| | | | Cooke Optics to Present First Look at Iconic Panchro Lens at IBC 2009
At IBC 2009 Cooke Optics will unveil the first working prototype of the highly anticipated Panchro by Cooke lens. The PL mounted lens for 35mm film and digital production, which was announced at NAB 2009, is a modern redesign of the original Cooke Panchro lenses that were instrumental in establishing Hollywood as the center of 20th century film production.
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| | | | ARRISCAN 2K: The Best in Scanning Now Available for Smaller Budgets
ARRI is introducing the ARRISCAN 2K, an entrylevel model streamlined for high speed scanning at an extremely competitive price. The new product is specially designed to bring superior ARRI scanning quality and data centric workflow into emerging DI markets, commercials and 2K or HD remastering applications.
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| | | | ARRI High Definition Integrated Video System (HD-IVS)
Ground-Breaking Video Assist for 35mm Film Cameras
As a breakthrough in motion picture equipment, the ARRI High Definition Integrated Video System (HD-IVS) uses innovative digital sensor and image processing to create a high resolution video assist image from a film camera. Wide dynamic range and excellent color reproduction are combined with ARRI’s unique Ground Glass Cancellation (GGC) technology to provide beautiful, high quality preview images. The HD-IVS allows a superior image for the director and cinematographer on set to judge each take while shooting 35mm film.
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| | | | Cooke Optics announces the rebirth of the legendary Panchro lens
Cooke Optics Ltd., a premier manufacturer of precision lenses for the motion picture industry, today announced the rebirth of an iconic lens, the Panchro By Cooke lens. The PL mounted lens for 35mm film and digital production is a modern redesign of the original Cooke Panchro lenses that were instrumental in establishing Hollywood as the centre of 20th century film production. The legendary lens is expected to be available at the end of 2009.
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| | | | Cooke Optics resurrects an icon and extends /i support at NAB 2009
At NAB 2009 Cooke Optics Ltd., a premier manufacturer of precision lenses for the motion picture industry, will announce the rebirth of an iconic lens, and a major camera manufacturer’s integration of Cooke’s /i Technology protocol which improves efficiency and quality across the entire production workflow.
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| | | | MaxT Systems Sledgehammer HD!O® Chosen for Film Restoration at Éclair
Sledgehammer HD!O High-Performance Network Attached Storage and Realtime HD Video Device to Handle Restoration of Classic French Film Archive
MaxT Systems Inc., developers of server-based media applications and high-performance storage solutions, today announced that Eclair Laboratoires, a leading digital post production company in France, has purchased and installed three of its Sledgehammer HD!O high-performance network attached storage (NAS)/realtime HD video device systems at the heart of its high-volume film restoration facility.
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| | | | Boris FX Announces New Boris Continuum Unit: Film Look
Includes Film Process, Film Damage, Match Grain, Film Grain, Deinterlace, and Prism from Boris Continuum Complete 5
Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, announced that a new Unit of the Boris Continuum family of visual effects plug-ins, Film Look, is now available.
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| | | | Panavision Offers Phantom HD High-Speed Digital Camera
Abel Cine Tech, Vision Research and Panavision Announce “Phantom HD” Camera Acquisition
Panavision, the leading supplier of digital and film camera systems through its rental operations around the world, has announced an agreement with Abel Cine Tech and Vision Research for the acquisition of Phantom HD high-speed digital cameras.
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| | | | New Deal Studios Expands Digital Division
Award-Winning Visual Effects House Broadens Digital Services Pipeline
Award-winning New Deal Studios, best known for design and production of miniature and practical effects for feature films has expanded the company's Digital Effects Division, positioning itself as a full service visual effects studio.
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| | | | S.two Digital Field Recorders
First Recorder to earn the ARRIRAW T-LINK™ Certification
S.two Corporation known for their industry and market-leading uncompressed portable recorders have become the first company to earn the new ARRIRAW T-LINK™ Certification. This has been granted to the following models: TAKE2™, DFR2™, and DFR2K™ uncompressed portable recorders; i.DOCK™ and i.DOCK4™ ingest docking stations; and A.DOCK™ and A.DOCK4™ archive stations.
