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Digital Juice Releases Quality Tripod Bag ideal for mid size tripods with 100-150mm bowl heads

By PVC News Staff (Via PVC - Pro Video Coalition) | February 02, 2011

Digital Juice® announced today the release of the Digital Juice Gear Tripod Bag, a new addition to its rapidly expanding line of gear protection and transport equipment. The Tripod Bag offers purposeful, organized and contemporary-looking storage and protection for mid-size double riser tripods with 100-150mm bowl heads and also works well for light stand kits and accessories. Read More

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Grass Valley’s EDIUS 6 Demonstrated at Intel’s 2nd Generation Core Processor Press Conference

By PVC News Staff (Via PVC - Pro Video Coalition) | January 24, 2011

Intel provided a technological preview of the Grass Valley™ EDIUS® 6 nonlinear editing (NLE) software, at the Intel Forum 2011 held in Japan, on January 18, 2011. At the Tokyo press conference, Intel highlighted its newly announced 2nd Generation Intel Core processor, embedded with Intel Quick Sync Video technology. Read More

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Phase One Introduces New Digital Backs Up To 80 Megapixels

40, 60 and 80 MP Digital IQ Backs

By Dan Carr | January 24, 2011

Phase One have introduced three new digital Medium Format backs today including the IQ180 80 megapixel back with high resolution touch screen LCD and USB 3 connection. More details after the break. Read More

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Technicolor Uses Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve for Color Grading on “The Fighter”

By PVC News Staff (Via PVC - Pro Video Coalition) | January 20, 2011

Blackmagic Design today announced that colorist Tony Dustin of Hollywood-based Technicolor used the DaVinci Resolve Linux non-linear color correction system for color grading work done on Paramount Pictures/Relativity Media's critically acclaimed feature film "The Fighter," directed by David O. Russell. The film stars actor/producer Mark Wahlberg, Amy Adams, and recent Golden Globe® winners Christian Bale and Melissa Leo, and is currently in theaters nationwide. Read More

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K-Stackers Are Popular New Fluorescent Lighting Support From MSE

By PVC News Staff (Via PVC - Pro Video Coalition) | January 17, 2011

Matthews Studio Equipment announces the introduction of K-Stackers, a simple solution for fluorescent lighting support. Based on a concept from Canadian-based gaffer Alex Amyot, MSE has created a strong and robust tool that turns single fluorescents into a multiple of powerful lighting supports. Read More

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IT’S TIME TO TURN PRO! ANNOUNCING THE RØDE VIDEOMIC PRO

By PVC News Staff (Via PVC - Pro Video Coalition) | January 14, 2011

RØDE Microphones answers the call to professional and enthusiast videographers with the release of a completely new microphone designed for recording high fi delity audio with HDSLR cameras and high definition camcorders. Read More

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Sachtler Supports Mono Lake Preservation Film

By PVC News Staff (Via PVC - Pro Video Coalition) | January 13, 2011

Sachtler, a Vitec Group brand, announces that documentary filmmaker Ryan Christensen of Bristlecone Media has chosen Sachtler to support his Mono Lake Preservation project. Designed to replace the original slide show created to support the ongoing effort to protect the lake from excessive water diversions from the City of Los Angeles, this production will be housed in the theater in the Mono Lake committee Visitor Center in Lee Vining, California. Read More

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SOUND DEVICES UPGRADES NEW USBPRE 2 INTERFACE WITH ADDITION OF ASIO DRIVER

By PVC News Staff (Via PVC - Pro Video Coalition) | January 13, 2011

Sound Devices is taking its USBPre 2, an all-new version of its popular USBPre computer audio interface, to the next level by adding Windows OS ASIO drivers along with its built-in, class-compliant drivers. The two-channel USBPre 2 offers professionals a powerful, yet easy-to-use, portable interface to interconnect audio sources to both Mac OS and Windows computers over USB. With the addition of ASIO, the USBPre 2 can now connect to popular DAW software platforms in Windows, such as ProTools 9. Read More

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Future Media Concepts Partners With ADOBE and AVID For Another Groundbreaking Summit

Join FMC in the "Big Easy" for 5-days of post-production and editing magic featuring the latest technology from industry forerunners

By Scott Gentry (Via PVC - Pro Video Coalition) | January 12, 2011

New York, NY - December 8, 2010 - Partnering with digital media forerunners and retreat sponsors, Adobe Systems Incorporated and Avid®, Future Media Concepts sets the stage for an editor's 5-day dream getaway in the "Big Easy" with advanced sessions in post, visual and audio techniques and invaluable insight into emerging trends and technologies. The retreat's schedule presents attendees with the perfect balance of advanced training, creative inspiration, and productive discussion. Training sessions are designed for experienced editors looking to perfect their mastership of chosen digital tools, while collecting valuable feedback from peers on current projects, creativity, self-development, future endeavors, and more. The 2011 agenda focuses not only on the technical aspects of the post-production industry, but the business and creative aspects as well, presenting a well-rounded training methodology for success in all areas of post-production. Read More

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Litepanels SolaENG LED Fresnel Lights Now Shipping

By PVC News Staff (Via PVC - Pro Video Coalition) | January 10, 2011

Litepanels much anticipated Sola ENG LED Fresnel model, which have already garnered major industry awards, are now shipping. Offering beam control of 10° to 70°, the revolutionary new daylight-balanced Solas provide the controllability and single-shadow properties inherent in a Fresnel light, but utilize just a fraction of the power of conventional fixtures. Employing a proprietary 7.62cm (3") lens, it draws just 30 watts yet produces light output equivalent to a 250W tungsten. Read More

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QNAP Unveils New Entry-level 4-drive Rack-mounted NAS Server for Workgroup and SMB Customers

New 1U Rack-mounted Model Features Energy Efficient Marvell 1.6GHz CPU and 512MB of DDRIII Memory, Delivering High Performance Networked Storage Coupled with a Broad Range of Business-ready Applications.

