FOR-A Company Limited, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, will debut the FT-ONE full 4K high resolution variable frame rate camerathe worlds first full 4K super slow motion cameraat Cine Gear Expo, which runs from 1 to 2 June in Hollywood.
The Guild of Television Cameramen, a non-profit-making organisation which has over 1,000 members in Australia, Europe, Russia, Singapore, South Africa and the US, announced the Vitec GTC Award 2012 winners during its 40th anniversary celebrations in Birmingham on Friday 11 May.
For more than 10 years, System Television Malaysia (TV3) and the Astro satellite television broadcasting service have been exclusively using Anton/Bauer batteries and chargers to help power Panasonic professional cameras.
Director of Photography Donald A. Morgan, ASC, and actor/producer Tim Allen have come together once again for the new hit multi-camera series Last Man Standing. For the new comedy, Morgan has chosen Vector 70 heads and Fulmar pedestals from Vinten, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company.
Sachtler has launched its online store for original spare parts, which camera operators can change without special tools or training. The Sachtler Store is already online in Europe and will be launched worldwide following a pilot phase.
South African director of photography (DOP) Mandla Dube recently spent two months
in Los Angeles reconnecting with former classmates and lecturers from his alma mater,
the American Film Institute (AFI).
South African director of photography (DOP) Mandla Dube recently spent two months
in Los Angeles reconnecting with former classmates and lecturers from his alma mater,
the American Film Institute (AFI).
Puma Video in Johannesburg is a local distributor of Decimator products, including the
popular Decimator 2 down-converter.
G&T Productions bought two Panasonic P2HD HPX-174 cameras from official Panasonic
distributor Avmark Systems at the end of 2010, and recently upgraded to the
Panasonic P2HD HPX-250.
Cape-Town based equipment rental company Photo Hire recently branched into sales
and is now bringing some ground breaking products to South Africa.
The Swit range of batteries, imported and distributed in southern Africa by
Johannesburg-based Pro-Sales, have been part of the South African television scene
for the past nine years.
Ikegami, sold in South Africa by Johannesburg-based Harambe Technologies, is
addressing the growing demand for high definition (HD) content with new,
technologically advanced and competitively priced HD cameras.
SteadiDrone, a division of Motion Pixel, is the only company in South Africa to
manufacture and offer advanced, ready to fly aerial drone systems focused primarily
on the production and film industry.
The new Sony F65 digital motion picture camera is currently taking Hollywood by
storm, according to Sony South Africas Jess Goedhals. About 400 units were pre-
ordered at the beginning of 2012 when the camera started shipping.
Red Cherry Television used the Panasonic AG-HPX250 to shoot a rugby reality show
for Afrikaans pay-TV channel kykNET.
The ultra-efficient Hitachi SK-HD1000 multi-format digital HDTV production camera is a
member of Hitachis Green Products Global Initiative.
Visual Impact recently collaborated on an aerial 3D wildlife shoot with Rocksolid
Remotes and Russel Bowden from 3D Rigs.
The vast choice of motion picture digital cameras coupled with the rapid rate of
technological change make it more challenging than ever to choose the right camera.
Filmmakers Tom Putnam and Brenna Sanchez have chosen the adaptable SOOM XL tripod system by Sachtler, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company, for their feature documentary Burn. The project focuses on a year in the life of Detroit, as seen through the eyes of its firefighters, the men and women tasked with saving a city that many have written off as dead.
With the support of the ALEXA ARRIRAW format, DVS not only expands CLIPSTERs portfolio of supported file formats but also offers additional flexibility. Thanks to its unique hardware platform and its specially developed hardware accelerator, CLIPSTER enables the real-time debayering of ALEXA RAW material in high quality.
