandy Jadeja exemplifies a new breed. Not so much as journalist, which he is, but pundit extraordinaire. The guy who comments why the markets are going bonkers, with an assortment of gear; green screen, panasonic VX, Seinheiser pro mikes.

And while the office with its array of squiggly lines, numbers fluctutating by the second, and squark talk is where a bulk of the the new Vj play takes plac ( more vlog at present), Sandy is on the road, constantly: Dubai, China, India, France.

If news telling is about access, which it is, then Sandy could be the Economics News Editor for any media conglomerate.

The concept of the VFJ isn't a pipe dream, but getting the news out to whosoever may want it, without say, being reliant on financial news broadcasters, is gearing up.

You can already catch Sandy twice every week on CNBC, a column in respected financial city paper, and endless spots elsewhere, but spending a couple of hours with him today shows he's writing a new dawn.

Chatham House rules apply so I can't tell you what we spoke about, other than being deeply impressed. And there are many beneficiaries in his vision, including the new crop of journalists entering institutions like the University of Westminster, whom are keen to become VFJs.

Watch out for the name: Sandy, that's all I can say.