Equipment rentals is a tricky business as obsolescence is a major factor and, with the reduction of costs of some previously unaffordable equipment, many production companies buy their own equipment, reports Andy Stead.
With the huge global move towards digital cinematography threatening the very existence of celluloid, its interesting to note that a brand new film laboratory has opened in Cape Town.
Cape Town-based company Camera Station is proud to announce that it has supplied camera equipment for two famous SABC productions the sitcom Stokvel and the drama series Montana, produced by Roberta Durrant of Penguin Productions.
Tiffen International Ltd. has released the v3 edition of its Dfx digital filter software. Dfx v3 adds to over 2,000 established digital simulations of Tiffen's award-winning optical glass filters, with a new range of digital filters providing optical effects and digital correction.
The Harambe Technologies stand at Mediatech Africa showcased products including the GFCAM from Ikegami.
According to Harambe Technologies Adriaan Shipalana, the GFCAM from Ikegami is the highest specced ENG camcorder on the market.
According to Harambe Technologies Adriaan Shipalana, the GFCAM from Ikegami is the highest specced ENG camcorder on the market.
Award winning products like the nanoFlash from Convergent Design, the Gemini 4:4:4 recorder / monitor, Decimator converters and Nexto mobile storage devices are now available from Johannesburg-based supplier Puma Video.
A first time exhibitor at Mediatech Africa was Donovan Rasch, director of Tradelius Music Group.
