A big truck and a 47kg lens

Hi folks,

Today has been good for experience. Yesterday I was called to go to a tour of sky sports multicam working environment at the Hibernian football stadium, ahead of the match tomorrow.

When we first arrived we were shown where all 13 camera feeds will be capturing the game from, the surprisingly small studio where the presenter and guests would sit, the vision mixing desk (which is part if an enormous truck which can be transported anywhere) and the commentary stand.

When we were getting shown round one of the camera operators allowed us to shadow him rigging one of the HD cameras - the camera was split up into different parts:

-  The pan and tilt head (which is mounted to a cradle)
-  A 47kg Canon lens
-   A Sony camera head which attaches to the lens
- and the viewfinder.

It was a good experience and I hope there is more where that came from.

Cheers.