Tag: 2K
Workflow Solutions For Sony 2K and 4K:
Peter Crithary Sony’s Marketing Manager large sensor acquisition, fronted the cameras at NAB and caught up with 3rd party providers offering 2K and 4K workflow solutions for Sony. The Sony workflow alliance partners such as DaVinci Resolve, Baselight, Avid, and Autodesk Flame Premium, quickly run through what their systems do and offer the F65, F55, [...]
Sony Sue Red Digital Cinema For 7 Patent Infringements:
Remember when RED sued Sony for patent infringements? Then Jim Jannard spoke out about it? Well Sony are now suing RED for seven patent infringements. Sony Comments re Patent Suit Filed Against Red Digital Cinema On April 5, 2013, Sony Corporation (“Sony”) sued Red Digital Cinema (“Red”) for infringing 7 of Sony’s patents in the [...]
Litepanels Inca 12 and Sola 12 Lights Coming to NAB:
Litepanels will show new production models of the largest members of its Fresnel fixture family, the Inca 12 (tungsten balanced) and Sola 12 (daylight balanced) fixtures at NAB 2013. These cool-running powerhouses combine the performance of large Fresnel fixtures with the advantages of LED technology. Both versions supply powerful and controllable illumination comparable to a [...]
Sony Hits Back At RED Denying Patent Infringements & RED Talk ARRI Case:
RED Sue Sony, Sony hits back and Jim Jannard talks about RED’s recent brush with ARRI and the Michael Bravin court case. From Sony via their Show-highend website: Sony Comments re Patent Suit Filed By Red Digital Cinema On February 12, 2013, Red Digital Cinema (“Red”) sued Sony Corporation of America and Sony Electronics Inc. [...]
You Know Big RED JJ Spoke Out About That Sony Patent Lawsuit:
It was expected that RED’s one and only JJ would speak out about that Sony patent court case, and boy did he deliver. Nothing to do here but take it all in. And please join the conversation over at REDuser. We have taken a bit of flak for filing a lawsuit against Sony Electronics. #1. [...]
RED Takes Civil Action Against Sony Over Camera Patents:
RED have issued a cease and desist order as well as started civil proceedings against Sony Corporation of America and Sony Electronics Inc claiming the Sony F65, F55, and the F5 cameras all embody RED patents used without license. In suing Sony, RED claims loss of sales, reduced business and profit, and that the general [...]
2013 Sony Brings High Frame Rate 2K and 4K to Consumer Cameras:
Sony want to be the number one sensor maker. They have said that, and they are doing something about that claim by pumping out 40 Million CMOS sensors a month. The new Sony IMX117CQT sensor has been announced and is capable of bringing 2K and 4K to the stock standard point and shoot camera and [...]
Two Canon Compact Lightweight 4K & 2K Cinema Zoom Lenses:
Canon’s two new compact and lightweight cinema zoom lenses available in both EF- and PL-mount versions, were first announced at NAB 2012 and have now been officially added to the Canon Cinema EOS product line. Designated as the CN-E15.5-47mm T2.8 L S/SP wide-angle cinema zoom lens and the CN-E30-105mm T2.8 L S/SP telephoto cinema zoom [...]
KineRAW S35 2K Camera and KineMAG SSD Come On Down:
We told you earlier the KineRAW S35 Camera from Kinefinity was dropping this month and now it has finally been announced for sale at BIRTV in a three tiered style structure. A bare base model, one with extras, and full blown camera with all the goodies. The first 20 customers to grab a KineRAW S35 [...]
Antelope PICO the POV Style Ultra Slow Motion Camera System at 250fps:
Who said the 2/3″ sensor is dead? Must have been sippin the herbal tea. Why just look at the new Antelope PICO it is the world´s first POV camera that can record up to 330 fps in native 1080i HD and it is a 2/3″ sensor. The Antelope provides a permanent HD-SDI Live Video Out [...]
The ikan MR7 Monitor is Stacked with Features:
The ikan MR7 a rugged full featured 7” 1024 X 600 field monitor that includes a built in H.264 recorder with 4GB of internal memory. The ikan MR7 monitor’s storage feature is complimented by an SD card slot for up to 32GB of recording space, and is housed by durable construction with rubberized texture for [...]
AJA Video Systems Ki Pro Quad Solid State Portable Video Recorder:
AJA Video Systems have announced Ki Pro Quad, a new solid-state portable video recorder. Ki Pro Quad is capable of capturing high-quality edit-ready files in formats including 4K (4096 x 2160), Quad HD (3840 x 2160), 2K (2048 x 1080), and HD (1920 x 1080), for the fastest path from camera-to-editorial with 10-bit 4:4:4 and [...]
AJA T-TAP, Thunderbolt 10-bit SD, HD & 2K output through SDI & HDMI:
AJA Video Systems announced T-TAP a very small new bus-powered device that takes advantage of Thunderbolt connectivity for high-quality 10-bit SD, HD and 2K output through SDI and HDMI connections. This new adapter enables a simple, unobtrusive means of getting professional video and audio out of any Thunderbolt enabled Mac system. Thanks to A&S Broadcast [...]
