American Cinematographer - November 2008 - (Page 78)

New Products & Services supports camera configurations from 15.5-40 pounds and interfaces with all 100mm-diameter tripods and supports. Weighing 7.7 pounds, the Delta Rosso offers a tilt range of +/- 90 degrees with continuous counterbalance and drag, the settings for which are indicated on electronic displays. In the tradition of Cartoni’s Lambda Nodal Head, the SpinHead is an innovative support head for any film or video camera weighing up to 40 pounds. It can be mounted on tripods or dollies or underslung from a crane or jib arm, and boasts 360-degree pan and tilt ranges assisted by Cartoni’s continuous fluid drag units. These fluid drags are A-cam Goes Digital Ikonoskop has introduced the Acam DII, a digital motion-picture camera offering professional image quality with high-resolution images. Offering 12-bit color depth and a Super 16mm-sized 1920x1080 CCD sensor, the DII captures uncompressed images in RAW format and is compatible with Super 16mm lenses. The camera records to an 80GB memory cartridge developed by Ikonoskop and capable of recording at 240MB per second. The camera’s milled-aluminum body measures 8.7"x3.6"x3.3" and weighs less than 3.3 pounds (including the memory cartridge and battery). The camera is capable of recording variable frame rates from 1-60 fps, and outputs include monitor and HDMI for video and USB 2.0 for data. For more information, visit www.ikonoskop.com. Cartoni Unveils 3 Supports Cartoni has introduced three new camera supports: the Delta Rosso, the SpinHead and the E-Rem 15 remotecontrol head. Styled especially for the Red One camera, the Delta Rosso fluid head 78 November 2008 hollow in the center to accommodate cables and plugs. Designed in partnership with Mo-Sys, the E-Rem 15 remote-control head can support cameras weighing up to 33 pounds. With 360-degree pan and tilt ranges, the head can be operated with a joystick or handwheel set, and a variety of shotbox options enable different configurations. For more information, visit www.cartoni.com. LibertyPak Develops Batteries for Red LibertyPak has developed highdensity battery packs and belts for use with the Red One camera system. The batteries offer three hours of run time (265 watt hours, 18.4 amp hours at 14.4 volts), weigh 9 pounds and can be completely recharged in 30 minutes or less. The batteries incorporate LibertyPak’s FCC (fast charge chemistry) cells with proprietary nano-phosphate technology. These lithium-ion cells provide higher output potential (100 times the rated capacity), longer cycle life (over 1,000 cycles) and a chargeregeneration capacity of four times the rated amperage. LibertyPak FCC cells are also available for 24-volt camera systems. For more information, visit http://libertypak.com. http://www.cartoni.com http://www.ikonoskop.com http://libertypak.com

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American Cinematographer - November 2008

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