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IBC CONVENTION 2018 If you're heading to Amsterdam for the annual gear fest take a look at our selective preview of some of the stands ONES TO WATCH
COOKE
www.cookeoptics.com
For over 100 years, Cooke has been at the centre of the filmmaking business. This is a company steeped in tradition that has been listening to the community it serves for generations, and while it’s hugely aware of its legacy it’s also remarkably frontiers of technology to offer new and innovative products. On the stand at IBC will be one of these, /i Technology, which enables film and digital cameras to automatically record key lens data for every frame shot and provide it to post-production teams digitally, a process that is invaluable to post- production teams and which greatly speeds up the editing process. Visitors will be able to handle and experience the likes of Cooke S7/i Full Frame Plus and Cooke Panchro/i Classic prime lenses, Cooke S4/i, Cooke Anamorphic/i, Anamorphic/i SF (‘Special Flare’ - pictured) optics and the Cooke S4/i and miniS4/i lenses with and without coatings. forward looking and is constantly pushing the
MOTION IMPOSSIBLE www.motion-impossible.com
Set up in August 2014 by BAFTA award- winning cameraman Rob Drewett and experienced product design engineer Andy Nancollis, Motion Impossible is an equipment manufacturer and production company that has as its remit a passion to create new and innovative ways to move cameras in film, TV and 360° VR. The company is the creator of the Agito Dolly system, which moves and stabilises VR/360º and film cameras, and MI’s filming side, MI Films. At the show the company will be showing its Agito Sports and Trax platforms. Whilst earlier models have already made its mark within the VR/360° market, Motion Impossible has made it its mission to continue the development of the product for the broadcast market. This has culminated in the launch of Agito – a robotic dolly system that can make recordable moves on the ground.
DMG
www.dmglumiere.com
The Mini Mix is a 205x885mm (8x23in) panel rated at 100W output. It will find a use lighting anything from the smaller corners of a film set to a sit- down interview, with a useful ability to create accent coloured backlights or illuminate blue or green screens effectively using highly saturated light. Removable diffusion panels offer control over the output pattern, and the light is compatible with DMG’s add-ons for its existing SWITCH lights, including dome, snapbag and grid accessories, as well as its app. In general it is a diffused soft light with a beam angle near 180˚. The larger SL1 Mix is twice the length and is rated 200W; the even larger Maxi Mix is planned.
SEAGATE AND LACIE www.lacie.com
Encased in the famous orange rubber shell, the Rugged RAID Pro offers up to 240MB/s in RAID 0 and RAID 1 for peace of mind in having a second copy in the field, as well as when transporting content back to the editing studios. With the integrated SD card reader, creative professionals can quickly offload content with the quick import toolkit. The Rugged RAID Pro is designed with the latest USB-C connector and compatible with next-generation Thunderbolt 3 computers but also backward compatible with USB 3.0. While the drive is also shock, dust, crush and water resistant, LaCie includes a three- year limited warranty with Rescue Data Recovery Services.
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