eARThworks – Wins Best Documentary – Zigguart FilmFest 2026
The outgoing Major of St Neots and good friend of mine, the lovely and talented, Mr Richard Slade commissioned me to make this video for him and St Neots Town Council to reflect on all that he has achieved in his four years as Mayor and Deputy Major.
We had a fun day filming it around St Neots and I was assisted (Thank you!!!) by the awesome Jen Nesbitt.
The drone footage was shot by Maciek Platek
Shot on a Sony A7IV with Tamron 28-75 2.8 lens
Edited in Davinci Resolve
Recently I was very honoured and somewhat overwhelmed to meet and film with the legendary Dame Evelyn Glennie.
Along with my good friend and sound recordist Joe Harris we were making a film to be shown at an upcoming exhibition:
Evelyn and her team (shout out to Gethyn in particular) were an absolute joy to work with.
We could have stayed for hours listening to Evelyn!!
Go to the Listen Up! event !!!





Here is the trailer for Martin Cooper’s latest feature documentary “eARThworks”, the 3rd feature doc that I have shot (and done motion graphics for) working with Martin.
Coming to a film festival near you soon (and streaming services after that – watch this space)
This film explores our natural environment through the prism of three contemporary artists, from Europe, Africa, and Asia—a painter, a photographer, and a calligrapher. Their work investigates the natural themes of Light, Land, and Water. Together, their work encourages us to re-appreciate and value these vital aspects of nature, which allow not just human life, but all life to exist on Earth.
Featuring Artists: Filippo Sciascia (Bali), Nakajima Hiroyuki (Japan) & Nii Obodai (Ghana)
Director: Martin Cooper
Director of Photography: Adrian Storey
Composer: Rob Lewis
Allow me to present the film I shot with Director/Editor Martin Cooper about calligrapher Nakajima Hiroyuki’s exhibition in Milan last month.
This performance/exhibition/ was part of the event “Written in Stone”, a group exhibition held in Milan October 9-16 2023, in Palazzina dei Bagni Misteriosi of Franco Parenti Theatre, curated by Katia Bagnoli and Bruno Riva.
It was a real pleasure to work with Martin and Hiroyuki again. It’s been some years since I last saw Hiroyuki after meeting him during the filming of Martin’s multi award winning feature documentary “Traces Of The Soul“.
My last blog post was some photos from the trip in case you want to see those.
“May Week Alternative” set out to change the way people thought about charity and over a quarter of a million pounds raised (and counting) later, it seems they have succeeded!
I’ve done a fair bit of work for Trinity College, Cambridge over the last few years, a lot of which I’ve been unable to share so I’m really happy to be able to finally post about this awesome project set up by Trinity alumni George Rosenfeld and Areeg Emarah in 2017.
Really proud of the video above shot by myself and Oliver Sharpe and edited by me.
It’s well worth your time, amazing project and lovely people!
Read more about it over on Trinity’s site
Or visit the MWA site itself www.mayweekalternative.org.uk
Or even joinraise.org to see where else the project has spread to
Big thanks to George, Areeg & Fiona who were super fun to work with and everyone else involved :)

During September 2020 I shot a series of films Directed by the multi-talented and all-round lovely man Oliver Sharpe from Triple Element Films for Trinity College Cambridge outlining their COVID-19 guidance.
You can see all the films and read through the detailed advice over on Trinity’s website – HERE
Shooting in 2020 has proved more challenging than usual, what with constant wiping down of equipment, social distancing and strict mask use, but despite the COVID-19 measures we had put in place for the filming it was a lot of fun and a real pleasure to meet the students and staff who feature in the films.
I think moving forward shooting will be an interesting, if odd experience for a while.
We were asked not to post on social media about the filming until the films were released, so I er….didn’t :)
It was hard not to because the architecture of Hogwarts Trinity College is pretty impressive!
Oh look, action shots…..
