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Anamorphic/i lenses extended Cooke Optics
By David Fox
Cooke is to widen its Anamorphic/i lens range, and plans new focal lengths for its miniS4/i and 5/i ranges. It should start shipping the 25mm and 135mm Anamorphic/i lenses towards the end of 2014, with 180mm and 300mm lenses to follow in 2015. This will take its Anamorphic/i range to nine lenses (including the 32mm, 40mm, 50mm, 75mm, 100mm - all T2.3). Cooke will also add a 21mm lens to both the miniS4/i range (which are all T2.8) and the 5/i series (which are T1.4).
“Cinematographers like choices, and by next year they
will
have a few more creative options whether they are using Anamorphics, 5/i’s or miniS4/i’s,” said Les Zellan, chairman and owner, Cooke Optics. “We have expanded our workforce by over 10% in the last six months and extended our factory to accommodate rising demand, and we are working hard to have these new choices available in the coming months.”
It is also adding sensors for the forthcoming /i Squared Technology metadata system to all new Anamorphic/i, 5/i and S4/i lenses. The inertial system, developed by Cooke with support from The Pixel Farm and Codex, builds on the current /i Technology protocol by supplying position and orientation data, in addition to lens data, to aid post production work, particularly visual effects. 11.D10
With added lens flare: Cooke is squeezing more Anamorphic/i lenses into its range
High performance digital radio SARFT
By Adrian Pennington
The future of digital radio could take the shape of a China Digital Radio system targeting the switch from analogue FM to digital radio
in the country. The Chinese Academy of
Broadcasting Science and State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT) is demonstrating research suggesting the system is better than current DAB, DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) and HD radio
New router is Sublime — X2 Nevion By Ian McMurray
The newest addition to Nevion’s Sublime family of low-power routers, the Sublime X2, is said to provide the high redundancy and processing power required of modern routers in a compact enclosure. Also on show is a new H.264/AVC compression solution that Nevion says will function as a versatile media edge adapter, providing high-
quality video compression. On the company’s stand is
Nevion’s VideoIPath managed media platform, fully integrated with Nevion’s TNS transport stream monitoring and switching. VideoIPath’s evolving platform now features an improved alarm/status module and new driver structure that makes it even easier to integrate third-party solutions, according to Nevion, with the enhanced usability opening up the platform to new markets and customers for in-service monitoring, routing
systems. The invention uses LDPC code as its FEM scheme to provide 2-3 dB of code gain over convolutional code in DAB/DRM/HD radio systems.
This IBC is the first
showing of the CDR system outside China. Exhibits on its Future Zone booth include audio encoder, multiplexer, exciter, receiver and the chip. 8.F05
and transport. Other new releases include a licensing system for Ventura VS902, VS906 and VS909 contribution codecs for IP. Additionally, reference sync and frame store have been added to the VS902-LIN and support for 3G-SDI and 1080p 50/59/60 – Level A Single Stream are part of the enhanced VS902-J2K. The Multicon Next Generation Flashlink user interface has been revamped and is now said to offer more user friendly, fully integrated control of Flashlink modules, Flashcase, Flashlink Compact and the new Flashlink frame. 1.B71
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