In Love with LizardQ, says recom

Thorsten Jasper Weese, managing partner and CGI director at recom and the German Photographer Thomas Strogalski have just returned from a series of night shifts in the US. Thorsten has been using a LizardQ panoramic camera for the first time and he got himself some serious fun!

We took the opportunity to ask Thorsten a few things:

Q: Thorsten, what made you choose LizardQ?

"Having been a user of specialized HDR cameras for years, I am familiar with the weaknesses of those, especially at low light. Now I had a sizable CGI production with just night scenes in Los Angeles and Las Vegas to manage, for our Lexus customer. It was immediately clear to me I needed a different fisheye based stitching system for this job.
Knowing Matthias Langner for a long time, and having seen the LizardQ camera at his Photokina booth, I just asked him for a ten day rental. It was definitely the right decision. Production of the 16 CGI vehicles and motives is in full swing here at recom. The HDRs are outstanding and we are going to create awesome results for our customer."

Q: What did you like most?

"After getting acquainted with manually setting exposure, ISO and f-stop to my liking, I really enjoyed the speed. Within a few moments, out of the case, snap onto the light tripod, not even a minute and the HDR is done – topnotch!"

Q: What is the biggest benefit?

"It's the quick-paced workflow and the flexibility that comes with it. It makes a big difference if I can ask the police to block the road for a minute instead of half an hour."

Recom continues to rock, and we hope to serve them again soon. Stay tuned for recom's finest imagery, we'll present their final results here as soon as we're allowed a peek!