Jill Rosenberg and Darryl Gold find a lucky winner.
Friday at about 3:30pm I rented a 70-200mm 2.8 VR lens for my D70 from Vistek. Although I don't really recommend the store due to sales people using pressure sales tactics, the store rented the lens to me for only $46. It was due back monday. The weekend is considered a one day rental. To buy the lens (including the two taxes here in Ontario) would cost $2500.00 CAN. I could rent the lens every weekend for the year before it would cost more money to rent.
That said if I did own the lens I'd probably go nuts and shoot continuously for days on end to get the feel for it. That could easily be a month. The lens features a vibration reduction (VR) technology that allows you to shoot 3 stops under what you'd normally shoot. I tried this feature out by shooting crowds watching Darryl's movies. It's incredible. Without a tripod I managed to get some very clear pictures with half second exposures.
The lens is quite heavy if you're not used to shooting with a metal lens. Yes the other Nikon lenses I own are made of plastic. At least the barrel part of the lens is plastic. Nikon advertises the 70-200mm 2.8 lens being lighter. Lighter than what? A lead brick? How heavy were the old lenses? Still I'd like to buy one, one day.
At 5:00pm I arrived at the Revival night club where I helped set up chairs, move tables, fold flyers and prep my gear for Darryl's party/film fest. The two hours before the Press showed up went by very quickly. A few of us managed to run out a get some pizza slices before the 7pm onslaught of reporters and camera crews.
The crowd from Darryl's POV.
By 7:30pm a constant flow of people started to arrive and they kept coming in a constant stream for the next two and a half hours. At around 9:30 or so Darryl and Jill made it up on stage to introduce this years entries and push the Canadian theme. I found it odd that they didn't do any name dropping like Ridley Scott (yea, the Blade Runner Ridley Scott). As one of the films they showed was from his company. Maybe it wasn't mentioned so other filmmakers wouldn't feel intimidated.
The event was broken down into two groups of showings. Each lasting about 45 minutes. There was a break in the middle to replenish your drinks, go to the washroom, and win prizes (in that order :-> ). Iceberg Vodka had some really cool give aways. Baseball hats, penguin key chains, tiny bottles of vodka samples.
The Revivial, bird's eye view from the back of the club.
After the two film segments were over the chairs were moved to make for a dance floor complete with a DJ. I left the part around 2:00am, maybe later to get some food at Swatow.
2 comments:
It was a great night! Everyone had so much fun :) Are there anymore photos available for viewing?
I'm sure the photos from that evening will be available on Darryl's site eventually. I still have to give him all the pics on DVD. Which should be happening some time today.
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