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Post NAB Blog 2009
I was so busy at NAB that I was unable to open my laptop and write a few words about just how great the show was. I actually was so busy talking about Vinten products, Letus adapters and my experience with both, I never really walked around at all! The picture above was taken the last day, and toward the end, it was a ghost town. I never got to the NHK 8k super high definition setup, with fibre optics running down the Vegas strip connecting the convention centre to the 8k camera. I did not get to see anything RED, except my eye balls when looking at myself in a mirror. I missed out on some of the 3DTV displays projecting objects on the screen outside it’s boundaries, without 3D glasses! But I am very happy with how everything went and I am glad I stayed where I was most of the time. I worked with the Vitec group and Camera Dynamics out of the UK on the Vinten stand for a bunch of my time at the show. I had the honour of testing a few of the new AS series pan head’s this past winter. I shot a few projects on the Vision AS 3 and Vision AS 10 prototype with beautiful results and that experience proved to be invaluable on the stand when talking (as a cameraman) to potential buyers, dealers and media. I must also add that the people who work for the Vitec Group and Vinten are very kind and passionate individuals. This company really does care about what the end-users are saying. Vinten will be celebrating its 100 year anniversary next year and they have built their business on customer satisfaction. Vinten have created a strong bond with their clients by continuing to improve their products based on user feedback. Thank you Peter, Ruth, Len and everyone else over at the stand for making me feel so comfortable. I also spent time working with Aaron over at Letus. The booth was part of the BH Photo Video stand and during my time with the two cameras on display, I met many users of the Letus products. I also met many people with great questions and a few of those people knew me because of my website! One of the guys who spoke to me said that he really enjoyed my work. I mentioned “Philip Bloom” as my internet webpage/35mm lens adapter mentor and the guy said, “Who is Philip Bloom?” Thank you Aaron, Ryan, Steven and the others who helped out in the Letus booth to help educate people out there that the adapters have a certain “letus look” that no other adapter can archive. I did not shoot too many minutes of video for a daily blog. I realized right away that I was at the event to work. This was a paid job and I wanted to fulfill my responsibilities to Vinten and Letus. Also, had I shot video, I would have never had any time to cut it! When away from the booth after hours, I was running around with my new friend Hani and riding front row on the Manhattan Express roller coaster at New York New York! The following night I was picked up by Limo and taken hostage by the Zacuto group, with Phil being the ring-leader. Zacuto picked up a great steak dinner with other items not advertised on the menu! I must also mention a young man named, Joe Stunzi. Great guy, loads of passion and talent and he reminds me of myself at that young age. Tons of potential. So since I did not post any video blogs or any type of blog for that matter, I will simply add a link to Phil’s second video blog entry. After you watch the first few minutes, you will see why I like it so much! Bloom’s Blog: NAB Part2 By Bloom Blog
View in HD Download 720p Version Visit Bloom Blog’s ExposureRoom Videos Page I posted a short video in return to let people know that I did record some content at NAB. When I get a few minutes (and sleep for an entire day), I will cut and upload the Vinten prototype test in Boston and a few Vinten NAB videos from the booth to my website. These videos will also appear on Vinten dot TV. Stay tuned to my main page for more. One last thing, I had a huge surge in web traffic on this site practically overnight. If anyone out there can figure out why that is, please let me know. I might need to upgrade to a different server… …remember that site is www.tomguilmette.com. 10 comments to Post NAB Blog 2009 |
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Mmmmm….wonder why the surge in traffic!?
Great seeing you Tom. We need to party in Boston!!
Tom
Great to meet you at NAB, give me a shout, I can help with you server/traffic issues.
CB
@Philip Bloom: Yea, Philip a “tea” party!
@Colin Britton: Hey Colin, thanks for swinging by the Letus booth! I will keep an eye on freefoto.com!
I was only joking about the web traffic. My servers are actually in Las Vegas and they can handle a lot! Phil and I are just messing around… have you seen his NAB video blogs?
http://www.tomguilmette.com, i mean http://www.philipbloom.netOne of these days Phil and I will have a short film shootout! If it involves graphics, there is a great chance that I will lose because my CG did not have spell checker!
Slacker,
Couple of notes for you:
Cote came by to look for you, couldn’t find you at either Vinten or Letus. (Strangely, he spent time with B&H and Zacuto too.)
Red wasn’t there – they are going to have their own “day” when they will release the Scarlet and/or Epic. I don’t know if you can come in when we had to reschedule, but Eric’s willing to meet up when you’re available to give you the run down on the Red. He has to go to South Carolina for a potentially very cool project next week.
We’re looking at some of the Zacuto products, specifically the shoulder mounts for the Ex3’s. Any opinion?
I think we have some decisions coming out of the show, I’ll be interested to see what you think.
Let’s see that rollercoaster footage!
re: your surge in traffic: the vinten press event @ Gordon Biersch might explain that….?
@John Parris:
The only difference between me and you is that you are a slacker who must sometimes wear a suit and tie… i am just a slacker who wears jeans and a t-shirt…all the time.
I never saw Ray. I did move back and forth between both Letus and Vinten. Wish I could have met up with him!
I knew about RED not having a booth. They did have many RED ONEs on display throughout the hall in other companies booths. I heard that they had a secret meeting and had a Scarlet on display… no other info from me on that front tho.
Send me an email when you can to firm up the meeting dates. As long as there are no Red Sox conflicts, should be able to make it work.
As for Zacuto… they have excellent stuff and the people who make the products are great. Steve Weiss is the man you want to talk to. I could get you his contact info if you like.
I am not familiar with the shoulder mount for the EX3, but if Zacuto makes one, it will be well designed, built to last and a great addition!
Call me if you can next week and we will chat.
Tom
@Hani: You might be onto something. I just thought it was Phil’s web traffic detour he built into his video blogs! (my website address is plastered everywhere)
I now remember that Vinten had a link to my website in the new product literature.
So I can’t give Philip Bloom all the credit. That is good.
I will post a blog about the “Manhattan Express” roller coaster soon!!! Good night!
Tom
Seriously, though. I came to this site because of Phil’s web videos telling me to check out your site. You are now in my list of web sites to check out. Keep up the good work.
@Will Mahoney: Philip is the man! Thanks and I hope you enjoy this place…