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Tiffen Takes Emmy Home
USA: The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences named Tiffen as one of the recipients of the 64th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for its Digital Motion Picture Camera ﬁlter technology. The manufacturer and distributor is being honoured for its Infrared Neutral Density Glass Filter Technology for Digital Motion Picture Cameras. The awards will take place on January 10, 2013 in Las Vegas.

Christie Digital’s Laser Awes Exhibitors In Beijing
Christie has surpassed its own 63,000 lumen records set at the September IBC Show, achieving world’s brightest laser projection. Christie Digital fascinated exhibitors from Asia Paciﬁc with a demonstration of its prototype laser projector in Beijing. Short movie clips of 3D content projected on a 20-metre wide by 12-metre high screen were screened at typical 3D brightness levels of 3-4 ft-L and then using the laser projector at 14 ft-L at the theater of Wanda Shi Jin Shan Cinema, leaving the audiences in awe. “The laser projection demo was fabulous! I’m impressed with the ultra-brightness and life-like colours delivered onto the screen,” said Ning Ye, General Manager of Wanda Group. “Christie is commit ted to creating new technology and maintaining our products at a high quality. We are continuously developing solutions to help exhibitors to project compelling, immersive images to their screens. We are pleased to Christie demonstrates its prototype laser projector demonstrate at the theater of Wanda Shi Jin Shan Cinema our ﬁrst prototype laser projector cinema screens. to the exhibitors,” said Lin Yu, Vice “Our demonstration showed President, Christie Asia Pacific. just how truly spectacular a Presenting at the laser demo movie maker’s vision can be event, Dr Don Shaw, Senior realised when shown at the highest Director, Product Management, light levels, making the shared Christie Entertainment Solutions, experience more immersive, and, said: “Audiences deserve to see ultimately, driving more cinema the brightest 3D with 14 ft-L on ticket sales.”

Gefen Ships GAVA System
USA: Gefen has announced the release of GAVA (Gefen Audio/Video Automation), a new system for both residential and commercial applications. It offers an easy installation using a conﬁguration wizard and an IP-based system that controls all connected audio/video devices in the home or business as well as window shades and lighting. GAVA uses an HTML5 interface and is optimised to work with smart phones and tablets using a web browser as the control interface.

AJA Supports Endeavour’s Final Journey
The Society of Camera Operators (SOC) volunteered to document the journey of the Space Shuttle Endeavour to its ﬁnal home at the California Science Center. The recording is part of a project being managed by Terbine Entertainment, LLC and many other vendors and volunteers. Acclaimed cinematographer Haskell Wexler, ASC/SOC, served as a camera operator who employed Ki Pro Mini portable digital video recorders from AJA Video Systems to capture the landing of the Endeavour Space Shuttle at LAX Airport in Los Angeles, CA. “With no budget and a tight timeline, a tapeless workflow seemed like the best ﬁ t for this project, and we knew that Ki Pro Mini would give us an ideal recording setup. They’re easy to deploy and use – plus all of our camera assistants had good experiences working with them,” said Mark August, SOC, Second Unit DP on Endeavour’s Final Journey. “Once we took delivery of the Ki Pro Minis, we were able to get them up and running straight out of the box within ﬁve minutes.” T he footage, along with footage captured of the shuttle’s journey through the streets of Los Angeles, will be incorporated into Endeavour’s Final Journey, a documentary project spearheaded by producer David Knight, to accompany the for thcoming Endeavour exhibit at the California Science Center.

GoPro Introduces HERO3 Camera
USA: GoPro has launched the Wi-Fi enabled HERO3: Black Edition camera. The new model claims to be 30% smaller, 25% lighter and twice as powerful than previous models. The HERO3: Black Edition is noted for its versatility. It is wearable and gear mountable, waterproof to 197’ (60m), capable of capturing ultra-wide 1440p 48fps, 1080p 60 fps and 720p 120 fps video and 12MP photos at a rate of 30 photos per second.

SOC use AJA’s Ki Pro Mini to capture Endeavour’s journey

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