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Again this year I went to the BSC show, which looked a little bit the same every year to me, apart for a couple of interesting things. It is still a valid appointment to meet and mingle with all the other guys though, especially after the usually “work-quiet” months at the beginning of each year.

Finally, there was a real Arri Alexa at the show, that captured the attention of the crowd much more than any other stand.

I also liked this solution by a Belgian Grip Firm to have the hand held feel still using a proper head and a massive zoom as in the photo below, here it is the Airfloater:

The biggest news for me was this:

Basically through this red electronic eye and, hopefully maybe still, a Focus Puller away from camera and in front of this:

(You can still see a remote follow focus on the right, maybe just in case Focus Pullers will a Luddism moment smashing the whole device!)
You will be able to track positions and have a first serious attempt or success of autofocus in Cinema, all through a touch screen and this software:

Cool, I actually look forward to see or use one on set.
Finally, thanks to Litepanels! I took part in a draw at their stand dropping my business card in a box and for the first time in my life I won something, actually a very nice LED portable light. At their stand they had some bigger ones with the nice features on the back to select different colour temperatures and a dimmer.