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Cine Gear Expo 2008 - Day 1

Cine Gear Expo on the Universal back lot.

We came down to LA for Cine Gear Expo, a two-day showcase of all manner of production things: grip gear, lighting, camera accessories, and so on.

It is quite literally the hottest equipment show around…

The readout in the rental car. The TV weather folks said it was 108 degrees.

Element Technica RED EVF mount.

Element Technica makes a variety of add-on RED bits (such as a by-now familiar breakout panel with proper BNCs), including this very nice EVF mount. Lots more rigid than the RED arms, yet still very adjustable.

Sim Video’s breakout box (and lens controller).

Sim Video has their own line of add-on RED bits, and they were showing a prototype breakout box, seen here behind an add-on lens controller.

Sim Video’s EVF support

Sim’s take on EVF support includes a tripod arm to keep the EVF level as the camera tilts.

The Z-Jib.

The Z-Jib looks odd, but works well, suspending the camera in free space with a surprising degree of flexibility. It’s all-mechanical, combining carbon fiber with endearingly old-school big hunks o’ metal and a chain drive. It’s a LOT smoother than it looks.

Camera cranes reach for the sky.

Airstar lighting blimp.

Why have bulky light stands in your shot when you can float your lights in a blimp?

Toplight with Space Bag.

Any way you do it, you can’t go too far wrong with a top light in a soft box… or bag, as the case may be.

Wall o’ light.

Lumapanels. And I thought the VistaBeams were big!

Lamp ‘em for talent, lamp ‘em for greenscreen.

Whether mounted on trusswork or on stands, they’re big.

Lumapanel back side.

Next: more gear porn…

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