FDTimes will be back at Cine Gear Expo — Booth 85 — across from Cooke, ZGC, OConnor, near Servicevision, on the way to In-N-Out Burgers and the food trucks. Stop by to say hello.

The Cine Gear Expo exhibits will be open at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California June 1 and June 2, 2012.

To register, purchase conference packages, get screening tickets, and for a full schedule of events go to:  www.cinegearexpo.com

The Cine Gear Expo 2012 Technical Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to E.F. “Bob” Nettman. In February, he won an AMPAS Sci-Tech award for Stab-C and his other lens stabilized 5-axis camera mounts for aerials, cars, boats, and cranes.