As I’ve mentioned in a previous post – I’m a bag person. Today I stopped by the folks at Petrol and got a glimpse of some of their newer products. Lucky for me my checkbook was elsewhere.
Prior to leaving for NAB, I was looking for a back that I could walk the floor, quickly pull out my video camera, microphone, etc and start shooting. But I also needed my Nikon D300 in case I needed to get a few great shots. Oh yeah, and I almost forgot, I need my computer to post during the show if necessary. Petrol has such animals, and more. While the bags got my attention, a slick rain coat for my camera kept my attention.
Rain slickers tend to be very good form fitting products you buy for specific camera models. What if you want to add a Matte Box? You’re out of luck likely. Similarly if you’d like to share slickers across different cameras, you’ll find they don’t fit. Petrol’s newest is pretty slick indeed. While not form fitting, it attaches to the hot shoe to stabilize it, but it’s got velcro to wrap where necessary. Clever idea really.
Full press release after the jump:
Scott Gentry started his career as a child actor then moving to ABC All My Children first in production straight out of college, then in front of the camera for a short stint as a regular walk-on (woo-hoo!)