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Well I ended up going for a day and it was fine. Not too much traffic on the way and I didn’t get mugged either, which was good. When I got to the show I registered and hit the floor.
I’m in the market for a high-end Tripod and some other production gear. I saw some nice products such as this sweet LED camera light, but they weren’t selling it at the show. In fact it is not available until January. By then, I will have forgotten how excited I was.
Then I was looking at some nice tripods, the system was rock-solid, the price was right, but they were not selling them at the show. By this time the cash in my shoe was burning a hole in my sock.
The other thing that was annoying was Sony… they only had the medium range cameras on display.
I was happy to check out the RedRockMicro booth where they demonstrated the M2 adapter which is a very impressive box that allows you to use cinema lenses on your digital camera. In fact I ended up buying one the next day.
I did get a chance to stop by In-n-out on the way home so I was happy.
As for NAB, I’ve almost decided to do it. I think it will be great to meet many of you and it will be an exciting deadline for a brand new product we’re working on.
Whats the point of touting them like that, if you cant get them for a while. Again, like you said, by the time they come out, you forget what the heck was the big deal about them in the first place.
That adapter looks impressive. Enough so to have to sell a kidney to get one. Do you have cinema lenses to use for that, or is that another step in the process. Just curious.
What the heck is an In-n-Out anyways? :)
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Steve
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Steve
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Steve
Well, it really is frustrating when you got money burning a hole in the hand, and nowhere to spend it... I know the feeling :D
Bummer about the Sony... I am looking into buying a RED myself. For the price it seems almost too good to be true... Since I live in Euro-land, the price is cheap right now.
Have a nice Sunday!
Cheers from Belgium
Arthur
U can buy it only next year! and when u are able to buy it you forgot it
Wish I was rich enough to buy one
See you at NAB! :)
Is it possibly something like Action Movie Essentials?:)
In your blue/greenscreen work have you ever considered using this? http://advancedmedialab.wordpress.com/tutorials/chrommatte-litering/
We've used it on a few projects with amazing results. There's no spill at all and the keying process is incredibly neat and tidy...
How much was the cinema lens adapter thinger?
Would be nice to see some footage using your M2 adaptator :)
sounds like some good products were out there that we can look forward to seeing in the future...
in fact, in don't know about others but i would really like to see a video about the industry in general
to the guy who was asking, in-n-out = burger joint ;)
What is it?
"I checked out the Letus, but in the end the M2 is a much more complete system. IE: the rails and the follow focus. I also have an JVC HD200 which flips the image at the CCD level so I don’t need an optical adapter. The other nice thing was to actually see and use one before purchasing."
Very cool AK, if you don't mind telling us, How much did you save by buying M2 and the Expo?
Congrats on your new toy, I/we hope to see what you do with it soon ;)
i'ev been thinking about getting an M2 adapter for a while now, what lens are you going to use with it, and can you post some test footage?
I also looked at the Red Rock, but heard mixed reviews. I think I am going with the SG Pro rig. Seems that the sharpness of the unit has people raving about the SG pro more than the Red Rock. Oh, well I guess I would like to see some of your footage and then your feedback of you unit before I purchase my lens adapter. Can we get some frames grabs with the Red Rock/lens type, etc when you have time to make some test shots with it?
thx!
Regarding NAB; I'm no expert on that tradeshow, but you might want to read this thread before making your decision. It contains some insightful information on what some of the big players think about NAB.
http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/13/861512
I've been looking at the Cinevate Brevis 35mm lens adapter...
Oh, and In N Out is bomb. Can you say 4x4?
You might want to take a look at this link. I was very interested in the Hydra system.
http://forum.reel-stream.com/viewtopic.php?t=849
Btw, I experimented rotoscoped lense blur (+ color correction) in After Effects to replicate a 35 mm lense adaptor. Anybody interested check out the link below to see some before and after screenshots!
http:/www.cepascal.com/blog
It's in french, but you get the idea!
PS: Andrew you MUST shoot a short film if you have this toy ;)
C-E
I know that lights you were referring to- really nicely made- they're compact, nicely shaped, and cast very nice lighting, plus they're are very light, and can be battery charged only!
The RedRock was awesome too- Shot with the Panasonic HVX200, it sure looks like film.
Really good stuff there.