If you just want to watch the short films, here’s a playlist
(Though to be honest if you are not heading to Trinity, I’m not entirely sure why you’d want to, except of course to see mine and Oli’s great work :)
For the tech heads, a kit list –
Sony A7III
Tamron 28-75mm
Canon FD 17mm
Andycine A6 and A6 Plus V2 monitors
Gobe vari-ND filter
Rode Wireless Go
Sachtler ACE tripod
Moza Aircross 2 Gimbal
Zhiyun Weebill S gimbal
So, I finally got around to making a new showreel!
Yes, I know it’s longer than it should be for a showreel, but I figure if you haven’t got 4 minutes to find out if you like my work then it’s unlikely you are going to hire me anyway.
(Additional note – Please hire me:)
The work featured:-
Opening animation (Animator/Editor)
Personal work
Noel Gallagher Interview (Self-shooting Director)
Deutsche Presse-Agentur
“Tuning Into Radio Muju” (Self-shooting Director/Editor)
Short Documentary – Mujuworld.co.uk
“New Day” by Handbook (Self-shooting Director/Animator/Editor)
Music Video – Cascade Records
Colour Triangle Animation (Animator)
“Directing Color with Ollie Kenchington” – MZed
“World Jewish Relief – Annual Dinner Film” (Camera Operator)
Short Documentary / Fundraising piece – Duckrabbit for World Jewish Relief
“Down where the wild flowers grow” ( Self-shooting Director)
Personal project
“Sexsomnia” (Self-shooting Director/Motion Graphics/Editor)
Short Documentary / Art piece / Film festival piece – Personal project
“A Mir buttercup” (Self-shooting Director/Editor)
Short Film / Lens test – Personal project
“Neotists” (Self-shooting Director/Editor)
Short Documentary/Promotional piece – Neotists and Collusion
“Michael Murfin – A State Of Change” (Self-shooting Director/Editor)
Short Documentary -Commissioned by the artist, Michael Murfin
“Steve Gullick – Gullogram” (Self-shooting Director/Editor)
Promotional piece – Commissioned by the photographer, Steve Gullick
Furry Running (Animator)
Personal work
“San Luca Tattoo Lounge” (Self-shooting Director/Editor)
Tattoo Shop Promo – San Luca Tattoo Lounge
ARRI Mini & ARRI LF (Motion Graphics)
MZed Courses for ARRI
“A ride in a chipmunk with Dave Fradley” (Self-shooting Director/Editor)
Personal work
“Rising Tide – Women At Cambridge” (Camera Operator)
Multiple short documentaries / Exhibition promo films – Duckrabbit for University Of Cambridge Library
“Get In” (Camera Operator)
Multiple short documentaries – Duckrabbit for University Of Cambridge
“Thomann-Hanry At Somerset House” (Self-shooting Director/Editor)
Commercial Promo Film – This Is Crowd for Thomann Hanry (Article on Thomann-Hanry site with video in context HERE)
“ARRI ALEXA LF first look at BSC EXPO with Rodney Charters ASC” (Self-shooting Director/Editor)
Trade Show Coverage – Newsshooter
Planetscape web address animation (Animator) – Personal work
Music
“Rewire Your Cables” by Little Glass Men
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Little_Glass_Men
Used under a CC by 4.0 License
At the end of last year I was hired by the lovely folks at This Is Crowd to Direct/Shoot/Edit a promotional piece for their client Thomann-Hanry – “The world leading façade cleaning experts” and their latest project cleaning the facade at Somerset House in London.
You can read more about the project and Thomann-Hanry’s unique method of cleaning sensitive buildings over on their site HERE and watch the resulting video above, which turned out pretty well, I think.
Big thanks to This Is Crowd for hiring me and especially to Skye.
Big thanks also to Claudia from Thomann-Hanry.
A pleasure to work with you both.
Shot on a Sony A7III in 4K using Tamron Di III RXD 28-75mm, Canon FD 17mm and Jupiter 11 135mm lenses.
