March 2, 2010
Profiling new gear of interest to the independent professional.
Equipment Locator App
This rental and sales locator app for the iPhone and iPod touch is now available free through iTunes. Genielux allows users around the world to locate pro video, audio, lighting, staging, scenic, rigging and special effects rental and sales inventory from companies who signup online and supply their inventory info to Genielux. The applications features proprietary code that can identify model numbers regardless of format, which was specifically written for Genielux. Rental and sales companies can list their entire inventory for just $2.00 per month.
Genielux | www.genielux.com Brute3 LED Lamp
The latest addition to the LEDZ lighting line, the
Brute3 is versatile, lightweight, powerful and features a 5500°K
full-range spectrum illumination. It offers a circular, long-range
beam, and features an optional on-board battery that will run the unit
for an hour. A battery “Quick Pack” will run the unit for eight hours.
(The Quick Pack will also run the LEDZ miniPar and Brute 9.) Optional
accessories for the Brute3 include a gel frame, handle and gooseneck
adapter with baby-pin mount.
LEDZ | www.led-z.com
JBOD Thunder Pro
EZQuest has introduced a JBOD (Just A Bunch of
Drives) version of its Thunder Pro Triple Interface storage solution,
which offers the flexibility of two hard drives, two FireWire 800
ports, one USB 2.0 port and one EZport Firewire 400 front-access port
(for quick connect/disconnect), a custom bridge-board utilizing the
latest Oxford chipset, and uses high-performance 7200 RPM SATA II
drives with up to 16MB cache buffers.
EZQuest | www.ezq.com
DSW 500 Adaptor
Using this adapter, all matte boxes and sun shades for 15mm rods can now be equipped with the patented Chrosziel Direct Swing-Away-System DSW. With its pivoting radius of 100mm, it provides comfortable lens change not only for owners of Chrosziel matte boxes, but also for customers of competitiors’ products.
Chrosziel | www.chrosziel.com
Invision Universal Studio Mount
This
universal suspension for large-diaphragm recording microphones
reportedly offers substantially more isolation from unwanted vibrations
than that afforded by traditional elasticated “cat’s cradle” mic
suspensions. The InVision Universal Studio Mount (or USM) has been
designed to provide a 21st-century alternative to elasticated
suspensions, the basic form of which has remained essentially unchanged
for decades. Based around the resilient “U”-shaped Lyre suspension
mount used in Rycote’s existing InVision suspension range for
smaller-barrelled microphones, the InVision USM will fit any
high-quality mic from 18-55mm in diameter, including large-diaphragm
models and those with flat-sided and tapered barrels.
Rycote | www.rycote.com FLEX DSLR Remote
This handle-mounted DSLR remote unit triggers HD video start and stop recording for Canon 5D/7D. The FLEX’s unique gooseneck arm houses an optic to be positioned within line of sight to the remote sensor on the Canon cameras (transmits up to 1m away, with a 135-degree spread). Once positioned, the remote transmits a signal through the optic when the button is depressed. The arm can be extended up to 12" and coils down to approximately 3" in diameter. The FLEX’s all-metal construction will stand up to the everyday rigors of HD DSLR video production. Max clamp diameter is 1.5".
Switronix, Inc. | www.switronix.com  Qio Universal Media Reader/Writer
The Qio offers a convenient and
cost-effective alternative to stand-alone card readers, controllers,
and adapters. It features dual P2, SxS, and CompactFlash slots and the
ability to transfer data from two or more cards concurrently, enabling
users to offload files more quickly and efficiently, while an included
adapter handles SDHC cards. The Qio copies files between any cards,
attached drives, or host computer with aggregate bandwidth up to 250
MB/s.
Sonnet Technologies | www.sonnettech.com
Nuendo SyncStation
Designed for but not restricted to operation with Steinberg’s Nuendo Advanced Audio Production System, the Nuendo SyncStation supports an exhaustive list of standards and protocols, including MTC, LTC, MMC, Sony 9-pin RS422, WordClock, VITC, Tri-level and Black Burst and Varispeed operation over a huge array of pull-up/pull-down settings as well as sample-accurate VST System Link over digital connections such as AES/EBU and S/PDIF. The Nuendo SyncStation can also offer accurate sync using traditionally less accurate standards like MTC by referencing with sample-accuracy to each video frame.
Steinberg | www.steinberg.net
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