October 2013
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TVBEurope 15 News & Analysis ARRI ships new Zeiss lenses By David Fox
ARRI PREMIERED a new ARRI/Zeiss Master Anamorphic lens at last month’s IBC in Amsterdam and announced shipping dates for all seven focal lengths in the lens series. The MA35, 50 and 75 were released in August, with the MA100 (pictured) available this month. The MA40 and 60
will be available in February 2014, and the MA135 in April. The lenses were designed and
built by long-time ARRI collaborator Carl Zeiss to meet ARRI’s specifications. The low-distortion lenses have a fast T-stop of T1.9, for shallow depth-of-field work, which, according to Stephan Shenk, ARRI’s general manager, camera division, can be used “with any
Enabling realtime 4K to HD workflows
By Carolyn Gairdina
AT IBC2013, AJA launched TruZoom to deliver region-of- interest (ROI) workflows from 4K and Ultra HD video. The TruZoom software and
external joystick controller drives AJA’s Corvid Ultra professional video I/O platform. It allows customers to scale any 16:9 region within 4K frames to HD in realtime.
“Corvid Ultra is a powerful system for high frame rate workflows across a range of resolutions, from SD all the way up to 4K. With the release of TruZoom, we’re offering a simple front-end interface for very high- quality HD region-of-interest
TruZoom runs exclusively with the AJA Corvid Ultra
scaling and extraction from 4K sources,” said Nick Rashby, president of AJA. “TruZoom has already been proven in critical on-air broadcast environments, including the MLB Network, who was very pleased with its performance during the baseball Division Series playoff games.”
focal length, at any distance, without sacrificing quality. Gone are the days when anamorphic lenses had to be stopped down to T4 to get an acceptable result”. Prototypes of the lenses have been distributed to international cinematographers. Show reels have been shot with the MA’s, by Karl Walter Lindenlaub ASC, BVK, in Los Angeles, by Olly Wiggins in London, and
TruZoom runs exclusively with
the AJA Corvid Ultra and lists for $9995. A Raw debayer firmware option is available for $1995. In related news, EVS is a new
AJA developer partner; it will offer integrated support for AJA products, including Corvid Ultra and TruZoom. At IBC, AJA also showed KUMO v3.0, a firmware update to enable Dual Link, 4K and Ultra HD support in its KUMO SDI routers; and V2Digital, V2Analog, HD10A-Plus and 4K2HD, new additions to its range of compact Mini-Converters that offer new features for workflows up to 4K. AJA also announced a new plug-in for KONA 3G that will support Telestream Wirecast 5 with up to four HD-SDI input channels and support for 4K/Ultra HD input. AJA Control Room is now in public beta.
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by Sheng Lu in China. Skin tone rendition is promised to be “pleasing and film-like, while colours are crisp and natural.” Image quality should be consistently high throughout the frame, with no drop-off towards the corners. The large image field provides greater freedom, with the full 2.39:1 format being viewable for composition. The lenses also have 15 iris blades, designed to give a pleasing look to out-of-focus highlights.
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Shooting wide, wide open: Shenk with the ARRI/Zeiss MA100
Cine lenses at video price By David Fox
SAMYANG OPTICShas made a name for itself in the photography market for creating good quality lenses at reasonable prices, and hopes to do the same for video with its new range of V-DSLR cine lenses. The new 16mm T2.2 is €420, but should rival lenses costing at least double that from higher-end manufacturers for quality, claims Piotr Madura, product manager. The V-DSLR lenses are rack
compatible with follow focus systems, and promise smooth, noiseless rotation of the aperture ring. They are available for Canon
Focus on value: Madura shows off the new 16mm T2.2 V-DSLR lens
EF, Nikon F, Sony A and Sony E mounts. The Fish-eye (180° diagonal) 8mm T3.8 and the 16mm T2.2 both cover an APS-C/ Super 35mm-size sensor, whereas the 14mm T3.1, and 24mm, 35mm T1.5 and 85mm (all T1.5) are full frame. Prices range from €379 for the 8mm to €650 for the 24mm. Future models will include a 50mm, next, followed by a 135mm T1.8. Also available are
two Samyang V-DLSR cases for
security against dust, water splashes, impacts and mechanical damages. The bigger one houses six lenses, the smaller one takes three.
www.samyang-lens.co.uk
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