Pacific Northwest Lens Summit 2019

| PERG News: March 2019 |

Saturday May 4, Koerner Camera, Portland, will once again host the Pacific Northwest Lens Summit. Koerner is expecting 300-400 attendees from across North America. Something like twenty-seven lens manufacturers and lens accessory manufacturers are exhibiting at the summit. Tech training sessions, begin on Friday May 3rd. The classes are aimed primarily at rental house lens technicians, with two classes in the morning and two more in the afternoon:

• Angenieux 45-120 by Jean-Marc Bouchet or another Angenieux technician
• Zeiss Supreme Prime by Zeiss
• Cooke S4 by Duclos Lenses
• Angenieux EZ Lens by BandPro with Jeff Cree

Michael Koerner relates “Besides gaining valuable knowledge from a master lens technician, what may be even more worthwhile is the relationships the technicians build with their counterparts from other rental houses.”

Paul Duclos, of Duclos Lenses, shows technicians techniques
for servicing Zeiss Super Speed from the 2018 Lens Summit Training

Lunch on Saturday is sponsored by Abel Cine, beer sponsored by The Camera Department, wine and charcuterie by Whites Camera, and coffee and pastries by Duclos.

Attendees with find discounted hotel rooms, things to do in Portland, and registration link on the event website lenssummit.com. Koerner says “Registration is not required but it is nice to know how many we can expect, and we are planning to have preprinted name tags.” As in previous years, the Summit will include a showing by Portland’s own Unipiper, flaming bagpipes and all. The lens training and lens summit attendance are both free of charge. In addition, on Sunday May 5th, there is a master class on Jim Geduldick on Previsualization, which is being put on by The Oregon Media Production Association and sponsored by Fujinon. This event will be off site and tickets must be purchased to attend this class.