2019 SHOT Show Coverage and AEAC videos

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Hey guys, here's my coverage from SHOT Show last week and I'll be adding more vids as I get them uploaded... 9 in total. For transparency, I opened the coverage up to the whole industry and the first 10 organizations that came back requesting participation got it. These 10 groups shared equally covering the cost of my trip, and Airguns of Arizona allowed me to stay (at my expense) in their hotel block, which saved me a lot of money and helped out a ton with convenience;

Weihrauch Sport, Hatsan USA, Umarex USA, Optisan Optics, Diana Airguns, JSB/Predator, Air Venturi, Air Arms, Crosman, and Daystate

... Weihrauch didn't have a booth but still wanted to help. I'll be covering their booth at IWA in March.

Steve



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfhA7JWzYlY&t=6s



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWkIQsdc0HY&t=484s



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S5Id0Li4tU&t=1s



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o-JR4gDBgM



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhTm8YHsJy0&t=1s



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2nMPDvVCT4



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I6NHxl19-A



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FviHcWY0aA



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7TV95GkZpg
 
If that wasn't enough here's some more coverage!



AEAC - show pics

Airforce - show pics

Air Arms - show pics

Airgun Depot - rumors video, Top 5 at SHOT Show video

American Airgunner - live video (now archived)

Altaros - reveals 600y .22 cal rifle

Benjamin - show pics

Brocock - press release

Crosman - show pics

Daystate - press release

Daystate USA - show pics

Diana - show pics

HardAir Magazine - Day 1 show pics & commentary

Hatsan - Vectis press release, Airmax press release, Nova Star press release

Hatsan - show pics

JSB - press release 

Kalibrgun - show pics

MTC Optics - press release

Omega- show pics

Optisan Optics- show pics

RAW - show pics

Ruger - press release

Springfield Armory, Crosman, and Webley - press releases

Tomcat Airguns - show pics

Umarex - show pics



*Feel free to share any relevant information in the appropriate section & I'll link it here as it comes in.
 
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Here's a few pics I snapped:

Optisan family, Steve & UA

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Steve interviewing Cecil of Hatsan

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Umarex president being interviewed

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Me with me ;)

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Seafood tower and friends

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Tomcat Adams & the Brocock Mini Sniper

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Steve interviewing Tobias of Diana

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Claudio, me, Alvaro

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Me & JB of Umarex

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Steve,

I haven't even looked at your vids yet but have to comment on your upfront disclosure. It speaks to your character and identifies companies that actually do support us. Very much appreciated.

Rick Bassett
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Thanks Rick... mostly just wanted you guys to know how booths get picked for a visit. Inevitably there's always someone who gets their feelings hurt that I wasn't able to cover the booth of their favorite airgun brand. 

Behind the scenes there, I had a good visit with Richard at Kalibrgun where they said they wanted to be a part of AEAC going forward. Rob at RTI Arms invited me to cover their booth at IWA, Rustam at Ataman said he wanted to start working together through Pyramyd, as did Kevin at Hawke Optics... all good things to see.

Steve
 
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Hi Steve, I, too, would like to give you kudos for the disclosure. The content is very good overall, and your coverage brings something different to the table. The Optisan interview looked the most challenging. We are really lucky you share our love for this sport.

Hopefully the following two technical comments are useful (I wrote something similar on youtube, but I think they were lost when you re-uploaded that video):

1. Audio seems panned (almost?) entirely to the right channel. You are on the right track with recording each input into a separate channel, but you then need to mix the all input channels into both left and right during post-processing. When I do live events I mix real-time via an external battery operated mixer, but post-processing is the better work flow.

2. Video seems to be captured with a wide angle lens, and if you stand too close and to the edge of the frame, it distorts the perspective in a non-pleasing manner. The best option is to use a slightly longer lens (higher mm) and back off a bit from the subject. With a full frame 35mm camera the ideal for portraits is 135mm just to give you concrete data. You probably don't have that much space in the venue to work with.
 
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