Anyone going to NAB?

Nate North

Nate North

I'm going over to Vegas next sunday to buy my epic, and I thought it might be interesting to meet some other indie filmmakers while I'm out there. Any of you headed out to the biggest camera show of the year?

Want to throw an informal indietalk mixer at a local bar?
 
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Whoever is there, could you look where Philip Blooms giveaway draw is? I gave money to a charity in Japan and got entered in it. So if he calls out Phil Arntz, I am a happy man (boy)
 
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last chance

I'll be at the show tomorrow, if anyone wants to grab lunch and talk independent film. One of the advantages of these trade shows is meeting other directors I think.

If it's just you Paul, I'll offer to buy lunch.

I should be easy for anyone to spot, I'm the only person at any of these business conventions with 2 foot of hair. I should be hanging out at the red booth and hassling them about delivery dates for the majority of the show.

I'll be there mon-tues.
 
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@Nate North - yeah man, sounds good. I'll have 4 other guys with me haha, but we all work together. I direct/Produce, our DP/producer, two camera ops and a friend. Don't worry about buying, but let's sit down. I'll PM you my number.
 
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Yet another year I'll miss it, pretty sure our Camera Operator and Director of Photography are going, separately, as they've tended to do the past few years. I'm back east for the moment so I won't be able to make it, but have fun, it's the coolest toy show on Earth.
 
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Theodebernacius said:
I'm curious about those delivery dates. Some parts of the Epic are made in northern Japan. Jim Jannard said some disruption should be expected.
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Well I was just joking about hassling them, but yes some delays are expected. Going directly from what Jannard said, it won't effect the final delivery date as much as push a larger number of orders to the late end of the timeframe.

I met Jim while I was out there, he's one of those people that you can just look at his facial expressions and tell he's a cool guy. They seemed a bit overwhelmed on the PR end, but I think it's just because they are so focused on product and delivery. It wasn't a super user friendly experience, but on the flipside it's nice to see a company that cares more about actual progress than mining my wallet.
 
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Nate North said:
I met Jim while I was out there, he's one of those people that you can just look at his facial expressions and tell he's a cool guy.
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Have you talked to Ted Schilowitz too? Did he produced as good an impression on you as Jannard?

Will you have HDR on the camera you purchased? I'm not sure if it's still at an experimental stage or if they're confident enough to include it in their products. The preliminary results they made public were very impressive.
 
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Theodebernacius said:
Have you talked to Ted Schilowitz too? Did he produced as good an impression on you as Jannard?

Will you have HDR on the camera you purchased? I'm not sure if it's still at an experimental stage or if they're confident enough to include it in their products. The preliminary results they made public were very impressive.
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It's my understanding that all Epic-X cameras will feature HDRx technology. There's talk of using it to offset higher stop lenses, but I haven't seen an effective field test yet. I have seen the impossible shot video, which shows seamless day to night via hdr.

I did not speak with Ted. I'm not really a RED fanatic, it's just the absolute best feature set in my price range. The booth didn't hold my attention for long, since no one was trying to sell me anything, or speak to me, and the information in the booth was only about 5% beyond what I had gotten from their websites. I saw the Special Booth Only film, and it was good, they did a fine job on short notice.

I was far more entranced by the stedicam booth, where the guy who shot the speeder chase scene in Jedi had me harnessed into a stabilizer unit 2 minutes after I approached the booth. They dropped a 35 pound camera rig onto me an it just floated in the air in front of me. Felt like I was wearing a 5 pound backpack. (for british readers a 5 lb. backpack) Buying one of those no matter what camera I get. These guys were still exited about there product after 30 years, so you know it's good.

Checked out the Alexa. Ready for prime time, but sort of pricey for independents at 110k full built.

Sony took me aside into a private room and talked about diving prices on F23 and F35, Watch out! You will soon buy a camera as good as a panavision genesis for well under 100k.

Panasonic AF100 looked great, but was in a highly optimized setup, and had a 5k dollar Ziess CP on the front. A bit misleading when you think about how many people that buy a 5k camcorder are going to add on a 5k lens.

Angenueix showed me the DP rouge lenses, and they looked very clean and sharp. Also small and light. Cine quality in a portable zoom lens.
 
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