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www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 12 - Issue 6 | June 2022
InStudio
Online Dirt Racing's premier streamer
turns to Cartoni Tripods for reliable
performance all season long
I
t's been called the greatest shows
on dirt - from the comfort of your
couch, and since 2004, DIRTVision
has been the home to some of the
most extensive and comprehensive
array of four-wheel dirt track racing
online. And since 2017, the OTT
streamer has doubled its collection
of online races and now broadcasts
close to 500 races from the United
States, Canada, and
Australia
annually.
Despite a short pandemic-induced
pause, DIRTVision was soon back to
the races when the World of Outlaws
resumed its
racing schedule last
June. We caught up with Brian Dunlap
(Director of Broadcast/Technology
at World Racing Group - aka World of
Outlaws, aka DIRTcar, aka DIRTVision)
to learn what it takes to broadcast
so many
races
each year
in
a
challenging environment on racers
and production gear.
InBroadcast: What
type of
equipment do you have to make all
this happen? And is it the same kit
that goes out for all 500 races?
Brian Dunlap: We primarily use
Sony cameras and Cartoni tripods.
We shoot on the Sony PW-Z150
and the Cartoni Focus 10 Red Lock
tripod. We are exclusively on Cartoni
tripods for every single event in every
camera all year long. We have a fleet
of 24 Cartoni tripods and typically
use between three and four tripods
per race, per venue. We usually
have cameras at the top of the roof/
grandstands, and then there'll be two
cameras in the corner, either on the
outside or the inside of the corner.
The camera does
not
have a
detachable lens, and we've lucked
out with that camera. I say this very
loosely; it's almost a disposable
piece. We keep them and use them
hard, but we're not talking a tens of
thousands of dollars camera, so they
work well for us.
InB: How did you come across
Cartoni tripods, and how have they
performed in this environment?
BD: Oddly enough, one of the guys
we hire often, I believe, is Manios
Digital CEO Steve Manios' cousin, Jeff
Kristensen, a freelance motorsports
videographer. We hired Jeff, and
he was really familiar with Cartoni
tripods. And we were like, " Well,
let's get a Cartoni tripod because if
there's an issue, Jeff is accustomed
to working on them, and he might be
able to help us out. " And as it turns
out, we haven't had any issues
per se, but once we had a
couple of Cartonis in the
system, we liked them.
We kept with them
from there forward.
Now we have a fleet
of 24 Cartoni tripods.
Jeff Kristensen,
Motorsports Videographer
InB: How do you maintain the
Cartoni tripods when the season
and the crew are bound to treat them
roughly?
BD: Yes, the dirt track is a rough
for tripods, not to
environment
Brian Dunlap,
Director of Broadcast/Technology
at World Racing Group
mention the travel. Quite a few of
the Cartoni tripods are in a vehicle
seeing 60 or 70,000 miles a year.
So it's just annual maintenance and
maintenance throughout the year. I'm
shocked at how little care the Cartoni
tripods have really needed. A couple
of them might need a little bit here
and there, but they're pretty solid.
We wipe them down with alcohol,
Q-tip them, and just give them some
TLC in the off-season. Sometimes
we hose them with Windex and
wipe them with some spray cleaner.
Manios Digital is probably wincing
at my cleaning method or lack of
maintenance!
InB: Why did you decide to continue
to use Cartoni tripods?
BD: I would say the Cartoni tripod
has just been outstanding because
of how little maintenance and work
they take in a rugged environment.
They work with minimal
cleaning
and maintenance and zero issues.
The tripod is something I never have
to worry about at one of our events
having an issue. That's the nuts and
bolts of it. It does exactly what we
need it to do repeatedly, hundreds of
times a year. And you forget about it
because you know it's there, and you
know it's going to work.
https://www.cartoni.com
For more on DIRTVision, visit https://www.dirtvision.com
Manios Digital is the official U.S. distributor for Cartoni Professional
Camera Supports - https://www.maniosdigital.com
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