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| | | | The Chimney Pot Helps
Digital Vision, the premier supplier of picture enhancement systems for film and television post-production, announced that Swedish post-production house The Chimney Pot used its Film Master system to digitally master and grade the highly-anticipated Sundance dramatic competition film “Downloading Nancy.”
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| | | | Samsung Launches New S-Series Models
Samsung today announced the launch of two new entry-level digital cameras - the 7.2 mega-pixel S760 and the 8.1 mega pixel S860. The two new models extend the range of Samsung's S-Series, which sets a new standard when it comes to today's user friendly point and-shoot digital cameras.
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| | | | Panasonic Adds the AG-HMC71 Camcorder to AVCHD Line
Panasonic announced the expansion of its professional AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition) product line with the introduction of the AG-HMC71 AVCHD camcorder. As the industry's first shoulder-mount AVCHD camcorder, the AG-HMC71 records high-quality 1080i images onto readily available SD/SDHC memory cards.
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| | | | Director/DP Bill Mills Shoots Marine Corps Program With HPX3000
Award-winning Director/Cameraman Bill Mills recently added Panasonic’s new AJ-HPX3000 native 1080p one-piece camcorder to his growing collection of the company’s high-definition camera packages. Mills, President of Florida Film & Video and BMA Production Services, Inc. (both of St. Petersburg, FL), is currently utilizing the HPX3000 on a production for the U.S. Marine Corps.
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| | | | News: Orlando
Company's Upcoming Projects Include "RoboDoc," Feature Slated for National Lampoon Distribution
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| | | | Boris Continuum Complete 5.0 for Avid AVX Ships
Custom on-screen controls, enhanced motion tracking and popular new filters such as Match Move and Up-Rez extend Avid NLE motion graphics capabilities
Boris FX, the leading developer of integrated effects technology for video and film, announced that Boris Continuum Complete 5.0 for Avid’s AVX 2.0 architecture (BCC 5.0 for AVX) is now available.
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| | | | News: Professionals Continue To Choose Canon's Affordable Digital HD Camcorders
From the depths of Indonesia's Manokwari Bay to a blast furnace in a Pennsylvania steel mill, from the strife-torn Middle East to the soundstages of Hollywood, Canon's affordable digital high definition camcorders are earning high praise from a wide variety of professional users for their superb picture quality, ease of use, and versatile feature set.
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| | | | News: DIT Russo Teams Varicam, 26" LCD Monitor On Verizon Infomercial
Panasonic's 26" LCD Production Monitor Offers Top On-Set Performance
-- Barry Russo, a Tenafly, NJ-based Digital Image Technician (DIT), is finding that teaming his Panasonic AJ-HDC27 VariCam® HD Cinema camera and BT-LH2600W 26" HD production-quality LCD monitor garners him accolades on recent national commercial assignments for high-profile clients including Verizon and Planters Peanuts.
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| | | | News: Abel Cine Tech Announces Strategic Partnership With Vision Research
Abel Cine Tech to Become the North American Agent to the Production Market for VRI's Phantom HD and Phantom 65 High-Speed Digital Cameras
Today, Abel Cine Tech Inc., announced the formation of a strategic partnership with Vision Research Inc., the long established leader in high-speed digital imaging, for the sales, rental and technical support of their Phantom HD and Phantom 65 high-speed digital cinema cameras.
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| | | | News: New DVD release from Call Box teaches Final Cut Pro and DVX100 tips
Call Box™, an interactive training company for digital media producers, today announced their new training DVD, 24P Digital Post Production with Final Cut Pro and the DVX100 is available worldwide. Promising to unlock the secrets of 24p production and post-production, Call Box features a wide range of interactive content. Today's announcement marks their debut product.