Edited and graded in DaVinci Resolve 16
Side Note:
The final day of this shoot was just before the UK lockdown due to COVID-19.
The edit was a welcome distraction from the beginning of the craziness.
Posting the film here now has taken on a slightly surreal edge as it was likely my last job shooting until this is all over.
Stay safe, wash your hands and be nice to each other!
The fourth and final of four films from the Women at Cambridge series I had the pleasure of shooting for Duckrabbit and The University Of Cambridge -“Planting women’s roots in Cambridge”
Part of the #RisingTide and #WomenAtCambridge exhibition at The University of Cambridge Library.
www.cam.ac.uk/TheRisingTide
From the Youtube description:-
The impact of women at Cambridge is incalculable. In 1869, Girton College became the first women’s college at Cambridge, and the first in Britain, to offer residential higher education for women. But Cambridge University did not grant degrees to women until the late 1940s, the last British University to do so.
In this final film, Jo Cobb, Head Gardener of Murray Edwards College, joins co-curator of The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge exhibition, Dr Lucy Delap, in Eliza Baker Court at Girton College. Here, they discuss the influence of former Head Gardener, Chrystabel Procter on the college and on future female gardeners across the University.
I really enjoyed hanging out with Dr Lucy Delap and meeting Jo Cobb during the making of this.
Was very nice to spend time in the Eliza Baker Court at Girton College too.
It was also a real pleasure & honor (as it always is) working with Ben from Duckrabbit, who never ceases to amaze with his kind-hearted, open professionalism.
Shot on multiple Sony A7III’s and a Sony FS5 with Tamron 28-75, Sony 16-35 and another lens that I’ve forgotten should you care about that kind of thing :)
The third of four films from the Women at Cambridge series I had the pleasure of shooting for Duckrabbit and The University Of Cambridge -“The ladder of academic success”
Part of the #RisingTide and #WomenAtCambridge exhibition at The University of Cambridge Library.
www.cam.ac.uk/TheRisingTide
From the Youtube description:-
The impact of women at Cambridge is incalculable. In 1869, Girton College became the first women’s college at Cambridge, and the first in Britain, to offer residential higher education for women. But Cambridge University did not grant degrees to women until the late 1940s, the last British University to do so.
In this third of four films, co-curator of Cambridge University Library’s The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge exhibition, Dr Ben Griffin, is joined by Girton Fellow Dr Dorothy Thompson, to discuss the impact of Muriel Clara Bradbrook, former mistress of Girton College and the first women to become a professor in the Faculty of English. Here, they look at a board game, created by Bradbrook, following the life of a female academic at Cambridge.
#TheRisingTide #WomenAtCambridge
© Muriel Clara Bradbrook by Bassano Ltd, National Portrait Gallery, London (https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/se…)
Steve Selwood: Cambridge University Women’s Boat Club B, Womens Head of The River 2012
Flickr
I really enjoyed hanging out with Dr Ben Griffin and meeting Dr Dorothy Thompson during the making of this.
It was also a real pleasure & honor (as it always is) working with Ben from Duckrabbit, who never ceases to amaze with his kind-hearted, open professionalism.
Shot on multiple Sony A7III’s with Tamron 28-75 and Sony 16-35, should you care about that kind of thing :)
The second of four films from the Women at Cambridge series I had the pleasure of shooting for Duckrabbit and The University Of Cambridge -“Flying the flag for women’s rowing”
Part of the #RisingTide and #WomenAtCambridge exhibition at The University of Cambridge Library.
www.cam.ac.uk/TheRisingTide
(The first film is HERE)
From the Youtube description:-
The impact of women at Cambridge is incalculable. In 1869, Girton College became the first women’s college at Cambridge, and the first in Britain, to offer residential higher education for women. But Cambridge University did not grant degrees to women until the late 1940s, the last British University to do so.
