We just got back from NAB2012 in Las Vegas, and we had an incredible time! Thanks to Steve Weiss from Zacuto we had a place to sit down at the Zacuto/Kessler booth and talk with a ton of directors, cinematographers, producers, product makers, professors, and innovators who are pushing digital filmmaking forward in really exciting ways.
I hate photos of myself, so you get photos of Joe instead! Here he is with the Zacuto EVF mounted on the D16 model.
We brought our CNC model to the floor and were able to fit it to a few rigs and accessories, like a Zacuto EVF. (The D16 will also work with the SmallHD EVFs and other monitors that use HDMI.) We’re trying to make the D16 as versatile as possible while still being ergonomic for the active shooter.
The coolest part of the trip was meeting so many people who sat and talked tech with us–giving us advice for accessories, offering help in design, and breaking down what the D16 can really offer filmmakers.
During the show we did a number of interviews, including two live-streamed from the Teradek. The first was with Philip Bloom on Day 1:
And the second was with Michael Artsis on Day 2, where we got to show off our CNC model:
Check ‘em out if you get the chance!
Joe poses with the Ikonoskop!
We were especially pleased to finally meet some of the other camera creators working with CinemaDNG, and to participate in the CinemaDNG meeting, hosted by Ikonoskop.
The Ikonoskop A-Cam dll and the Weisscam T-Cam are raw-shooting cameras that have gone through a lot of the same hoops we have in working with CinemaDNG, so it was really cool to hang out with their respective crews after hours!
The Ikonoskop was the first truly accessible raw cinema camera, to which all the other cameras coming out really owe a debt of gratitude for being the first company to jump into the CinemaDNG format. Their A-Cam footage is amazing, and uses a Kodak sensor from the same line as the D16. If you’re skeptical, or haven’t heard of these pioneering Swedes before, Philip Bloom posted recently that the Ikonoskop produced the best image he saw at NAB this year.
The calendar girls of NAB2012: Stefan Weiss (Weisscam), Joe Rubinstein (DB), and Peter Gustafsson (Ikonoskop) with some lads from Weisscam.
It was an amazing and exhausting trip, and the support was more than we could have ever hoped for. We’re so thrilled with the response everyone showed us, and thanks to everyone who stopped us to say hi and chat about the camera. It was great meeting you all and you’ll definitely see us at NAB again next year!
The goodwill with the Ikonoskop people is just great to see, so much maturity on both sides unlike many others out there.
Is Philip Bloom wearing a blazer with NO SHIRT underneath? My eyes are bleeding over here.
He is wearing a shirt! No bleeding or fashion police necessary.
Hi all,
first I want to compliment with you for this project. I’m really interested in it and I’m looking forward to see this camera in action.
I know that all the engineering is probably done, but have you considered to use the handle as a kind of battery grip to power the camera? I guess that the internal battery that you planned to add within the camera will not last too long, therefore not having to worry about cables and external batteries when shooting handheld would be really amazing.
Hope this helps.
Keep on the good work.
Best,
Diego