8112 crashes Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in NYC!

So, we got the call last week to go up to New York for Fashion week, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz. Of course, we jumped at the opportunity, as we had never been before and heard it was a fun time.

We would be filming a WLTV pod for one of our favorite clients, Washington Life Magazine.

This Fall would be previewing the Spring 2010 line up, so with our trustworthy Sony EX-1, a backpack, a couple of extra batteries, and a small bogen light, we set off into fashion world.

Overall, it was a great experience, but after going, I don't know if I'd ever want to go as merely a member of the public. Having the media pass made all the difference, as otherwise it would be hours of standing in line, standing at the shows, and more standing to get out.

Check out the video we shot for Washington Life. Keep in mind, that they wanted it to be quick, and essentially with little dialogue (no interviews), making the video more of a weekend montage summing up the best parts.

Awesome Battery Charger!

This is the battery charger we want really bad! Designed for Sony EX-1 batteries (BP-U30 & BP-U60), the features include:

- Fast, safe simultaneous charge; high capacity BP-U60 battery packs are ready in about 4 hours. As a battery being charged, charge status is displayed in Volts, mAh (as counted by the charger fuel gauge)

- Digital LCD display indicates the battery pack capacity, if fully discharged before insertion.

- Each of the 4 channels is fully independent of the others, batteries can be inserted/removed at any time.

- Worldwide 100-240V AC

- Small lightweight package

It ships this summer!

NYC Times square footage with the Sony EX-1

Here is some of the first footage we took with one of our new Sony EX-1 cameras. We spent about a total of 45 minutes in Times square, sucked the footage into FCP, and outputted for the web. Very little else was done to the video...just some gamma tweaks.

NYC Times Square from 8112 Studios on Vimeo.