AV Specialist - Africa Edition Vol 92 - (Page 2)

Product news World’s first High Definition HDMI editing card ElightZ professional handheld camera light Anton Bauer’s new ElightZ is the first professional oncamera light designed specifically for handheld cameras. Operating at 6 volts the same as the camera , ElightZ shares power with the ElipZ 10k battery through its exclusive Powerplug connector. Constructed of lightweight and durable high temperature polycarbonate, the two-stage hinged boom arms of the ElightZ offer a virtually unlimited range of adjustability - fully extended, the head is over 5 inches high and can be extended forward to eliminate lens shadowing. ElightZ high efficiency 10 watt halogen light packs photometric performance to blend almost any available light. The light head bezel removes easily for bulb changes. The bezel also features two mounting points for a wide variety of gels and spun included to effortlessly adapt to any lighting conditions. ElightZ mounts quickly and easily to any camera mounting type shoe or stud - with a unique modular mounting mechanism. Best of all at the end of a shooting day, the light folds away neatly into a compact package and can remain on the camera without adding weight or interfering with camera operation. Anton Bauer is represented throughout Africa by Tony Niemeyer. Blackmagic Design has launched Intensity; an ultra low cost HDMI capture and playback card that allows users to capture high quality uncompressed video direct from the HDMI connection on HDV cameras. The card instantly switches between 1080HD, 720HD, NTSC and PAL video standards. Once Intensity is plugged into compatible PCI Express Windows or Mac OS X computers, users get the amazing quality of uncompressed video via HDMI from cameras, decks and set top boxes, enabling them to playback to any HDMI big screen television or video projector for editing in SD or HD with real time effects. A point of excellence The Arrow 25 features 5+5 selectable pan/tilt drag plus ‘0’ to allow the operator to choose from repeatable light to heavy drag settings with backlit illumination on pan/tilt indicators and bubble level. Selectable 4 position counterbalance combines with a 70mm sliding camera platform to accommodate a wide range of camera loads from 5-14kg. Miller is represented in South Africa by Spescom Broadcast. 2 High-performance AVC/H.264 encoding with Digital Rapids Digital Rapids has started shipping the Digital Rapids AVC Encoder, an optional encoding module for their StreamZ, StreamZHD and DRC-Stream media encoding solutions and Stream Transcode Manager distributed transcoding system. Supporting the encoding of AVC content for playback on consumer electronics devices, the Digital Rapids AVC Encoder is powered by Nero Digital technology co-developed by Nero and ATEME and expands the existing MPEG-4 and AVC/H.264 support in the Digital Rapids product family with superior visual quality and significantly increased encoding speeds, including real-time encoding at maximum quality from live standard definition sources and faster than real-time transcoding from files. “The high quality and exceptional performance of the Digital Rapids AVC Encoder enhance our customers’ productivity and deliverables when targeting the new generation of delivery devices,”said Brick Eksten, president of Digital Rapids Corporation.” Miller’s new Arrow 25 true fluid head has been designed to support the latest generation in acquisition formats from the film-ready HDV alternatives to the lightweight ENG camcorders.

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of AV Specialist - Africa Edition Vol 92

Larger than life
Mediatech Aftrica shines bright in local market
HD camcorder runs with the wild dogs
Divers Down pursues tapeless workflow
Broadcast industy feedback

AV Specialist - Africa Edition Vol 92