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Rotolight and Sekonic Collaborate To Break Ground on LED Colour Accuracy
Rotolight and Sekonic Corporation recently announced the development of a new advanced on-camera LED system called NEO. Rotolight was able to develop the advanced formulation using the new SEKONIC C-700 SpectroMaster in their phosphor chemistry design process. The C-700 measures, analyzes and reports the true colour temperature and specular characteristics of a given light source including LED, HMI, tungsten,
florescent, electronic flash and natural light spectrums. The new system delivers colour rendering results (AccuColour™ LED lighting technology) in the Rotolight ANOVA and the latest NEO LED luminaires.
Open House Announcement ZTV/HD Source
When: October 15, 14:00 to 19:00 Where: 1670 Enterprise Road, Mississauga, Ontario. To register please visit hdsource.ca
SIM Group Ceases Operations in Halifax
SIM Group in late August announced the closure of its Halifax office in the wake of Nova Scotia’s recently altered tax incentive program. In a statement, President and CEO Rob Sim said that in recent years, the company has seen “a decline in local production activity, and the most recent cut of the tax incentive rebates was another blow to our industry,” which has led to “an exodus of companies and individuals.” The company opened its PS Production Services office in 1995 and later added a SIM Digital satellite office in 2005. Sim said the company will continue to support its Nova Scotia customers through its Toronto office.
Panavision Unveils New Version of Panascout App
Panavision released a new version of its popular PANASCOUT application, the first application to allow capturing and sharing of images encoded with the crucial metadata needed on location scouts. PANASCOUT is available for free on all mobile devices running iOS, Android and Windows platforms. The new version includes a wide range of intuitive functions and a redesigned user interface. PANASCOUT now offers video capture in PANAFRAME, a framing overlay that displays a choice of aspect ratios from true widescreen 2.40 (anamorphic), to 1.85 (Super 3 5mm), 1.78 (16:9 HD), and 1.33 (4:3), and custom. Metadata automatically incorporates date/time, file name, focal length, aspect ratio, and any notes added by the user, which can be saved to a folder or the device’s library. A “Map it” button allows photos to be plotted on a map identifying the exact location where they were taken. Additionally, by clicking the “P” button, users can find contact information for the closest Panavision office anywhere in the world.
The Board of Governors of the American Society of Cinematographers reelected its slate of officers for another term. Continuing to serve in their roles will be Richard Crudo asc, csc as president; Owen Roizman, Kees Van Oostrum and Lowell Peterson as vice presidents; Matthew Leonetti as treasurer; Fred Goodich as secretary; and Isidore Mankofsky as sergeant-atarms. Crudo will serve his sixth term as president. In addition to the last two years, he fulfilled the role from 2003 through 2006.
