Digital Back For Arri 16mm Ships

P+S Digital BackP+S TECHNIK are taking orders for the first units of 16Digital Mag for SRIII cameras. The 16Digital Mag transforms 16SRIII film cameras into digital HD cameras.

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Blackmagic Design Re-invent The Broadcast Deck

Blackmagic Design's HyperDeck ShuttleBlackmagic Design has announced, amongst many other new products (check their web site for details) the HyperDeck Shuttle and Studio. The Shuttle is a new disk recorder that captures uncompressed 10 bit SDI or HDMI video onto Solid State Disks (SSDs). It’s also battery powered so it’s designed for recording high quality on location shoots, or for use as a deck with live production switchers. HyperDeck Shuttle is only $345.

Also new is HyperDeck Studio , a replacment VTR product that has two SSDs with function buttons, a jog wheel for jog and shuttle, plus external RS-422 control. The high resolution LCD screen displays timecode and transport information plus a full colour thumbnail preview of the current clip in record and playback. Crystal look buttons give customers full transport control just like a broadcast deck.

Final Cut Pro X - GUI For You?

iMovie Pro or FCP X? The editing world awaits!A quickly re-arranged Final Cut Pro User Group SuperMeet at NAB 2011 resulted in the announcement of a brand new version of Final Cut Pro called X or ten. This is a completely re-written 64-bit application including a new user interface, which some watchers thought looked like the company’s entry-level iMovie product.

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Sound Devices Launch Promising Pro VIDEO Recorders

Sound Devices are now have a go at video!Sound Devices traditionally makers of superb location sound recorders and mixers has quietly launched two promisingly spec’ed video recorders, the PIX 220 and PIX 240.

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JVC ProHD 3D GY-HMZ1U

The JVC GY-HMZ1U has a 3D data rate for recording of 34mbpsJVC Professional Products unveiled the new GY-HMZ1U ProHD 3D camcorder at the 2011 NAB Show. With an integrated 3D twin lens design powered by JVC’s proprietary large-scale integration (LSI) chip for high-speed processing of HD video, the GY-HMZ1U can simultaneously record each left and right image in full 1920x1080 resolution.

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Quantel Show New Craft Editor 4x Faster Than Before

The Quantel editing interface as seen on the new Qube editorAt at NAB 2011 Quantel launched Qube, a brand new craft editor for its  Enterprise sQ server-based production systems. Qube delivers up to 4x faster performance in HD at a lower cost than its predecessor (sQ Edit Plus HD) thanks to CUDA GPU accelerated processing running on the latest integrated nVidia Quadro professional graphics card.

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FASTEC TS3Cine High Speed Camera Sold Through RULE

FASTEC’S TS3CINE HIGH SPEED CAMERARule Boston Camera and Fastec Imaging unveiled the TS3Cine high-speed camera at the annual NAB conference.

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Panasonic Build Bigger 3D Camcorders

Panasonic's AG-3DP1Panasonic's shoulder-mount AG-3DP1, is a 3D twin-lens P2 HD camera recorder with 10 bit, 4:2:2 independent-frame, full 1920 x 1080 resolution AVC-Intra recording. It offers all the benefits of a familiar, fast, file-based P2 HD workflow including such recording features as instant recording start-up, clip thumbnail view for immediate access to video content on all cards, and a host of time-saving recording modes including continuous recording and interval recording.

Building on the launch of the 3DA1, the 3DP1 is easy to use and now with the additional quality of the AVC Intra codec. The 3DP1 will be available this autumn, supported by Panasonic’s five-year warranty program. 

ARRI Introduce ALEXA Number Four - The M

The Alexa M - developed with Vince Pace and James CameronARRI is developing a further model in the ALEXA family of cameras: the ALEXA M - a new, remote solution consisting of a separate camera head and body.

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More Sony 3D Camcorders

SONY's new PMW-TD300 shoulder mounted 3D camcorderSony has expanded its range of 3D production solutions with two new 3D camcorders; the PMW-TD300 shoulder mounted 3D camcorder (pictured above) and the more compact HXR-NX3D1 3D NXCAM camcorder pictured below.

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