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Davin Ellicson is a American Photographer based in Bucharest, Romania.

Davin is shown with the iDC U-Boat video cage working on a multimedia piece. His project shows how a grant from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is helping to build a modern library system across Romania. His piece focuses on one librarian who shares her experiences as she is trained by the International Research and Exchanges Board and investigates how her village has benefitted with the delivery of new computers.

Well, NAB 2011 has come and gone and the show was, as always, a whirlwind of activity and interesting news. We had many happy iDC customers pop in for a visit and made lots of new friends. I spoke in the Canon booth to Standing Room Only crowds. All-in- all a great show.

Ace French Director and European Champion of all Things iDC, Sébastien Devaud, joined us for a fine sushi dinner on Sunday evening then stopped by the booth to make a nice little video report on the action.

After a seemingly-endless struggle to acquire a fitment sample, we are now in production of a custom-tailored camera plate for the very popular Panasonic GH2. This modular billet-aluminum camera plate will work with both the ultra-compact iDC SYSTEM ZERO and the Big Boy Pants iDC SYSTEM ONE. No pictures to share at this time but we are cranking as fast as we can. This neat little package will be well worth the wait for GH2 filmmakers of all levels...

Check out the ultra-sexy, affordable, versatile, and totally New Skool SYSTEM ONE for the Panasonic AG-AF100. It’s finished, fabulous, and will be available for shipping very soon. This production sample was snatched from our assembly line for a few snapshots and it works perfectly. As with all of our iDC products it features a custom fit and not a generic adaptation. Currently we are at the NAB show in Las Vegas where you can see and handle this nifty new set-up in person. Find us, and our latest gear offerings, in booth C7148!

Initially, iDC’s SYSTEM ONE was designed as a perfectly-balanced and elegantly-simple support platform for the “taller” HDSLR form-factor cameras. These include the Canon 1DMKIV, Canon 5DMKII with Grip, Canon 7D with Grip, and the Nikon D3s.

The iDC crew recently traveled to New Mexico to spend a couple of days at the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. This area is the wintering grounds for thousands of Sandhill Cranes and Light Geese. Maura, Kiersa, and I played with a variety of iDC gear and even a few interesting prototypes. A great time was had by all. Although we shot a ton of footage, we kept this video clip brief to give you a quick overview of this target-rich location. Check it out next winter if you can. The birds usually arrive in early December...