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2 4 C a m e r a<br />
It is the end of August, 2009<br />
and the start of a risky experience<br />
with an uncertain ending.<br />
We are departing for Spitsbergen<br />
in search of polar bears –<br />
the most dangerous land-based<br />
predators in the world. Our aim<br />
is to document the ways in which<br />
climate change and global<br />
warming influence the bears’<br />
living environment. We do not<br />
know what kind of unforseen<br />
dangers we might encounter,<br />
or indeed whether we will find<br />
the giant white animals at all.<br />
What we do know is that we can<br />
expect magnificent scenery –<br />
a landscape of unique beauty<br />
and magic, colours of incredible<br />
intensity and conditions that will<br />
challenge us!<br />
on the Trail of the Polar Bears<br />
with the ARRIFLEX D-21<br />
Latitude<br />
In order to appropriately document this<br />
unique story, it was essential to choose<br />
the right equipment. Even more so because<br />
our team consisted of just three individuals:<br />
director Kai Schubert, assistant Daniel<br />
Delbeck and myself. For this reason, the<br />
equipment had to be compact; at the<br />
same time, however, it had to be of a<br />
technical standard that would do justice<br />
to our topic. We decided to use the<br />
ARRIFLEX D-21, with a Zeiss Master Zoom<br />
lens and an SRW-1 unit for recording.<br />
Of course we had to consider the question<br />
of whether, under these circumstances,<br />
the decision to use the D-21 was correct –<br />
whether this system could cope with such