You might remember Pan’s Scheme as the brand behind a magnetic filter system for iPhone (which we reviewed last year). They’re back now with their own card reader center, and I took a look at how it performs in the real world – here’s our review of Pan’s Workflow Station. All of us filmmakers working in the field know the drill – you generally shoot on multiple cameras throughout a shooting day. A main camera, a b-camera for interviews or on a gimbal, and a drone have become the standard everyday working equipment on my documentary shoots. But what’s happening when the long shooting day is over? Everything still needs to be transferred, labeled, and organized onto various SSDs or hard disks. It’s a lot of work that needs time and organizational skill, because there are often multiple cards from each camera, and you need to keep track of which one was already transferred and which one wasn’t … plus you need individual readers for each one. A sheer pain and it eats into your or your assistant’s evening after the shoot (or even worse, it forces you to stay on location to transfer data even after you’ve wrapped if you part ways with the producer/director and need the cards again on the next day. Pan’s Workflow Station Professional Card Reader Station with four readers mounted. Image credit: CineD Card reader stations – a possible solution While we’re not talking about transfer management software here (yet this is something I...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 12 May, 2023