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Powering Ahead With Anton/Bauer
Anton/Bauer® geared up for this year’s IBC Show with many innovative new Gold Mount® solutions for the industry’s top cameras, demonstrating the capabilities of its advanced power solutions to European broadcast and video professionals.
Making its European debut at IBC is the MATRIX Cheese Plate, a new mounting plate that can be used with the company’s Gold Mount solutions for the Sony PMW-F3 camera; Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EOS 7D and EOS 60D Digital SLR cameras; Panasonic AG-AF100 series professional HD camera and RED Epic digital cinema camera. The MATRIX Cheese Plate mounts directly on 15mm or 19mm rod systems to allow for easy mounting of a variety of Gold Mounts, including the QRC-DUALPT for the Sony PMW-F3 camera featuring 2 PowerTaps® outputs and can mount directly to the AJA Ki Pro Mini; QR-DLSR for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EOS 7D and EOS 60D Digital SLR cameras; the QR-VBG for the Panasonic AG-AF100 series professional HD camera and the QRC-EPIC for the RED EPIC. An exclusive feature of the QRCEPIC Gold Mount® is the three outputs; a hard-wired cabled 6-pin LEMOconnector for power, as well as two PowerTap® connectors for accessories. These Gold Mount solutions can also be used on other manufacturers’ support rigs such as Cinevate, Shape, Redrock Micro and Genus, among others, and in some cases, a pouch. charger purchased 10 years ago, with only a simple firmware upgrade. Paramount to the Gold Mount’s performance are three solid mechanical connections that “lock” into place, providing secure contact for a steady stream of uninterrupted power. Engineered from durable highimpact polymer, the Gold Mount employs self-cleaning gold-plated pins rated for high-current, allowing them to withstand the power required for today’s cameras. Other features of the Gold Mount include the InterActive® Viewfinder Fuel Gauge, which allows for communication directly to the camera’s viewfinder. Providing power requirements ranging from 7.2v to 28v, the Anton/Bauer Gold Mount System is available as factory standard equipment on many cameras from manufacturers such as ARRI, Thomson, Hitachi, Ikegami, JVC, Panasonic and Canon. and has the ability to mount to most third-party support rigs, such as Redrock, Zacuto, and Cinevate. It can also be configured in a pouch pack.
Innovative Gold Mount® solutions from Anton/Bauer

Tandem 150 Modular Power System
The Tandem 150 Modular Power System, the smallest and lightest charger and on-camera power supply available on the market, provides ultimate flexibility for shoots in isolated areas, offering two unique methods of charging for any Logic Series® battery. Crews working out of their cars can simply use the CA-TMCL with their dependable vehicle AC power outlet. The CA-TMCL is the smallest portable car charger on the market and does not require an inverter. The battery simply snaps on the QR-TM bracket, which plugs into the vehicle’s power outlet. In addition, for productions where sunlight is available, crews can charge batteries with the award-winning Anton/Bauer Solar Panel. When operated from the AC Mains at 100 to 240 volts AC or 5060 Hz, the Tandem 150 (via the QRTM bracket and PSU-150 power supply) is a fully automatic system that can simultaneously charge a battery and power a camera. If a 75 watt draw is exceeded, the system will automatically stop charging and perform solely as a 150 watt power supply. The Tandem 150 is also the only oncamera A/C power supply over 100 watts without a fan. When the load is reduced below 75 watts, the QR-TM instantly resumes normal operation, as a simultaneous charger/power supply.

lighting, including HMI’s and the Litepanels 1x1 LED panels. The CINE VCLX includes (two) 4-pin XLR for 14.4V and (one) 3-pin XLR for 28V and provides dual simultaneous outputs (20 amps at 14.4V; 12 amps at 28V).

DIONIC HCX High-Current Battery
Anton/Bauer’s DIONIC HCX HighCurrent Battery is the company’s latest addition to its successful DIONIC series high-current battery line, offering a 120 watt-hour battery capacity and the ability to sustain a 10 amp draw. The DIONIC HCX’s also has a unique, built-in motion detection sensor. After a two-day period without a load, the DIONIC HCX automatically goes into “deep sleep” significantly reducing selfdischarge and allowing extended storage with nearly zero capacity loss. To “awaken” the battery for normal use, customers need only move the battery or attach it to a device, thus activating the motion detection feature and, as a result, “waking up” the battery. This new motion detection feature significantly increases the overall life of the battery by mitigating lithium-ion battery self-discharge when the battery is not in use. To provide precise run-time data, an enhanced LCD RealTime® fuel gauge has been incorporated to display up to nine hours of run-time (under low power load conditions) using a seven-segment display enclosed by four circular arcs that indicate 15-minute time intervals.

QR-HotSwap-AR and QR-DSLR
Providing extended run-times, the QR-HotSwap-AR provides the secure, snap-on approach of the Anton/Bauer Gold Mount, locking two batteries in place for seamless hot swapping and extended runtimes for the ARRI Alexa camera. An exclusive communications feature, available only with the Anton/Bauer QR-HotSwap-AR, shows combined battery run-time in the camera’s viewfinder. Additionally, Anton/Bauer now offers Gold Mount power solutions for the Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EOS 7D and EOS 60D Digital SLR cameras with the QR-DSLR which runs monitors, lights, transmitters and other accessories not possible with a standard OEM battery. It utilises the Logic Series® batteries

Secure Gold Mount
Providing a secure snap-on approach to keep the battery in place from any position, the Gold Mount is at the core of Anton/ Bauer’s power systems. The Gold Mount provides an interchangeable battery system using a forwardcompatible approach originally developed by Anton/Bauer. This system accommodates new cell chemistries as they are developed, allowing a battery introduced today to perform seamlessly on a current

CINE VCLX batteries
The CINE power system provides ultimate power performance, extended run-times and flexibility. Ideal for remote locations, the CINE VCLX batteries are powerful enough to run an ARRI Alexa for more than four hours. The safe and high power draw performance of the Nickel Metal Hydride cell technology can also power microwaves, recorders and

MATRIX Cheese Plate has rod mounting on 15mm or 19mm rails

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