LOS ANGELES – ARRI, Fujinon and Zeiss announced a strategic partnership to create new products for the entertainment imaging community. The agreement includes an open exchange of ideas, standards and technologies and product development. Carl Zeiss is known for prime lenses, Fujinon for zooms and ARRI is the largest manufacturer of professional motion picture cameras in the world.
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The Chroma-Q Color Force 72 (6ft / 1.8m) and 48 (4ft / 1.2m) LED batten range provides 12,000 and 8,000 lumens of light output, respectively, plus the benefits of an enhanced RGBA color spectrum, a CRI of 92 and theatrical-grade dimming.
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Cooper Controls' LightFactory LF50 is an entry-level version of the PC based lighting controller Light Factory priced with beginner users in mind.
The full-priced software is already used by some 3,500 licencees worldwide, and the lower-cost pricing structure of the LF50 is expected to broaden the software's appeal, particularly among educational establishments and smaller venues.
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Litepanels' daylight-balanced Sola series offers beam control of 70° to 10° and single-shadow properties inherent in a Fresnel light, but with an LED light source, use just a fraction of the power of conventional fixtures.
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ZURICH, Switzerland – In comedy, timing is everything, and for Swiss entertainer Marco Rima's Die Patienten to succeed, the crew needed to accurately synchronize video projection on three independently-revolving walls. Technology from coolux helped keep the insanity onstage, where it belonged.
Read More »FRANKFURT, Germany – Wireless Solution Sweden AB, which participated in ProLight + Sound, headed back to Frankfurt again recently to demonstrate its new W-DMX G4 line at Light + Building, the international trade fair for architecture and technology, which took place from April 11-15.
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ORLANDO, FL – LMG Systems Integration recently announced the promotion of Tim Philpot to Integration Sales Manager. Philpot has over 20 years of AV experience and is a Certified Technology Specialist through Infocomm International.
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The MAC III Performance profile moving head has a new interleaved framing system with full crossover of each blade and continuous rotation for new projection, framing and effects possibilities. Touted for its variety of shapes, it is available as a stand-alone fixture or as an upgrade that installs in minutes on any existing MAC III Profile.
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HOUSTON – Martin Professional, Inc. is hitting the road on a 15 week, 15,000-mile Road Show tour that will see Martin personnel traveling to 30 cities across the country and holding over 120 events for local customers.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The Cinépolis Foundation's social outreach program, "Let's all go to Cinépolis Haiti," projected 11 movies using donated Christie digital cinema projectors and an inflatable screen set up in shelters for survivors of the Feb. 12th earthquake.
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AUSTIN, TX – Martin U.S. named Jeff Washburn regional sales manager for Martin's Central U.S. territory. Washburn, a 15 year lighting industry veteran, previously worked for Barco/High End Systems and LED Source.
Read More »Do you remember the first concert you ever attended? Of course you do. I remember mine like it was yesterday. It was a band called Krackerjack at the Corpus Christi Exhibition Center. They had a bass player named Tommy Shannon (currently touring with Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Jonny Lang, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd on the Experience Hendrix Tour) and a young guy on the guitar they called "Skeeter." Later on they stopped calling him Skeeter and started calling him Stevie Ray Vaughn.
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