It's been a great day at the BSC Expo; based at Warner Bro's Studios Leavesden the expo features the worlds newest and best cinematography technology and workflow solutions. The journey was easy, I flew by Wycombe to pick up Glen and we made our way to the studios, then walked to C stage. We could see the Harry Potter studio tours in J and K on the other side of the lot, but it was huge!
We took a slow stroll around the stands, it was great to see Rotolight who produce LED lights for photo and video. Their 'Rotolight' product is incredible for a pocket beauty light; due to its circular design the light gives soft overall coverage of the subject, and for models its perfect for achieving a ring of light in their eyes. As well as that, they have developed their own on camera microphone too, giving photographers and videographers alike an entry package, I'm very happy to see this!
The RED stand had the RED DRAGON on display, demoing the 6K, wireless focus and zoom, touch-control monitor.. I can't wait til shoot with a RED package, think it will be be some time though!
The Panavision motorized camera axis was a jaw dropper too, I was so interested due to planning on constructing my own as a DSLR gimbal solution. There is no way I could achieve the precision and accuracy of this device, but with some smooth stepper motors it is completely possible! (If you can't buy it, then try making your own; it worked for me with a camera jib and camera rig!).
And no, we weren't at the Harry Potter Studio tour...
As Bucks New Uni is on the way back to Surrey for me, we stopped by Wycombe for a drink in the SU, the last time I was there we were completely smashed.. "F****ng absinthe death" aye Glen!!
Awesome day, so happy I got to see Glen too, thought I was going to have to wait until March!
For those interested in visiting BSC: GO, it is a great expo completely for cinematography so think cameras, lenses, grip (steadicam, jibs, cars etc), lighting (and plenty of great LED innovations from Digital Sputnik and Chroma Q) so definitely check it out!