VMI News June 2025

The Very Strange Language of UK TV Production

Do you know a Honka Bonka from an FO? Or what to do with a Turtle? Are you insulted or impressed if called a DFI?

Whilst every family, company and industry have their own idiosyncratic terms, none seem as strange as our beloved Industry, so dive in and see how much you really know!

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New VMI Canon PTZ Project

We didn’t realise how much the industry could benefit from using this new tech until we saw how cinematic PTZ images had become and how full-size cinematic cameras can seamlessly integrate with semi-autonomous auto-tracking & AF cameras which independently pan, tilt and focus.

In short, PTZ tech can transform productions and are relevant to more programmes than you might think.

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WANTED - Creative Producers for PTZ Project

VMI’s new PTZ division invites creative producers to try this new tech to shoot a pilot which we can use as a proof of concept to help with marketing.

We invite productions shooting this summer to hire our PTZ and associated equipment and selected projects will be offered an 80% rental discount*.

Canon CR-N500 PTZ & IP 1000

VMI/Canon PTZ Workshop, Acton, 19 June

VMI and Canon are hosting a free one day workshop to familiarise crews and producers with PTZ equipment and methodology, as a precursor to shooting with it.

If you are interested in using PTZ cameras and want to understand what they do and how they work, then this workshop is for you.

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After 15 years, Ali is leaving VMI and the TV Industry

Ali Wilson has just left VMI after 15 fruitful years to join the rail industry. He began as a runner in the late 2010s, photographing equipment for our new website and after a 6-month internship, became our first transport coordinator, before freelancing as a location scout. Ali returned to VMI in 2012, rising to Senior Drama Client Contact in 2018...

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Atlas Mercury B Set Arrives

We KNOW that we announced these last month... but they have taken a month to clear customs, so...The long-awaited Atlas Mercury ‘B’ Set anamorphic primes are now here!. The 54, 95 and 138mm focal lengths combine with the ‘A’ set to make a useful 6 lens FF 1.5x anamorphic package.

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Midsomer S25 In Production

Bentley Productions are currently shooting the inimitable Midsomer Murders for ITV One, now in their twenty fifth season.

VMI have supplied cameras for the last 15 series of this quintessentially British Drama which follows DCI Barnaby solving crimes and murders within the fictional Midsomer constabulary.

KIFF'25 6-8 June, Kingston

No aeroplanes are required, as this festival is held here in London this weekend!

VMI has supported KIFF since its inception 4 years ago. Watch 75 films over 3 days in 4 venues in Kingston. What's not to like!

KIFF 2025

Ronin 4D Workshops Held

A series of well-attended Ronin 4D workshops were held at the studios of West London College in Acton.

These booked out well in advance, so we may well be hosting more workshops in the summer.

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DJI Ronin 4D Battery Kit

The DJI Ronin 4D has become such an important production tool that, having been asked several times to supply more batteries... So now we do!

DJI TB50 batteries are compatible with Ronin 4D, Ronin 2 and Inspire 2.

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