Archive for July 3rd, 2008

WAYNE, New Jersey, July 3, 2008 – Columbus, OH-based Lyon Video has acquired a complement of 22 Fujinon HD lenses for the company’s two new high-end 53 foot expanding HD production trucks. The lens package includes: two XA101X8.9BESM telephoto field lenses, five XA72X9.3ESM zooms, two ZA12X4.5BERM wide-angle ENG-Style lenses and eight ZA22X7.6BERM telephoto ENG-Style lenses. more

Portland, Ore. – July 3, 2008 – Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH, Oregon and Southwest Washington’s local SIGGRAPH chapter, today announced “Bring Your Own Art� (BYOA), scheduled to take place Thursday, July 31 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Art Institute of Portland, Ground Floor, located at 1122 NW Davis in downtown Portland, Ore. Equivalent to an “open mic night,� BYOA is a celebration of the local computer graphics community and offers artists a chance to share computer generated artwork ranging from animation, 2D and 3D models and works in progress, to fine art and web design. BYOA promises to be fun and creative while offering an opportunity for artists to share their work with peers, learn from others and get inspired. more

XL Video supplied video equipment and crew to two high profile performances at the 2008 Greenwich & Docklands International festival in London. The event presented a free programme of street and outdoor entertainment throughout the area, including “RUN� and “TIME IS LIKE FLOWING WATER�. Technical Manager for both events for the Festival was Richard Williamson.

XL’s project manager Paul Wood comments, “This is the first time XL has been involved with this event. It was great to be involved with creative projects such as this, and it’s good to see artists incorporating and experimenting with video in inventive ways�. more