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Product news Photon Beard launch new Tungsten Fresnel range HHB expands Flashmic range with new cardioid model Combining a high-quality Sennheiser capsule with a broadcast-quality Flash recorder, the ground-breaking HHB FlashMic has quickly become established as the portable recording device of choice for ME broadcasters. Now HHB has expanded the FlashMic range with the introduction of a new cardioid version the FlashMic DRM85-C to accompany the original, omni-directional FlashMic DRM85. Both FlashMic models share the same comprehensive feature set, which includes 1GB Flash memory for more than 18 hours of recording, USB audio data transfer, a high quality preamplifier with full manual or automatic gain control AGC , an illuminated LCD display and nine user templates which can be configured externally using the FlashMic Manager software supplied. “When news breaks, the FlashMic provides a convenient, all-in-one portable recording solution with no fiddly cables or connectors,” explains Dennis Feldman, managing director of EMS Africa, “and it’s every bit as easy to transfer audio files to a laptop for editing and onward transmission.” UK lighting manufacturer Photon Beard has launched a new Tungsten Fresnel range. Available now is a 650W lamp head, which can accept a 500W or 300W lamp and there will also be a 1kW lamp head to follow very shortly. By careful design of the ventilation, these lamp heads run cooler than competitors' products and, due to low mass, cool down quicker at the end of the shoot, said Peter Daffarn. One of the major advantages of Metal Halide, apart from being more efficient than Tungsten, is the ability to quickly and easily change colour temperature. It will simply be a matter of swapping lamps to get your appropriate colour temperature. Photon Beard is one of the oldest lighting companies in the world, having been started by R.R. Beard in 1873 and is proud to still be a UK manufacturer, with Robert Beard at the helm though not the original R. Beard we hasten to mention! as joint managing director with Peter Daffarn. High-end acquisition with Sony’s new F23 CineAlta camera Sony has announced a new CineAlta camera which will support 4:4:4 1920 by 1080 RGB imaging. The system is the newest member of Sony's high-end CineAlta line of acquisition products for digital television and motion picture content creation. “With this new system, content creators and program producers will have one more extremely versatile high-end production tool in their arsenal,” said Rob Sherman, Sony Broadcast’s managing director in Africa and the Middle East. “Developed for cinematographers, this system will offer the technical and mechanical flexibility they need, as well as a compact and rugged design to withstand the challenging conditions often encountered on location.” The SRW-1 digital 4:4:4 recorder will dock directly to the top or to the tail of the new system. This eliminates the need for cumbersome cable handling between the camera and recorder. When more mobility is required, the recorder can also be tethered using a ‘dual-link’ cable connection so the camera is as small and light as possible. 7 Network Electronics expand VikinX router range Network Electronics, known for manufacturing and marketing the phenomenally popular VikinX router range, has announced the expansion of the modular line to include 256 x 256 versions. The new routers - the VD256256L and HD256256L - join Network Electronics’ popular 128x128 and 64x64 versions. The units provide fully hot-swappable module cards, built-in dual redundant power supply and fully redundant control architecture and controller functions. Sophisticated control features include TCP/IP control interface and TCP/IP interconnectivity with VikinX Modular control panels, SNMP agent, as well as a comprehensive surveillance of the routers’ vital parameters.

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