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Fast in Miami, and fast in Indiana
With the deep cold and record snow fall at home in Rhode Island it was great to fly South and film a few days at the Miami Boat Show. I have been filming this show for years and the manufactures pull out all the stops launching cool gear and their hot new boats. With a lot of the boats in the water we get a chance to film a few running which is a blast, and my forte, be it sail or power. Check out this boats.com First Look Video of the 2015 Mercury Verado 400 Racing. There are four…
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Dusseldorf Boat Show 2015
Just back from a fantastic time at the Dusseldorf boat show. If you are not familiar with this show it is the biggest indoor boat show in the world. Seventeen display halls with different product in each hall. I was at the show filming new product releases. We shot 44 videos in three days of filming. Yup, it was a fun, flat out schedule. Over the last 47 years I have been to most of the boat shows in North America and a bunch in Europe. This show has the most diverse range of products and some of the coolest…
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Paul Cronin Studios goes 4K with Sony F55
Very exciting news, Paul Cronin Studios now offers 4K, slow motion to 240fps at 2K, and 60fps at 4K. All of this with the new Sony PMW F55 global shutter camera. The formats, bit rates, audio quality, and output options this camera offers is leading the industry. Whether it is a feature film for the big screen, live broadcast sports (there was and F55 capturing the action over the first base side dugout at the World Series), HD TV, stunning quality for the web, right down to corporate video that will have our clients smiling, the F55 is the camera…
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New Cameras at Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show
Just back from the Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show filming and shooting stills of a wide variety of boats. This show offers a range of power craft from a lithium-powered surfboard to 150’ Mega Yachts. Very exciting show for us, we were using two new cameras that produce amazing images. One of our new film cameras is the Canon C300. This camera uses a new Super 35mm chip that offers fantastic detail and 12.5 stops of latitude. We set our C300 up with a Movcam rig, Sennheisser 2000 wireless system and Canon EF-L glass. With removable lens you have endless…
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Beneteau Barracuda 9 Powerboat
In August with on screen talent extraordinaire Lenny Rudow, and producer Carol Cronin, we set off to review the Beneteau Barracuda 9 in Marion, MA. The Barracuda 9 is an exciting new boat from Beneteau Powerboats division and they came up with a beauty. The boat is loaded with features, runs fantastic with a new hull shape all for an amazing price. The video boat reviews are fast pace jobs. The amount of filming, narrative, and details we do in a day would drop most people to their knees, but we love the challenge. We have a great product that…
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