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New Products & Services and camera combination, the TrackRunner enables tracking shots at high speed over long distances. Cmotion GmbH earned the camera-equipment award for its Cdisplay II video and data display. The ergonomically designed display significantly aids focus pullers by offering lens data and video on a single screen. Four prizes were awarded in the lighting-engineering category: Arri won for the LED Pack Shot Kit, which displays an enormous color gamut; Bebob GmbH/Cineparts won for the Lux-LED, an onboard camera light; and Rosco won for both the Lite Pad — a low-cost, robust and multi-purpose fixture — and the View System — a two-part polarizing system that balances indoor and outdoor exposures without the need to constantly swap ND filters. Finally, J.L. Fisher Inc. received a special award for its articulated skateboard wheels, which enable smooth and silent transitions from straight to curved track. More information about the Cinec conference and the CinecAward can be found at www.cinec.de. For more information about the winning companies and products, visit www.arri.de, www.vantagefilm.com, www.r-t-s.org, www.cmotion.eu, www.16x9.com (for Bebob GmbH), www.rosco.com, and www.jl fisher.com. MovieJib from MovieTech Offering minimal setup time and high adaptability, MovieTech has added the MovieJib to its line of camera cranes. Based on the ABC-Light Crane 120, the MovieJib features a self-locking crank drive for easy balancing with counterweights, comfortable hand grips, and horizontal and vertical brakes. The MovieJib can be used in Cinec Presents Awards The 7th annual Cinec International Trade Fair for Motion Picture Technology welcomed manufacturers, vendors, filmmakers and other guests to Munich in September. At the close of the first day, the Bavarian Society for the Advancement of Film Technology presented this year’s CinecAward. Presented in six different categories, the award — comprising a certificate and a statue — congratulates innovative and trendsetting products and developments in motion-picture technology. The CinecAward for camera technology was presented to Arri for the Arriflex D-21 digital camera in connection with the M-scope system. Through the M-scope system, the full sensor resolution can be used to achieve different aspect ratios, even up to CinemaScope. Vantage Film GmbH took the award for optics for its Hawk V-Lite series of anamorphic lenses. The series incorporates cylindrical lenses with an extremely small radius to minimize the aerial distance between elements and allow them to be packed tightly into a small, short and lightweight housing. The camera support/grip award went to RTS Rail & Tracking Systems GmbH for the company’s TrackRunner ENT. Accommodating any remote head 90 December 2008 environments with limited space, and it can be mounted on a tripod or on a MovieTech dolly. With the crane head fully extended (measuring 7.05' from the pivoting axle to the crane head), it can support up to 66.14 pounds, and with it fully retracted (measuring 5.41'), it can support up to 88.19 pounds. When mounted on the tripod packaged with the MovieJib, the crane arm can reach a maximum height of 9.19'. For more information, visit www.movietech.de. Aspheric Wide Converter for EX1, EX3 Providing a 25-percent greater angle of view for Sony’s PMW-EX1 and EX3 camcorders — while maintaining full zoom capability — 16x9 Inc. has introduced the EX 0.75 Aspheric Wide Converter. The EX 0.75’s innovative, advanced technical design employs a state-of-theart aspheric lens element to more effectively reduce geometric distortion and chromatic aberrations and improve offaxis wide-angle performance. Utilization of the aspheric lens surface allows the other elements of the converter to be smaller and lighter, making the unit especially well suited to handheld work. With a total of four multi-coated optical glass elements — including the aspheric lens — the EX 0.75 yields clean and vivid high-

http://www.movietech.de http://www.cinec.de http://www.arri.de http://www.vantagefilm.com http://www.cmotion.eu http://www.r-t-s.org http://www.16x9.com http://www.jlfisher.com http://www.rosco.com http://www.jlfisher.com

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