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| | | | News: Canon's XL H1 HD Camcorder Performs Swimmingly For Director Of Photography James Mathers' Underwater Shoots
When you've been assigned to do an underwater shoot halfway around the world in a remote location, you want to make sure that the equipment you're bringing will work flawlessly. For Los Angeles-based director of photography James Mathers this meant making practice dives close to home, amid the underwater kelp forests of Catalina Island. A veteran underwater cinematographer, Mathers is experienced in using both film and digital video cameras beneath the waves. His choice for his most recent assignment, however, which eventually took him to Manokwari Bay, in Indonesia, was the Canon XL H1 HD camcorder. This HD camcorder gained his attention not only because of image performance and compact size but also because of what he calls its "fantastic versatility."
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| | | | News: RileyArnold Shoots Award-Winning Corporate Videos With Panasonic Varicam
Merchandises New Generation Of Nashville Stars With AG-HVX200 Solid-State HD Camcorder
RileyArnold Productions, a full-service film & video production studio headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, has become a dedicated proponent of Panasonic DVCPRO HD, and uses it with award-winning results in both its tape-based and tapeless versions.
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| | | | News: DP Rich Lerner Gives Panasonic's HVX200 Its Feature Debut With Director James Seale's Juncture
Indie Dramatic Thriller Taps Two Solid-State HD Camcorders for 30-Day Shoot
DP Rich Lerner has wrapped director James Seale's dramatic thriller, Juncture, which he shot with a pair of Panasonic AG-HVX200 solid-state HD camcorders. The 30-day shoot took Lerner from the feature's base in Colorado to San Francisco, Chicago and Philadelphia with locations including a roller coaster, the Golden Gate Bridge, a dingy tenement, a high-rise corporate boardroom and a moodily-lit bar.
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| | | | News: Thin, Shot With Panasonic
Provocative Film on Young Women with Anorexia to Premiere on HBO in Fall 2006- Panasonic AG-DVX100A Used as Second Camera for Production
THIN, a gripping documentary about young women with eating disorders directed by internationally-renowned still photographer Lauren Greenfield and shot with Panasonic 24p cameras (the AJ-SDX900 DVCPRO50 camera backed up by the mini-DV AG-DVX100A), will screen in the Documentary Competition at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, Jan. 19 – 29 in Park City, UT. THIN will screen seven times, from Jan. 20 – 27(see schedule below).
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| | | | News: Fujinon Cine Style Zooms Lenses of Choice for All Mobile Video's Indie Film Clientele
All Mobile Video Selects Fujinon HAc15x7.3B Cine-Style Zoom and HAeE14-1 Series 1.4X Extender for Independent Film Cinematography
All Mobile Video (AMV), one of the country’s premier providers of end-to-end video and audio solutions for entertainment, sports, and news programming and events, recently purchased its second HAc15x7.3B-10 Cine-Style zoom lens, as well as an HAeE14-1 Series 1.4X extender from Fujinon for its Rental Services Department.
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| | | | News: JVC Introduces World
GY-HD100U Offers Interchangeable HD Lenses, Shoulder Style Stability With Light Weight and Maneuverability of Handheld
JVC announced today the world’s first truly professional, affordable high definition camera recorder with true 24p capture and recording in JVC’s ProHD product line-up. ProHD is JVC’s approach to its affordable HD solution, which utilizes the HDV™ format adopted by JVC, Sharp, Sony and Canon. JVC’s ProHD product line-up features timecode and audio capabilities for professional use. The GY-HD100U is a full resolution HD progressive camera recorder. A result of extensive market interviews since Affordable HD was first announced by JVC, its outstanding performance is exceptional in its price range. Features and ergonomics are optimized for Digital Cinematographic use.
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 Focus on Controlling Depth of Field with Depth of Field Converters
Cinematographer and Creative Cow leader Todd Terry has shot countless television commercials and industrials using both 35mm film and depth-of-field converted video. In this Creative Cow Magazine Extra, from The Visual Effects Issue, learn how depth of field converters allow you to attach 35mm lenses even to video cameras with fixed lenses, how they work, and which one might be right for you.
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