By PVC News Staff (Via PVC - Pro Video Coalition) | January 10, 2011

QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of world class NAS servers, NVR Video Surveillance Systems, and Network-based Media Players today announced expansion of their Turbo NAS lineup with the addition of the TS-419U+ rack-mounted NAS server targeted specifically at the fast-growing SMB and workgroup market segments. The TS-419U+ features 4 hot-swappable SATA hard drives with up to 8TB of total capacity (using 2TB drives) packaged in a compact 1U rack-mounted chassis. The TS-419U+ supports 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch hard drives in hot-swappable drive carriers, giving users more flexibility on selecting hard drives for installation. The TS-419U+ features a Marvell 1.6GHz CPU and 512MB of DDRIII memory, providing sustained high performance with low power consumption. Read More

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Boinx Software Announces iStopMotion for the Mac App Store

By PVC News Staff (Via PVC - Pro Video Coalition) | January 06, 2011

Boinx Software today announces the availability of iStopMotion, the company's popular stop motion animation application, at the Mac App Store. iStopMotion, which allows users to tell their stories in movies using traditional animation techniques, is available in Home, Express and Pro versions for $49.99 US, $99.99 US and $499.99 US respectively, localized in English and German. Read More

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Sandisk Joins the 128GB Game With Extreme Pro CF Card

By Dan Carr | January 06, 2011

Just yesterday Lexar reveled the world's first 128GB SDXC Card and today Sandisk has announced the first 100mb/s 128GB Compact Flash Card as part of their Extreme Pro lineup. The card will carry a whopping price tag of $1500 ! Full press release after the break. Read More

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QNAP Announced QMobile Application for Android

The World's First All-in-One Media Player Solution for Android Phone Users to Access the Stored Photos, Music, and Videos from Their Network Storage Device

By PVC News Staff (Via PVC - Pro Video Coalition) | January 05, 2011

QNAP Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of world class NAS (Network Attached Storage) servers announced today the beta application of QMobile, the world's first multimedia player solution for Android. QMobile allows users to stream music, digital pictures, and videos from their QNAP NAS servers and play directly on their Android handsets from anywhere. So long as you have Internet access, you can play all the contents on the NAS remotely, just like having a media center in your pocket! Read More

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Lexar Announces 128GB SDXC Card !

By Dan Carr | January 05, 2011

In the run up to the CES show in Las Vegas this week Lexar has released details of the worlds first 133x 128GB SDXC card. $699.99 MSRP in the US. Full press release after the jump! Read More

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Caso Brings Litepanels to New Series - “The Defenders”

By PVC News Staff (Via PVC - Pro Video Coalition) | January 04, 2011

Litepanels, a Vitec brand, announces that cinematographer Alan Caso ASC (Lie to Me, Big Love, Trauma) has again chosen Litepanels for his new series, The Defenders. The CBS one-hour drama centers on the personal and professional lives of two very different Las Vegas Lawyers. Read More

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NewTek Ships LightWave™ 10

3D artists' gain interactive viewport rendering, real-time stereoscopic preview, Virtual Studio Tools for immersive walkthroughs and the first complete linear color space workflow, all within an enhanced user interface

By PVC News Staff (Via PVC - Pro Video Coalition) | December 30, 2010

NewTek, a worldwide leader of 3D animation and video products, releases NewTek LightWave™ 10-the latest version of its Emmy® Award-winning 3D software. LightWave 10 delivers a whole new set of capabilities for 3D producers and studio pipelines. Now, 3D artists have the ability to focus on the creative process with tools that provide immediate feedback-whether they work alone or in a multi-software studio. Read More

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Samsung releases the NX11 Mirrorless Camera

By Dan Carr | December 29, 2010

Earlier in the year Samsung Imaging unveiled the NX10 , their shot at the interchangeable lens mirrorless compact camera market. Today they have shown the new NX11 just prior to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The NX11 featured a 14MP sensor that also shoots HD video and uses the companie's APS-C sized sensor and NX format lenses. Full press release and more photos after the break. Read More

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Sony to double image sensor production capacity

By Dan Carr | December 27, 2010

It's long been about the big two, Canon and Nikon but today Sony have indicated further that they mean business in the photography industry with the announcement of a $1.2 billion investment into acquiring a new facility for sensor fabrication. Read More

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Society of Camera Operators Announces Camera Operator of the Year Nominations

Society of Camera Operators Announces Camera Operator of the Year Nominations and Lifetime Achievement Recipients

By PVC News Staff (Via PVC - Pro Video Coalition) | December 22, 2010

The Society of Camera Operators (SOC) has announced the nominees for the Camera Operator of the Year competition and the Lifetime Achievement Award recipients. Read More

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