Digital Video - May 2008 - (Page 44)

TOOLS & TECHNOLOGY base anchors the arm with increased stability and rigidity. At the opposite end, the convenient mounting stud locks quickly and effortlessly onto the housing of any MiniPlus fixture. It’s available in 4" and 8" versions with the standard hot shoe adapter. A Conversion Kit provides auxiliary 1⁄4"-20 and 3⁄8"-threaded hardware for mounting alternatives. Retail price for one unit starts at $165. Top: Litepanels Articulating Arm; Middle: Convergent Design nanoFlash; Bottom: Innovision Optics Mini Shuttle are using a lens adapter. INNOVISION OPTICS MINI SHUTTLE www.innovision-optics.com AVAILABLE: Now BLENDER LIGHT www.blenderlites.com AVAILABLE: Now Through the use of reciprocal dimming of the warm and cool arrays, it is quick and easy to bring the variable color temperature LED Blender Light into balance with the available light at the location. It allows the cameraperson to adjust the camera’s white balance to the available light, then “dial in” the white light that blends for a natural look. It is even possible to set the camera’s white balance to “automatic” and then blend in the light by eye. Blender Lights use only white light emitters, custom selected to carefully track the blackbody locus for excellent photographic results. They can’t go out of calibration. The lights run off 14.4V and 7.2V “prosumer” camcorder batteries, as well as typical 12V sources such as NP-1 type, block batteries and car jacks. Some photometrics for you: Single array (either warm or cool) yields 45 footcandles at 1m/3.3' (cool array at approx. CCT 6200°K, warm array at approx. CCT 3100°K); maximum with both arrays yields 90 footcandles at 1m/3.3' (both arrays at approx. CCT 4050°K). Innovision Optics introduced the Mini Shuttle camera tracking system, which transports a lightweight, remote-controlled camera head above, through and alongside the action at speeds of up to 2 meters per second. The system’s dual-rail bendable track can be custom mounted to the studio wall or ceiling, in straight or curved profiles, and can carry a payload of up to 12 lbs (5.4kg). It works with most popular standard- and HD block- or box-type cameras The fully programmable system utilizes Innovision’s precise and repeatable motioncontrol technology to provide five axes of movement, including pan (a full 360 degrees), tilt (90 degrees), focus, zoom and shuttle movement. Manipulated through an easy-to-use manual or programmable controller with graphic interface, the Mini Shuttle provides 10 presettable camera shots per show file. To ensure smooth, trouble-free operation, Internet diagnostics of the system are immediately accessible via Ethernet connection. KINOMATIK MOVIETUBE JR www.movietube.com AVAILABLE: Now CONVERGENT DESIGN NANOFLASH www.convergent-design.com AVAILABLE: Fall 2008 Convergent Design’s very small nanoFlash HD recorder/player fits easily onto most cameras. Powered either by battery or external power, the nanoFlash features HD-SDI and HDMI inputs and HDSDI output (with optional ASI I/O) and records to two CompactFlash cards (up to two hours of recording at 100Mbps to two 48GB cards). It records MPEG-2 4:2:0 at 18, 19.7, 25 and 35Mbps and MPEG-2 4:2:2 at 50 and 100Mbps. 16/24-bit, four-channel embedded PCM audio. The nanoFlash will do 24p pulldown and even flip the image, if you 44 dv may 2008 The compact, lightweight MOVIEtube JR 35mm depth-of-field adapter fits onto the front threads of any video camcorder’s lens. Geared toward any fixed-lens camcorder, a corresponding docking ring is screwed into the threads and the adapter slides over it and locks. The image from the interchangeable photo lens is projected onto the FILMscreen light-scattering layer and will appear as a Super 35mm (18mm x 24mm) that is upright — no flipping needed. That image is re-photographed by the video camera. The image lies at infinity; to achieve back focus, simply set the video lens at infinity. The MOVIEtube JR can work with all Canon EOS lenses, and with adapter rings, Nikon, Leica, Contax, Olympus, Pentax and M42 lenses. DV Kinomatik MOVIEtube JR www.dv.com http://www.innovision-optics.com http://www.blenderlites.com http://www.movietube.com http://www.convergent-design.com http://www.dv.com

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