In this second of four films, Dr Lucy Delap, co-curator of Cambridge University Library’s The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge exhibition, is joined by Gemma-Claire Ali of Newnham Boat Club and Siobhan Cassidy, Chair of Cambridge University Women’s Boat Club, to reflect on the history of women’s rowing in Cambridge. In 2013, Cambridge University Women’s Boat Club moved into a boathouse on the River Cam, 70 years after being founded, and are still fighting for equality in women’s rowing.
I really enjoyed hanging out with Lucy Delap , Siobhan Cassidy & Gemma-Claire Ali at the Newnham College boat club during the making of this.
It was also a real pleasure & honor (as it always is) working with Ben from Duckrabbit, who never ceases to amaze with his kind-hearted, open professionalism.
Shot on multiple Sony A7III’s with Tamron 28-75 and Sony 16-35.
In September 2019 I traveled to Lviv in Ukraine with Ben from Duckrabbit to make a fundraising film for World Jewish Relief to be shown at their annual dinner.
The result of that trip is the film above.
I haven’t been able to publicly talk about the film, my time in Lviv or post any pictures until the film was finally released to the public on 4th February 2020.
Lviv is a beautiful city with a brutal history – some great architecture, cobbled streets, trams, Om Nom Nom – one of the best vegan restaurants I’ve ever eaten in, cheap beer and was the site of the Janowska concentration camp .
The fantastic crew for our 7 days in Lviv consisted of Ben duckrabbit (Director), Dan (onscreen), Natalia (who we immediately nicknamed ‘Nutella’, translator), Tanya from World Jewish Relief and myself (camera).
We would be interviewing Jewish survivors Semyon, Rosa and Clara.
Their stories would bring me to tears more than once.
Listening to the stories of what Semyon, Rosa and Clara went through was a deeply moving and unsettling experience.
It’s one thing to read or watch films about what happened to the Jewish people in World War II, to hear about the seige of Leningrad or the violent persecution suffered, but quite another to sit in a small room with someone who lived through those things tell you what it was like, to look in their eyes as they tell you their story.
It took me weeks to get over and is not something I’ll ever forget.
I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating, that Ben from duckrabbit is an amazing director to work with and it was his generosity of spirit, compassion and professionalism that got me through the somewhat harrowing process of making the film. Thank you Ben.
I would of course also like to thank Tanya and Dan for their amazing work and insights during production.
(Big man hugs to Dan for the lift home from the airport on our arrival back in the UK, Cheers bruv:)
Natalia, the translator deserves special mention, not just for her incredible on the spot translations and infectious sense of humor but also for her warm hearted kindness to the interviewees and us the crew throughout. Nutella, we love you!!!
World Jewish Relief as an organization deserves and has, my deep thanks for all the incredible work they do helping survivors across the world.
I’m deeply grateful that through them I had the opportunity to travel to Ukraine.
The final and deepest thanks must go to Semyon, Rosa and Clara for their bravery in agreeing to tell their heartbreaking stories to us on camera.
I will always remember you, your incredible strength and resilience and I feel honored to have met you.
Below are some photos from what was a truly moving trip.
The first of four films from the Women at Cambridge series I had the pleasure of shooting for Duckrabbit and The University Of Cambridge on Women’s struggle for education.
From the Youtube description:-
The impact of women at Cambridge is incalculable. In 1869, Girton College became the first women’s college at Cambridge, and the first in Britain, to offer residential higher education for women. But Cambridge University did not grant degrees to women until the late 1940s, the last British University to do so. In this first film of a four-film series, Dr Lucy Delap and Dr Ben Griffin, co-curators of Cambridge University Library’s The Rising Tide: Women at Cambridge exhibition, explore women’s historic struggle for equality at Cambridge in the face of mass and sometimes violent opposition.
I really enjoyed hanging out with Lucy Delap and Ben Griffin who were as knowledgable and friendly presenters for the film as you could hope to meet.
It was also a real pleasure & honor (as it always is) working with Ben from Duckrabbit, who never ceases to amaze with his kind-hearted, open professionalism.
