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(from powering servers through to charging phones) is equivalent to emissions from the aviation industry. Streaming video over the internet at home is also estimated to be the equivalent to having two or three old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs on, according to computer scientists at the University of Bristol. However, on a positive note, The Guardian reported how the ‘Greta Thunberg effect’ has fuelled a big rise in carbon offsetting. NEW ARRAYS & CRAFT XM2 has come to the UK market with plenty of innovation. It has just launched a three-camera Sony Venice array for helicopter use but has also helped out with a DOP wish list. Aidan Kelly explains the modification they engineered; “We had some complaints from DOPs about ways of operating inside the helicopter so we integrated wheels to work with the Shotover system so now any operator who is competent with wheels will feel confident while shooting in the air. DOP Paul Cameron was the one that helped to push that through.” HFS has launched its Typhon2 six- camera array, which incorporates six Red Helium cameras mounted onto a Shotover K1 six-axis stabilised gimbal. This new aerial array is designed to shoot plates that can be stitched together in post-production to create large format shots. The Typhon2 enables both aerial and ground-based filming of sequences where a particularly wide field of view is required – a fully useable 165°. This new Typhon2 has a toe-in configuration for reduced parallax and uses the Red DSMC2 Helium 8K sensor or Arri Alexa Mini. Each of its six cameras are fitted with the new Zeiss CP.3 Prime lenses with eXtended Data and shading mapping. Alternative lenses are available. Jeremy Braben comments: “We launched the Typhon2 based on the success of our original Typhon array, which was designed to help VFX by providing maximum stability, minimal set-up and a large area overlap. The Typhon2 offers toe-in capability, and no need for lens grid calibration in post-production.” A plug-in, offered by Zeiss for all the major post-delivery software, will enable the use of lens distortion and shading data based on each individual lens having factory calibration recorded to a continuous file, and reflecting iris or focus manipulation.
ABOVE The Helicopter Girls’ new super heavy-lift drone, manufactured by a US manufacturer called Watts Innovations. In this image it’s just carrying a standard payload
strengthen indigenous land rights and help the Hadza to prevent deforestation. Concerns are growing about the carbon footprint of streaming films and other content, and while aviation has undergone major pressure to address carbon emissions, it is estimated (see nature.com) that the carbon footprint of the world’s IT sector
Typhon2 has a toe-in configuration for reduced parallax and uses the Red DSMC2’s Helium 8K sensor or Arri Alexa Mini
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