Win a RED Scarlet Camera & Introducing The New Fusion ioFX:
Fusion-io introduces the Fusion ioFX, which accelerates workstations so digital artists can do more than ever before. The ioMemory-based ioFX brings the power of ioMemory to professional workstations, enabling artists to conduct real-time stereoscopic content creation, video and image editing and compositing, video playback and rendering, and many more data-intensive digital production activities. Designed to [...]
Gemini RAW Does 4:4:4 Recording 2K/4K RAW:
Convergent Design have released the Gemini RAW video recorder for digital cinema and multi-camera productions, capable of recording 2K/4K Raw while simultaneously recording HD-SDI in either full uncompressed or Avid DNxHD. Footage recoded on the Gemini RAW with Avid DNxHD or full uncompressed may be used for today’s project, while archiving the Raw for the [...]
Canon Cinema EOS C500 and Cinema EOS C500 PL 4K Cameras:
Canon have announced they are developing two 4K digital cinematography cameras as part of its acclaimed new Cinema EOS System of professional cinematography products. Designated as the Cinema EOS C500 for use with EF-mount lenses, and the Cinema EOS C500 PL for use with PL-mount lenses, the cameras will be capable of originating 4K (4096 [...]
Bluefish444 Epoch | Supernova Uncompressed 4K/2K/HD/SD Video Card:
Bluefish444 will bring Epoch | Supernova to NAB 2012. Description: The Bluefish444 Epoch | Supernova video cards are uncompressed 4K/2K/HD/SD multichannel SDI & ASI I/O. Supernova’s BNC’s are bi directional. Each BNC can act as either an input or an output. Supernova comes bundled with Symmetry & Fluid software and has SDK’s available for Windows, [...]
Panasonic 4K AVC-Ultra H.264 4:4:4 Mezzanine compression 450Mbps:
It has been no secret that Panasonic have been working on their next level advanced AVC-Ultra cameras and the workflow needed to comfortably tackle them. As far back as NAB last year Panasonic confirmed they were nutting out new workflow possibilities that would include 4K and now at NAB 2012 AVC-Ultra 4K Intra frame compression [...]
Sony PMW-V350 VariDoF 2K from 1/3 Inch Mode Camcorder:
UPDATE: Please note the details of this story have always been in the varidof.com webpage source code. Take a bow CVP, and Sony hopefully you will not receive irate calls from resellers accusing you of withholding stock from them. Just when you are capturing your breath over the Sony 4K FS700 camera and how or [...]
Shoot Blue Have Purchased YoYo Workflow & Data Management Software:
From digital camera rental company Shoot Blue comes the news that they have purchased YoYo workflow & data management software. Designed to work with the latest digital camera formats, YoYo currently supports workflows including Sony F65, ARRIRAW, RED / R3D, Phantom & XDCAM. The software provides a range of features, including real-time dailies transcoding, metadata [...]
Sony Says it Should Take the Lead in Creating a 4K World:
Interesting that Sony have put their hand up and have now declared that they should take the lead on 4K and make it a top priority to have a 4K world. No complaints mind. Read the interviews where the guys talk about 2K and 4K video and how they discovered that vision shot at 4K [...]
HDBaseT 3Play on Cat 5 & Cat 6 Cables for Uncompressed 1080p 2k & 4k:
HDMI is still rocking it out but the knives have been out for quite some time. Could 2012 be the year that HDBaseT finally pops HDMI in the back of the head? Well TV One will be displaying the new 1T-CT-651/1T-CT-652 HDMI over Single Cat.5e/Cat.6 system at the ISE 2012 Exhibition being held in Amsterdam [...]
First Red Scarlet X Feature Film footage & Lighting Tests by Tonaci:
We get an depth review of the RED Scarlet X camera by Tonaci Tran on his site. Please visit Tonaci’s blog and follow him on Twitter @tonaci for more Scarlet X news and keep up to date on the first feature that is being shot with the RED Scarlet X camera. Feel like you want [...]
4K to 2K & decoding back to 4K by JPEG 2000 Technology:
intoPIX the leading provider of JPEG 2000 compression solutions, announced that Astrodesign has licensed and integrated intoPIX JPEG 2000 IP-cores into their new 4K Codec, called HC7504. The intoPIX technology enables Astrodesign to support higher-definition video and increased recording by the combination of the 4K JPEG 2000 based codec system with the uncompressed 2K SSD [...]
Graphin MACH-REC 4K Compatible Uncompressed Recording:
Graphin announced that it will put on sale soon a 4K-compatible uncompressed digital recording system, dubbed “MACH-REC,” which uses an exchangeable recording medium. About MACH-REC MACH-REC is a 4K-compatible uncompressed digital recording system using an exchangeable recording medium. The write/read performance of a memory magazine (BigMAG) is 6.4 Gbps (800 Mbytes per second) and it [...]
