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Calibrite ColorChecker Passport Duo is a colour correction tool for both photo and video. It has four combined targets, with the ColorChecker 24 Patch Classic for custom profiles, a white-balance target for custom in-camera white-balance and two video targets for in-camera or post-production. The £202/$199 ColorChecker Passport Duo not only helps get colours right for one device, but can even match up those with different sensor technologies. With four targets, a Lightroom plug-in, camera calibration and compatibility with most editing software, the ColorChecker Passport Duo is ideal for hybrid stills and video shooters. There’s a video colour target which includes four rows of colour chips, and a three-step greyscale target provides white, 40IRE grey and high-gloss black. The 24 Patch Classic target combined with camera calibration software produces custom DNG and ICC profiles of a camera, so is ideal for stills shooters. This indispensable and pocket-sized tool also comes packed with a rugged 125x90mm/5x4in case. calibrite.com Passport to true colours
COOKE UPS ITS GLOBAL GAME
process, with a further six in the glass production group. Cooke’s creative centre in China has an in-house studio, meeting rooms and a lounge area for events. This is the second international Cooke facility to open in recent months, following the launch of the Burbank facility at Los Angeles, US in July. cookeoptics.com
Top British lens maker Cooke has invested in two new facilities and taken on more staff to support its ongoing global growth. There’s a new production facility in the UK called Crest Rise, which focuses on S8/i FF lens manufacture, while Beijing Creative Centre provides support for Asia. The new Crest Rise factory is near the existing factory in Leicester, to satisfy demand for the new S8/i FF T1.4 range. These lenses are among the fastest available for full-frame cameras, smaller and lighter than contemporary Cooke lenses, but still giving the ‘Cooke Look’. Digital optics require a more modern production facility, but Cooke is careful not to lose the hand-built craftsmanship for which it’s known. An additional 12 staff have been hired for the assembly
PRORES RAW FOR NEW SONY DUO ProRes Raw recording has come to Sony’s Cinema Line PTZ and FX30 cameras when employed with a compatible Atomos monitor/recorder via a free firmware upgrade. The PTZ can record up to 4K ProRes Raw at 120fps over SDI, and the FX30 shoots 16-bit 4.7K at 59.94fps over HDMI. There are now 46 cameras that can film ProRes Raw and Atomos aims to make it 50 before the end of January. atomos.com
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