Sundance Film Festival

So, as I hoofed it five blocks from one end of Park City’s Main Street to the other, various camera crews shooting various footage pieces for various networks websites, corporations, or syndicated news oultets sported the slew of professional and prosumer camcorders. In the normally 10-minute walk I saw 7 Panasonic HVX200s, 3 Sony Z1s, a handful of Sony XDCAMs, 1 itty-bitty Sony A1, 1 Canon XL-H1, and even a Red One Digital Cinema camera at the Slamdance HQ. In the SD category, 1 Panasonic DVX100b and 1 Canon XL2.

Also encountered along the path: Slamdance ‘08 Real Time star (the bearded) Randy Quaid, Danny Glover and accompanying insatiable crowd, Jack Black and accompanying insatiable crowd, Alan Rickman (Die Hard’s Hans Gruber) with shouting onlookers, a group of Obama ralliers, various turquoise jeweler storefronts, and a long line of anti-fur protesters.

The trek took me just over a half hour.