PROTOCOL FALL 2011 VOLUME 16 NUMBER 4 features COVER STORY Digital imaging with LEDs: More than meets the eye 16 A company poised to breakthrough 26 A presentation to the Business Peer Group Advisory Program PLASA Members’ Choice Product Award nominees 54 Plan to attend the PLASA Cocktails and Awards Reception This issue’s Tech Tips column examines fids and the tools used in splicing rope. 50 PLASA launches Safety in Entertainment website 68 Update on PLASA Focus: Austin 2012 70 PLASA 2011: Excelsior! With LEDs leading 80 The PLASA Rigging Conference: Hanging out with the Riggers 85 2011 Rock Our World Awards 38 These 12 finalists will take your breath away IATSE Craft Advancement Program 48 Join the PLASA members who are on the bus 52 in every issue PLASA 2011 provided a positive international showcase of our industry. 80 PUBLISHER’S NOTE 4 TECH TIPS 50 NA DIRECTIONS 7 9 10 Tools of the trade, Part 13: Tools for splicing rope STANDARDS WATCH EU DIRECTIONS 58 CWA 15902: A standard? LOOKING AHEAD Upcoming Industry Events PLASA SEMINARS AT LDI2011 TSP NEWS 62 14 PERG NEWS 66 OUT OF THE WOOD 22 TECHNICAL BOOK REVIEW 72 Total lumens—revisited BEHIND THE CURTAIN The IES Lighting Handbook, Tenth Edition ETCP NEWS 32 74 78 On the Cover: Digital cameras see LED light in ways that challenge our conventional assumptions about the interaction between camera and light. 16 PHOTO COURTESY ARRI Advanced projection techniques, Part 2—Image tracking and movement SHADOW, LIGHT, AND TRUTH THE ESTA FOUNDATION 44 PLASA NEW MEMBERS 89 The greening of the Great White Way ADVERTISERS’ INDEX 89 FALL 2011 3 PROTOCOL