Crossing the water from the southside of Glasgow I attended the Visual Impact look, listen, experience show is association with Tv-Bay.

Canon gave me alone of their Canon 5D Mk111 and I had a whale of a time firing off pictures at 3200-6400 ISO.

There was one room cram packed with camcorders of all shapes and sizes for all to play with.

As usual the seminars were packed to the gunnels with people wanting as much information about solid state, this well attended seminar was held by Dave Chalmers of BBC Scotland talking about file based workflows.

As usual Canon did not disappoint with two EOS C300s, a range of glass, XF305, XF105, the new 1DX and the 5D Mk111. The above photograph was taken by my newly  acquired G1x at 1600 ISO @ a 1/60 sec, clean as a whistle.

Sony were showing off their PMW-F3 with an Atomos Ninja parked on top of the camera.

Panasonic were showing off their new AV-HS410 vision mixer which comes with 8 HD-SDI inputs and a new built in 7″ multi mode colour LCD monitor.

The ARRI Alexa was one of the cameras in the shooting gallery and its a beast and a half, this setup with a 45-250 ARRI zoom was impressive looking but not practical for hand held shooting.

Black Magic design had this rack mounted ATEM 1 M/E Production Switcher which also looked very impressive.

This chap from Visual Impact was very helpful and took the time to describe all the different LED lights and their various features.

This is my good friend Tim who was an editor at Scottish TV when I knew him we have kept in touch ever since.

This was a very interesting camera or should I say lens, the Canon DigiSuper 27 AF is a studio lens with “Auto Focus” who would have thought we would see AF in a studio lens…fantastic.

This was a very friendly attractive lady from Visual Impact taking pictures with her iPhone, this was taken with a Canon 5D Mk111 at 1/125 @ 4000 ISO with the 70-200 f4 IS Canon L lens.

There is no doubt about it the Canon C300 stole the show along side the 5D Mk111, Canon hold all the cards and sitting in between Sony and Panasonic “that felt good”.

It’s almost that time of year again when I pack my bags and drive down to Newcastle and jump on a DFDS ferry to attend IBC 2011 in Amsterdam (9th September 2011), if Sony, Panasonic or JVC have any new toys up their sleeves this is the show to be at. This time I hope to report on various manufacturers selling all the accessories like the new Gemini 4:4:4, I will also be filming with the FS100 and one of my NX70s.

I hope to get a hands on preview of the new Panasonic camcorders the AG-AC160 AVCAM and the AG-HPX250 P2 both hand held.

I will certainly produce a video review of the 160 and the 250 when I get my hands on them, the AG-HPX250 is aimed at the Canon XF305 market place it will be down to noise and low light capabilities wether it kicks the Canon off it’s perch.

The next show I will be attending will be Coventry for Pro Video 2011 the main two day show produced by the IOV, 19-20th October 2011. We hope to not only see the 3 new camcorders from Panasonic at this show but hopeful be selling them as well via H Preston Media.

The last and newest show of 2011 will be BVE North, this will be held in Manchester and is a brave move by BVE to hold a second video show 2 months before their biggie held in London, February 2012. I am not sure if I am attending this show yet but I will keep you informed nearer the time.

CVP invite you to get HANDS-ON with the latest video technology at the Holdan Roadshow. We’ll have a range of Panasonic AVCHD camcorders, including the AG-HCK10 POV and the much-talked-about Panasonic AG-3DA1 3D which we’ll be demonstrating – and which you can try for yourself! Not only that, but we’ll have Decklink Editing, Ultrascopes and Routers from Blackmagic Design, Hard Disc Recorders and Monitors from Datavideo, the Grass Valley T2 hard disc recorder, Archive Solutions for all tapeless media and LOTS MORE BESIDES. If you want to know how the imminent radio microphone frequency changes will affect you, Peter Knowles will be there to explain and to demonstrate some of the latest digital audio equipment. In fact, whether you want to SHOOT, EDIT, BROADCAST or ARCHIVE the Holdan Roadshow will be packed full of equipment you’ll want to get your hands on!

Convenient, reasonably-priced parking is available at the adjacent Science Centre Car Park, and the CVP team will be there to welcome you at The Hub, answer your questions and to arrange any demos you’d like to set up.

The event runs from 10am to 5pm on both Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th – and i’s FREE! We look forward to seeing you there!