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Other planned enhancements for the future include reference-image overlay, allowing users to capture still frames or create their own reference images to mix with live video, using an opacity slider. This will allow users to check the current on-set environment against a previous day’s production, assisting in camera setup and easily identifying anything out of place. Convergent Design plans to support all major NLE programs, including Avid, Final Cut Pro, Premiere, Vegas and Edius. Editors have the option to edit in full uncompressed (transfer time off the SSD to a fast HDD is about 1⁄ 3 real time) or use any of the popular Codecs, such as ProRes, DNxHD and Cineform. The Gemini 4:4:4 Kit includes the recorder, 1.8" SSD to eSATA transfer station, AC power supply and cables, all housed in a custom-fitted hard plastic case; the kit is priced at $5,995. For additional information, visit www.convergent-design.com.

include support for Red drives, CF cards and SxS cards; secure, high-speed data transfers; a metadata server for data management; an H.264 wireless server (enabling iPad dailies viewing); and a rugged design that holds up on set or on location. “The Vault is the solution that cinematographers, producers and DITs have been waiting for,” says Marc Dando, managing director of Codex Digital. “It provides a simple, seamless workflow that can be applied to all cameras and service all deliverable needs. It eliminates much of the complexity involved in designing production workflows while taking full advantage of the efficiencies of file-based production and the ability to share rich metadata.” For additional information, visit www.codexdigital.com. Canon Introduces PL-Mount Lenses Canon U.S.A., Inc. has introduced the FK14.5-60 wide-angle cine zoom and FK30-300 telephoto cine zoom, two PLmount lenses that address emerging 4K production standards. The precisionmatched lenses incorporate Canon optical designs that simultaneously optimize and enhance multiple imaging attributes while minimizing optical aberrations and distortions. Both lenses are also more compact and lightweight than contemporary PLmount lenses and both feature a totally new Canon optical design that virtually eliminates focus breathing. Both the wide-angle and telephoto cine zooms are engineered to meet the most demanding overall imaging requirements of the latest large-format singlesensor digital cinematography cameras, and the creative requirements of the most discerning cinematographers, producers and directors. By already performing in accordance with emerging 4K production image format standards, both Canon PLmount cine zoom lenses inherently ensure the very highest performance in contemporary 2K and HD digital motion imaging. “The 2K and HD digital production formats are firmly established in the global marketplace today, while 4K resolution is poised to further propel the imaging quality of digital cine production,” says Larry Thorpe, Canon U.S.A.’s national marketing
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Codex Digital Opens Vault Codex Digital has introduced the Vault, a next-generation on-set laboratory solution for review as well as dailies and deliverables production. The Vault supports digital cinema cameras made by Red, Arri, Sony and other leading manufacturers. A fully featured Vault is a standalone solution that includes its own internal transfer drives and requires no external drives. The Vault’s support of a wide variety of cameras also provides a single, standardized workflow for productions employing multiple camera systems. Additionally, the Vault can produce deliverables in all formats required for dailies review, postproduction and archival purposes. Other key features of the Vault

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