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Bi2-Vision Intros New 3D Camera Rig at NAB

April 13, 2012 | By Staff
Bi2-Vision Intros New 3D Camera Rig at NAB

A new automated 3D camera rig from Bi2-Vision provides the means for high quality 3D video production without greatly expanding the 2D camera crew size or compromising the 3D effect. Especially valuable for live production, live sports and other events, Bi2-Vision P3 simplifies the 3D production process, producing dynamic depth perception at mid-to-longer distances. »

Codex Introduces New 4:4:4 Recorder

April 13, 2012 | By Staff
Codex Introduces New 4:4:4 Recorder

Codex will introduce the latest addition to its product range at NAB 2012 – the Codex Onboard S Recorder. With a completely new design, the Codex Onboard S is designed to work with compact HD cameras like the Sony PMW-F3 and the Canon EOS C300. Data is recorded onto Codex’s new Capture Drives from... »

Dashwood Expands the Stereo3D CAT Product Line

April 13, 2012 | By Staff
Dashwood Expands the Stereo3D CAT Product Line

Dashwood Cinema Solutions, developer of stereoscopic software for the Mac, announced the immediate availability of price-reduced and free versions of its Stereo3D CAT stereoscopic calibration and analysis software. »

Canon to Unveil 4K Digital Cinema Cameras at NAB

April 12, 2012 | By Scott Lehane
Canon to Unveil 4K Digital Cinema Cameras at NAB

Canon will unveil new additions to its Cinema EOS line at NAB next week, including a 4K version of its EOS-1D camera, (the EOS-1D C), new EF Cinema zoom lenses, and the new C500 – a 4K cinema camera that delivers 10- bit uncompressed RGB Bayer pattern RAW data at frame rates up to... »

Adobe to Preview Creative Suite 6 at NAB

April 12, 2012 | By Staff

Adobe Systems will giving the first public demonstrations of Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium – including major updates for Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 and Adobe After Effects CS6 at NAB next week. Creative Suite 6 Production Premium will also be presented in more than 60 partner booths throughout the show. The upcoming release,... »

Vitec Acquires Camera Corps

April 12, 2012 | By Staff

The Vitec Group announced that it has acquired UK-based Camera Corps – a supplier of specialty remote cameras, remote tracking systems and camera support systems. »

Digital Vision to Show Nucoda ACES Workflow at NAB

April 10, 2012 | By Staff

Digital Vision will unveil several enhancements to its Nucoda color grading platform at NAB, providing increased workflow capabilities and additional tools for grading, pre-grading and stereoscopic projects. The company will introduce the new Nucoda Film Master ACES workflow, a new interchange format developed by the Science and Technology Council (STC) of the Academy of... »

Mathers Lights Major Action with Litepanels for Brake

April 9, 2012 | By Staff
Mathers Lights Major Action with Litepanels for <em>Brake</em>

Cinematographer James Mathers’ instrument of choice for the ambitious one-set, one-character action feature, Brake, starring Stephen Dorff, was the Litepanels 1x1 Bi-Color. This light was vital “to meeting my biggest challenge of illuminating the visual clues that help Secret Service agent Jeremy Rains (Dorff) and the audience, figure out his situation when he wakes... »

Sachtler Takes Videographer Carl Mrozek into the Wild

April 9, 2012 | By Staff
Sachtler Takes Videographer Carl Mrozek into the Wild

Wildlife videographer Carl Mrozek says that next to a good camera and lens, “the most critical equipment is my fluid head and tripod. A poor choice of tripod system will undermine the best imagery shot with the best cameras and lenses every time.” »

Vinten to Launch New Vision blue5 at NAB

April 5, 2012 | By Staff
Vinten to Launch New Vision blue5 at NAB

Vinten will introduce its new Vision blue5 pan and tilt head and tripod system at NAB. The new Vision blue5 has the same functionality as the Vision blue system launched at last year’s NAB, but with a higher carrying capacity of 12.1 lbs to 26.5 lbs, making it ideal for the latest generation of... »

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Norwegian director Morten Tyldum Blends Mystery and Humor in Headhunters

May 2012 | By Jack Egan

Norwegian director Morten Tyldum Blends Mystery and Humor in <em>Headhunters</em>

Headhunters, is a new Norwegian movie, stylishly helmed by Morten Tyldum, one of the country’s best- known directors. Blending suspense and violence with macabre... »



Greg Carter Resurrects a Baseball Hero

April 2012 | By Scott Essman

Greg Carter Resurrects a Baseball Hero

With the onset of April every spring, one conjures the classic baseball films in cinema lore. Certainly The Natural, Bull Durham, Field of... »


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