Frank Coles interviewing Salim Ali Lafi on horseback with the Canon XH.
Canon generously sponsored BHP’s first field work in July providing all the capture equipment including the high definition XH professional video camcorder, camera bodies and lenses. The team put this kit through it’s paces working in day time temperatures exceeding 40 degree celsius dropping to close to zero by midnight. Canon’s gear not only survived sand storms, bouncing desert jeeps and mountain climbing but proved so simple that the Bedouin themselves captured a bulk of the more than 15 hours of video produced.