Shot on Sony A7III with Tamron 28-75 and Sony 16-35.
Mostly on the Ziyhun Crane 2 gimbal.
As part of the “Future Takeover” event in St Neots in Jan 2019 which Documentally and I made a film about the Neotists for (view it HERE), I was also asked by Collusion to make a short film of the event itself.
From the YouTube description:-
Future Takeover was a
24 January – CREATIVE ST NEOTS
25 January – IF ST NEOTS WERE SIM CITY: Town planning with a twist
26 January – FUTURE TOWN FAIR
In collaboration with St Neots Smart Place Initiative – https://www.connectingcambridgeshire
Music by Little Glass Men – “Waiting for Gyrotron”, ” The Renaissance Man”, “Polybear”.
freemusicarchive.org/music/Little_Glass_Men/
Used under a Creative Commons CC by 4.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Find out more here – http://collusion.org.uk/huntingdon
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CREDITS
Speakers: Sherry Dobbin, cultural strategist
James Parton
Richard Slade, web and graphic designer – https://www.neotists.co.uk/dvteam/ric…
Christian Payne,
Adrian Storey, director of photography, cameraman, editor, photographer – http://www.uchujin.co.uk/
Rebecca Britton, communications, communities
Emily Stephens, youth creative vision
Andrew Chetty, Partner at Umbrellium – http://umbrellium.co.uk/about-us/
Prof. John Miles, future transport researcher from the University of Cambridge – http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/profiles/jcm91
John Taylor, Assistant Director of Huntingdonshire District Council – https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-tayl…
Dan Thorp, assistant director Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Com https://uk.linkedin.com/in/daniel-tho…
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Exhibitors:
Katy Marshall, digital maker – https://www.behance.net/ktmarshall
Will Webster, photographer and picture framer – http://willwebster.com/Will-Webster
Jojo Debrazza, author – https://jojodebrazza.com/
Stephen Mulvey, photographer – https://stevemulveyphotography.com/
Lee Mason, graphic designer, digital artist- http://www.lee-mason.co.uk
Anne Marie-Miller, director of Carbon Orange – http://www.carbonorange.com/
ARU Reactor – https://www.anglia.ac.uk/business-emp…
Thibault Jeangout,
St Neots Smart Place Initiative – https://www.connectingcambridgeshire….
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Event photography: Maciek Platek – https://www.maciekplatek.com/
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Venue and hospitality: The Art & Soul Cafe – https://www.artandsoul.cafe/
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The in_collusion programme is supported by:
Arts Council England – https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority – http://cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca
Arm – https://www.arm.com/
Cambridge Consultants – https://www.cambridgeconsultants.com/…
In addition, this project was supported by:
St Neots Smart Place Initiative – https://www.connectingcambridgeshire….
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Recently I was hired to make a documentary about Cambridgeshire artist Michael Murfin to accompany his “A State Of Change” exhibition at St Neots Museum Exhibition Room which runs from March 13th – April
Michael talks about his life, work and about the oil paintings recording the A14 upgrade project in Cambridgeshire that make up the exhibition.
I shot it in 4K (for 1080p delivery) on a Sony A7III with a Tamron 28-75 lens.
Supported on a Sachtler Ace tripod.
The interviews were lit using a Brightcast V15 Led Panel with a D-Fuse
The subtitling was done using the awesome service over at rev.com who turned around the 14 minute film in about 3 hours with 99% accuracy for a VERY reasonable price. I’m not associated with them in any way, but this definitely won’t be the last time I use them.
Many Thanks to Michael & Hilary for their hospitality, tea and humour throughout the process.
