This year at NAB, we're featuring a number of Tech Talks at our booth, where manufacturers stop by to talk about their newest gear and technology. In this presentation from the first day of the show, Ian talks with Jean-Marc Bouchut from Angenieux about their new Optimo 44-440, as well as some of the history of the company.

I visited the Litepanels booth today and spoke with Alan Ipakchian about the latest offering in their Astra family. The new Astra 1x1 Soft Bi-Color uses the same LED technology found across the Astra line, but where this light differs is the inclusion of a built-in diffusion panel.

I caught up with Snehal Patel at the Zeiss booth for a quick overview of the current offerings in the Zeiss lineup.

I stopped by the Cooke booth today and spoke with Rich Eilers about some of their new offerings at this year's show. Cooke has announced two new additions to their Anamorphic /i family of lenses.

I visited the SmallHD booth today to speak with CEO Wes Phillips about the new SmallHDR monitors, which they announced right before NAB. As Andy mentioned in his previous blog, the monitors come in three sizes: 17", 24", and 32".

Today I stopped by the Atomos booth to speak with Jeromy Young about their recently-announced Shogun and Ninja Flame recorders. As we mentioned in our previous TechByte, both these models feature the AtomHDR engine, but the Shogun Flame will accept SDI, RAW and HDMI signals, while the Ninja Flame will accept HDMI signals.

Recently, Canon's Ken Rowe stopped by our office to give us a sneak peek at two new products that will be debuting at NAB, the Compact-Servo 18-80mm zoom lens and their latest multi-purpose camera, the ME200S-SH.

NAB is almost here, and once again there's a lot to get excited about. This year our booth is all about bringing you the best of the show in the form of booth tours, technical presentations, and more. To get things started, Andy, Jeff and Megan got together in our new Chicago Learning Point to discuss the trends to look out for at NAB 2016.