The most famous high-tech company in Waterloo, Ont., of course, is Research in Motion. But there's another company – a semiconductor company — in Waterloo which, like RIM, was started up by a U of W professor who wanted to commercialize some good ideas he had. And like RIM in its early days, DALSA Corp. is quietly building a very nice little business for itself. In today's paper, I describe the latest chapter in DALSA's development — the push into Hollywood:
DALSA Corp., a Waterloo, Ont., semiconductor maker, is off to Hollywood early next year, hoping to revolutionize the way movies are made.
Beginning in January, DALSA will start renting out what it calls its Origin camera, a digital movie camera it believes will quickly become a favourite of cinematographers for its potential to save money on a shoot and yet deliver the same picture quality as film.
“This is a disruptive technology,” said Savvas Chamberlain, DALSA's chief executive officer. “We're changing the paradigm in the industry . . . [Read the full story in the Globe and Mail]