Legendary pro audio equipment manufacturer, Sennheiser unveiled their latest wireless system at NAB 2015 last month in Las Vegas. The new system is called AVX and is a revolutionary step forward in the digital audio realm designed to make the lives of filmmakers on set a lot easier than before. The AVX comes in a few versions, one with a hand held reporter mic and a receiver, and two versions with lavalier microphones – one with the ME-2 and another with the more advanced MKE-2 lavalier microphone.
Litepanels have been creating industry leading LED panels for almost a decade now, and with the recent introduction of the powerful and bi-colour Astra 1x1 original panel, it quickly became a permanent fixture in cameraman's lighting kits for interview lighting, documentary, corporate work and everything in between.
Convergent Design are one of those companies that have very few products, but are really good at what they do. Their recorders have become industry standard on pretty much any shoot involving a Sony FS700/FS7 or Canon C500 when 4K recording is required. The Convergent Design Odyssey7Q family of 4K recorder/monitors lead by their flagship 7Q+ model have been 4K production favourite tools for quite some time now.
The NAB Show is big! I mean, really big. Nearly 950,000 square feet of the latest and greatest in professional video, audio, post-production and broadcast technology at the heart of the Nevada desert – Las Vegas. 26,000+ international attendees from 159 countries - all fixated on the latest cameras, lenses, lighting equipment, and broadcast transmission infrastructure that money can buy today. Just like prior years, it's the place for big announcements, and there were a few. It's the best time of the year for manufacturers, dealers, distributors and end users to share a roof and get together for an unforgettable experience.