The President of Croatia, His Excellency Stjepan Mesic, visited the Scottish Parliament and met with Presiding Officer Alex Fergusson MSP at a formal reception to mark his visit.
Contracted by the Embassy under their agreement with the Scottish Parliament, Cameron's positioned the powerful 20,000 ANSI lumens projector in a bedroom on the hotel's fourth floor to enable the Croatian Tourist Board's logo and multiple images of the country to be seen by thousands of people gathering around Waverley Station and Princes Street Gardens.
Cameron's project manager Nicola Garman explained: "After the Embassy had cleared everything with the city council (and the owner of the building we were projecting onto) we met the client at Balmoral Hotel, and the reservations manager advised the best bedroom window from which the projection would work over a 50-metre throw distance."
The hotel provided a 32amp supply allowing the AV specialists to rig at 1700 hours in preparation for the sun going down at 1800 hours. The Croatian Tourist Board supplied images of their country, the flag, and their branding, with the projector taking VGA feeds continuously from a laptop until 2030 hours.
Cameron Presentations originally purchased their Roadster S+20K SXGA + 20,000 ANSI lumens 3-chip DLP projector to combat the excessive daylight in the Scottish Parliament's main debating chamber - and fitted with a medium throw 2.8 lens it lent itself naturally to throwing images measuring approximately 20m x 15m onto Edinburgh Council's Births, Deaths & Marriages office - almost certainly the first time it has been used for such a purpose.
As part of the project, Cameron's also installed a PA system in the Scottish Parliament where the President addressed a meeting of members and spoke at an economic seminar on investment opportunities and the development of a Scottish/Croatian business cooperation.
In conclusion Nicola Garman said the entire production had exceeded expectations. "Although it was a sunny day, and the projector had to battle with daylight, as soon as the sun went down the images were excellent."
(Jim Evans)
