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(10/24/04 Culver City, CA) Fashion Week returns once again to Los Angeles. Sponsored by Mercedes Benz, the fashion shows took place primarily at Smash Box Studios in Culver City. Hi-POD was invited to the weeklong event to document the different designers and their latest works.

Maryland Heights, Missouri, August 25th, 2004. Snoop Dog, Korn, and Linkin Park packed the house leaving little room for the Projekt Revolution producers to capture crane shots from the center of the floor. That’s when they decided to test out the HI-POD.

Because of the HI-POD’s small profile and its ability to get above the floor, the Projekt Revolution guys were able to capture altitude shots of the stage as well as of the crowd. The HI-POD’s light weight made it possible to reposition the camera and obtain shots from anywhere in the UMB Bank Pavilion.

Bellaire, Michigan, August 22nd, 2004- Filmmaker Evan Jacobs utilized a prototype water boot for the HI-POD while shooting his latest film on location in Northern Michigan. The film centers around a day by the lake for two teenage girls. The waterfront location posed a unique challenge for the director because it severely limited the camera angles that would be achievable using traditional equipment and the skeleton crew. “I’ve worked in and around water before and it’s always a slow, cumbersome process” says Jacobs. The HI-POD provided a flexible, fast solution to an otherwise daunting cinematic challenge. “Using the HI-POD, I was able to set-up and shoot faster than I would have imagined. And the footage looks breathtaking.”

Las Vegas, NV, August 19th, 2004- M As VP of Sony marketing, Bob Ott, formally opened the WEVA-GANZA ceremonies, HI-POD hovered above the thousands of WEVA attendees as they ate, drank, and danced the night away. HI-POD attended WEVA EXPO 2004 as an exhibitor, but gladly accepted the opportunity to document the evening’s events for WEVA. HI-POD President Enrique Morales videotaped the revelers with a Sony PD-170 on top of the HI-POD x1-P. He later demonstrated the versatility of the HI-POD by putting a Sony 5 mega-pixel DSC-F717 digital still camera on top of the HI-POD. Both techniques resulted in otherwise impossible to get shots.