Directed/Shot/Edited:-
Adrian “Uchujin” Storey
Music:-
LLOYD ROGERS
Cartesian Reunion Memorial Orchestra – Violin Machine
“1 Fast”
Cartesian Reunion Memorial Orchestra – The Little Prince, A Ballet In Two Acts
“On Matters Of Consequence – Act I”
“On Things Invisible To The Eye – Act II”
“Gifts Of Stars – Act II”
USED UNDER A CC PUBLIC DOMAIN MARK 1.0 LICENSE
KAI ENGEL
Caeli
“Modum”
I was recently hired along with friend and collaborator Christian “
“Future Takeover” – an event over three days exploring the long-term growth of St Neots and its creative sector through ambitious thinking.
I shot it in 4K on a Sony A7III with a Tamron 28-75 lens.
Supported on a Sachtler Ace tripod.
The interviews were lit using a Brightcast V15 Led Panel with a D-Fuse
Editing and Motion graphics by me, Music by Documentally.
Documentally did a great job (as always) of interviewing the subjects, putting them at ease and gently extracting the best answers. A real pleasure to work with him as always.
Thanks to Collusion for hiring us to do it and for putting on the “Future Takeover” event, Thanks also to
Richard Slade, Hilary Murfin, Rachel Tackley, Simon Harper & Bernadette Vong.
Whenever I go somewhere new I try to seek out the local tattoo shop as it almost always provides interesting people to talk to.
My hometown proved no exception and I’ve slowly become friends with the good people there.
So when they told me they were moving to new premises I suggested they might need a new website and perhaps some photos and a video to introduce people to it……
Watch the video here and head over to their site to see more.
If you are in Huntingdon maybe even swing by and get some new ink, don’t forget to mention who sent ya :)
San Luca Tattoo Lounge
97 High Street,
Huntingdon,
Cambs
PE29 3DP
01480581831
07778135805
info@sanlucatattoo.co.uk
Video (and photos) shot on the Sony A7III with the Tamron 28-75 mm/F 2.8 DI III RXD Lens
(Really loving this combo at the moment, beautiful images and far better colour straight out of camera than my old A7SII. That new autofocus doesn’t hurt for gimbal work either.)
Music in the video
Gravity Sound “Kick The Can”
Used under a CC Licence
Just arrived home from another very fun IBC 2018 in Amsterdam with the Newsshooter crew.
A tiring but immensely enjoyable 5 days with Matt Allard, Erik Naso, Simon Glass, Elliot Smith and Scott Karlins covering all that was new and interesting from one of the stand out shows on the camera nerd trade show calendar.
Here are all the videos that Erik and I shot together and you can read the full stories and see what Matt and Simon covered over on newsshooter.com
As always a great pleasure to hang out with this bunch of very talented, knowledgeable and super nice guys.
Big shout out to the IBC press area show staff for their hospitality as always. See ya next year!!
Rode – Soundfield by Rode Plugin – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
Profound – PanFlex – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
Rode – SC6-L Mobile Interview Kit – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
SLR Magic Anamorphic 1.33x – 65 w/ gears, Fujinon MK and PD Movie collaboration – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
Angelbird Media – Ninja V & BMPCC 4K Storage Solutions – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
Aputure WWRGB Light – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
Spiffy lights – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
Aputure – 120d II, new Fresnel and LEKO update – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
Aputure Amaran MW LED light – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
Atomos Ninja V modules- Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
Lectrosonics SPDR digital recorder – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
ZHIYUN CRANE 3 LAB Gimbal – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
Wooden Camera Zip Box Pro matte box – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
Core SWX Movi Pro Fleet Rapid Charger – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
CORE HyperCore XL battery – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
Hawk Woods Sony battery solutions – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
SmallHD Focus SDI and Focus OLED SDI Monitors – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
Wooden Camera Metal Battery Adapter Plates – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
Wooden Camera BMPCC 4K Cage – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
Sony BVM HX310 Reference Monitor – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
Wooden Camera Zip Box Pro matte box – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
Deity microphones wireless kit – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
Sony NX200 camcorder – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.
Sony announce HD-to-4K upgrade program – Newsshooter at IBC 2018 from Newsshooter on Vimeo.