Timelapse Movie of the Crumpler Shop in Shop Stand at PMA 2008

A Nikon D2x has a built in intervalometer, so why not make a movie of stand traffic at on of our busier trade shows? Because if I didn't I wouldn't be making full use of the awesome equipment at hand! Plus, there may be some madcap data miner out there who can provide fresh insights into the mystery of the booth...

I began the sequence around 8am topped out at around 2pm, after 600 or so hi-res jpg's had captured in 1 minute or 30 sec intervals (I forget :-P). In either case neither battery or card was at fault, definitely operator error, as spares were in abundance! In fact I had set the maximum number of shots to 600 or so and forgot to reset this on re-card and re-power - there you go, know thy menu!

The D2X, Hoodman 4GB RAW card and 10.5mm fisheye lens were set atop one of our castular towers attached via Joby GorillaPod SLR, a Manfrotto QR plate betwixt. I retained the initial files in the animation so you can see me framing it up, before getting to work on the 'floor'.

I crunched the files using DXO V.5 which allows for diverse corrections and resizings within a batch and (after a coupla hours) then imported the 640 x 480pixels files into Windows Movie Maker (I'm on PC - go figure:-) after putting the default frame rate at the very lowest setting. I also batched the files at 1080 HDTV kinda size which might look interesting on DVD, maybe a job for Final Cut?

At any rate I was somewhat buoyed by the results, it looks passable on YouTube, the equipment also really delivered for hi-res, and the software was easily mastered, with a little n00bing around. So much so, I have a couple more on the way, both booth setups!
And, most importantly, I had long been looking for a bullet-proof excuse to acquire a second body (generally it's really only possible to use one at a time anyway :-) and as such I'm looking forward to a time when I can enjoy shooting, whilst , aaah, being shot (by myself)...

The Hoax Crumpler Bag Review on Triple Crankset

Get the lowdown on Crumpler's the Hoax medium sized shoulder bag at Triple Crankset!

Dan McWeeny's Part and Parcel on RedMonkTV

Uber open source evangelists RedMonk have tapped into the symbiotic relationship between bags , geeks and their toys.

Check out the video interview/review with globe trotting super SAPper and proud Crumpler Part and Parcel owner Mr McWeeney, on RedMonkTV.



If you'd like a similar bag but with extra space for a change of costume try the larger Horseman or Cashmere Blazer notebook shoulder bags... YEAH BABY!

Crumpler at InterBike Las Vegas 07!

We had an absolutely awesome show, needless to say I'm still in recovery...
This was our third year running at InterBike and the tide is certainly turning in our favor after all the hard work and persistence, not to mention the fantastic presentation and great products!

Here's the first substantial review from the show:
- on the wonderful Commute by Bike blog...




And of course I'll be getting my pics up asap!

Animoto RocknRoller Racing at the DoubleDown Saloon

I love animoto!