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Introducing UltiMate

ground pin for "Mate First/Break Last"
lamp grounding.
The SeaPar underwater HMI,

onto 16mm and 35mm film.

received

lution

a

Technical

Achievement

Academy of

Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for

"Safety and Portability On Wet or Dry
passing NASA's Hazard Risk
Assessment program, the lighting
system is, to date, the only underwater
lighting to be allowed in NASA's
"Neutral Buoyancy Lab" in Houston,
Texas for the filming of Armageddon in
1998. The system was used again in
NASA's NBL for a National Geographic
production and Clint Eastwood's upcom¬
ing feature, Space Cowboys.
The SeaPar 1200W HMI weighs
just 4.5 lbs. underwater and is rated to a
depth of 120'.
Hydroflex, (310) 310-8187, fax
Sets." After

FOR 35 AND

16MM MOTION PICTURES

As the name says, UltiMate is the ultimate handheld or
tripod-mounted director's finder-featuring interchangeable
lens mountings, multiple camera-type/format-type ground
glasses-for a variety of shooting formats.
UltiMate16 is the only finder on the market today speci¬
fically designed for Super-16/16mm formats, providing a
magnified, suitably large viewing image for the user.
Both versions of the UltiMate are available with an optional
modular, 1/2-inch CCD video-tap. And with its comfortable,
adjustable handle, you won't want to be on the set or on
location without

one,

m KISH

(310) 821-9886. website address:
hydroflex.com.

US OPTICS

capable of
shooting in a range of resolutions (includ¬
ing NTSC, PAL and HD) and recording

originally designed by Richard Mula and
Pete Romano for the film The Abyss,
Award in 1991 from the

The Ultimate Director's Finder

resolution. The recorder is

www.

4653 Lankershim Boulevard North Hollywood, CA 91602
818-506-5800 Office / 818-506-5856 Fax

"HD video is

so

close to 2K

reso¬

that it looks

good on the big
screen," says CELCO marketing director
John Constantine. "It's theatrical quality.
The speed and price of our extreme HDR
now

makes it

more

feasible for filmmakers to

shoot HD because it

brings down the
cost-per-foot or cost-per-minute to record
to film."

The extreme HDR will shoot the

1920

x

1080 HD format at

a

rate of five

seconds per frame, comparable to a laser
recorder. The software is able to sharpen

images on the fly and contains interpola¬
tion tools for increasing resolution.
CELCO has continued making technolog¬
ical advancements to its EBX Advanced
CRT

technology deflects an electron
by non-mechanical means for
increased reliability.

beam

CELCO (West Coast), 909-481-

4648, fax 909-481-6899, (East Coast),
201-327-1123, fax 201-327-7047, e-mail:
info@celco.com, website address: www.
celco.com.

SCENE MAKERS
Long-Life Lamps
Stage Lighting Co. of

VIVI-TAP VIDEO ASSIST

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Altman

*High res. lens

Yonkers, New York, has ushered in a

-ASA 25600

line of cool output CDM-TV Fresnels that
can withstand the rigors of HDTV and

O 100*00*- 12V DC Power
.

*

I

around-the-clock

Uses compact

operation. The Ceramic
Discharge Metal-Halide lamps are
designed around the Master Color lamp
technology by Philips.
The energy-efficient CDM-TV
technology combines the color stability
and extended life of high-pressure
sodium lamps with the near white light
and higher output of metal-halide lamps.

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& durable

Fits 16 & 35mm

Arri, Bolex, Aaton, Mitchell

DIRECTORS' VIEWFINDERS
The Future-Vu
A compact

-

sleek and arty

4oz. of vision!

The Ultra-Vu when size matters

A solid

buy at 10

new

oz.

The 150-watt Altman CDM-TV Fresnel,

Both viewfinders offer:
*

*

*

provides the output of a 1,000W studio
just 1.5 amps.

fresnel but draws

""Jk

The UV-blocked CDM bulb offers

Internal, adjustable aspect ratio masks
Use w/35mm, 16mm, anamorphic & video
35mm

zoom

range:

available

High-Definition Recorder
CELCO has recently

18-200mm

only from

new

extreme

HDR

debuted a
High Definition

Recorder. The extreme HDR, which

stable color temperature of 3,000°k, a
CRI of 85+, a rated efficiency of up to 92

a

lumens per watt and an average lamp
life of 10,000 hours.

records onto
Quality film products on a budget

110

Tel: 323.656.7125 * Fax: 323.656.6280
www.oken3d.com/mazilview
Email: eleshin@aol.com

camera negative or inter¬
mediate film stock, is designed and opti¬
mized to shoot at 1920 x 1080 HD

The CDM-TVs

are

available in

150W, 75W and 35W sizes in both loca¬
tion

and

hanging versions. Design
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