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SUNTEC SINGAPORE

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MARINA BAY SANDS * SUNTEC SINGAPORE

Show Daily | Wednesday 27 June 2018

TRP is First Past the Post
with FUJINON Lenses

VES7000 super slow-mo large sensor
camera."
Part of the TRP lens brief for SA Racing
included requirements for an ENG-style lens
that gave them the ability to produce virtual
graphics with in-built encoders.
Cole continued: "In practicality, we needed
a mix of ENG lenses for different parts of
Thoroughbred Racing Productions (TRP) provides exclusive HD production
the track, so whereas one of the turns might
services to the Victorian racing industry, producing 525 broadcasts annually...
need a larger lens, the back straight requires
n 2018, TRP's productions portfolio
smaller lenses, so we kitted
evaluated lenses for our new
expanded to include South Australia Racing
both trucks out with equal
trucks, that meant FUJINON."
(SA Racing). TRP had a requirement for new
numbers of large and small
In 2008, TRP had three HD
OB trucks and new lenses and for those they
lenses.
OB vans built by Sony at their
turned to FUJINON.
"For SA Racing, the on-air
custom OB production facility in
TRP Engineering & Technical Operations
picture quality has truly set
Beresfield near Newcastle, north
Manager, Charles Cole, said: "Our
a new bar and the lenses are
of Sydney. Their first choice for
broadcasts are provided for free-to-air and
responsible for part of that.
lenses then was also FUJINON.
pay TV channels in Australia and overseas,
There is a noticeable quality
Cole said: "We chose FUJINON
wagering operations, on-course patrons and
increase with the mix of Sony
lenses back then based on their
importantly, the stipendiary stewards who
HSC-300RF cameras and
quality, our relationship with the
manage the integrity of racing.
FUJINON lenses. Also, both
FUJIFILM Australia team and the
"That means delivering premium sports
trucks use all new SMPTE
excellent technical advice they
vision that not only captures the spectacular
fibre for better connectivity
always have for us.
excitement of thoroughbred racing but also
and quality."
"In 2018 not much has
the finer detail. It also means we can only
Visit FUJIFILM on stand:
changed. We bid for the SA
use the very best equipment and when we
4P4-01.
Racing contract and when we
FUJINON lenses in use at SA Racing www.FUJIFILM.com.au
won, it meant building two state-of-the-art OB
vehicles, so FUJINON lenses were a natural
met our strict quality requirements. When
choice."
all was said and done for our Metro truck,
When TRP again commissioned Sony to
we chose FUJINON HA42x9.7BERD HD
develop its two new outside broadcast vans,
Premier Lenses and ZA22x7.6BERM HD
it wanted only the best. The result is two
Broadcast Lenses and for our Country Truck,
racing production machines that can cut it
HA42x9.7BERD HD Premier Lenses and
with any sportscaster in the world.
ZA22x7.6BERD HD Broadcast Lenses.
Cole said: "We did a full evaluation and
"Another big plus was that FUJINON's
assessment of all the available lenses that
Cabrio lenses are a perfect fit with our FOR-A
TRP built two state-of-the-art OB vehicles
TRP selected a range of FUJINON lenses

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ARRI Makes ARRIRAW Available for AMIRA
A

RRI is enabling owners and operators of
AMIRA cameras to record in ARRIRAW.
The change will involve the installation of the
new Software Update Package SUP 5.3, and
the purchase of a license.
It will give cinematographers the option to
record ARRIRAW 2.8K up to 48fps, which
increases the versatility of their AMIRA even

The option makes the ARRI AMIRA more versatile

further, and gives them more options to offer
clients.
"It's a response to an increasing demand,"
said Markus Duerr, ARRI AMIRA Product
Manager. "With the growing popularity of
ARRIRAW, more and more AMIRA users have
been asking us to make it available to them."
ARRIRAW data produced from an ARRI

AMIRA can be considered a digital version of
a camera negative. It is the only format that
retains the camera's natural colour response
and great exposure latitude as uncompressed
and unencrypted sensor data.
The originally recorded raw data remains
pristine, providing flexibility in post-production
and raw data archiving.
The ARRI AMIRA is a versatile camera
system that combines exceptional image
quality and affordable CFast 2.0 workflows
with an ergonomic design optimised for

AMIRA can shoot straight
out of the camera bag

single-operator use and extended shouldermounted operation.
Ready to pick up and shoot straight out of
the camera bag, AMIRA is tough enough
to take anywhere and features in-camera
grading with preloaded 3D LUTs, as well as
200fps slow motion.
It is suitable for a variety of production
types, from reportage and corporate films, to
TV drama and low-budget movies.
Visit ARRI at booth 4L2-01.
www.arri.com
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