Tag Archives: Manufacturer Field Trip
FDTimes NAB Edition Contents
FDTimes April 2011 double issue 41-42 hits the halls of NAB on opening day: at 9 am on Monday April 11, 2011. Pick up your complimentary copy of Film and Digital Times from the publication bins in the Central Hall Main Lobby and South Hall Upper Lobby, at our booth C9550, and at the booths of our sponsors, including Sony, Fujinon,… read more…
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ZEISS Cine Lens Day 2010
Two thoughts come into my mind when reflecting on this year’s Cine Lens Day at Carl Zeiss in Oberkochen, Germany. 1. They sure fed us well. 2. They sure have a lot of lenses. But let’s start at the beginning… The biennial Cine Lens Day takes place at the Carl Zeiss headquarters in Oberkochen, about two hours northwest of Munich…. read more…
Tags: Lenses, Manufacturer Field Trip, ZEISS
Tour de Aaton
It is fitting that while touring Aaton, the Tour de France was underway. 2 Rue de la Paix in Grenoble has long been on my list of places to visit. In the center of Grenoble, a university town at the foot of the French Alps, Aaton cameras have been built here for the past thirty years, along with Cantar, Indaw,… read more…
Tags: Aaton, Manufacturer Field Trip
Blixt Camera Rental
We recently visited Björn Blixt and Blixt Camera Rental in Copenhagen, Denmark. Björn is a fellow cinematographer with a wicked wit, cunning at punning and an enthusiastic entrepreneurial spirit. Rune Ericson, the legendary Swedish cameraman and “father of Super 16,” often joked about how most of the world thought he lived at the North Pole. Blixt Camera Rentals may not… read more…
Tags: Aaton, Angénieux, ARRI, Cooke, Manufacturer Field Trip
ARRI CSC…Worth the Trip
High praise from a Michelin Guidebook is that a place is “worth the trip.” The new ARRI CSC facility is definitely worth the trip: recently relocated west of Manhattan, across the Hudson river, to Secaucus, NJ–famous for its Secaucus Seven, Meadowlands, and Clothing Outlet Centers.There was much speculation and some early trepidation by hard-core New Yorkers at a place you… read more…
Tags: ARRI, Manufacturer Field Trip