Who needs remote control? Grizzly pro and the videographers who use it.(event dv FEATURE)

At his WEVA Expo seminar on multicamera shooting, Minneapolis videographer Ron Schmidt claimed an unofficial (and possibly uncontested) world record: 45 seconds to deliver a three-camera wedding video. How did he do it? Using remote-controlled cameras and live switching.

Schmidt is a stalwart remote-control, multi-cam man. He has been shooting event videos for over 25 years and has experimented with various remote systems as well as with crews of camera operators. "I will never go back to doing a wedding as a human being again," states Schmidt. "How many times does the