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Bringing tripods to a new level
Zacuto By David Fox
Zacuto wants camera users to buy its electronic viewfinders, but to make best use of them requires a tripod that allows the EVFs to remain level with the user’s eye as the camera moves. Such tripods are usually expensive, until now, with Zacuto’s own entrance into the market.
Its Z12 and Z18 tripods are built to take an eyepiece
leveller (such as those from Arri), along with the highly adjustable Zacuto Axis arm to mount the EVF on, which makes it easy to switch from tripod to handheld use. There is also an optional front box mount (for holding tools, such as tape measures).
The two-stage carbon fibre tripods will be bundled with fluid heads with graded drag and counterbalance for frictionless operation with a smooth pan and tilt, as well as centre spreaders, rubber removable feet and a case. The Z-18 can take a maximum payload of 20kg (and should cost about $3,500), while the Z-12 can carry up to 11.8kg. Zacuto is also planning to introduce a lower-cost two-stage aluminium tripod, the Z8, which will take a maximum payload of 6.3kg. 11.G64
Making a Switch Telestream By Carolyn Giardina
Telestream is showing Switch, a new multiformat media player that’s built on the same technologies the company developed for its professional transcoding tools. “In today’s digital
environment, the number of different resolutions, compression algorithms, and formats has increased, and so has the need for tools to be able to open, play, inspect and correct the growing number of media files available,” Telestream observed. “Media professionals today resort to using a collection of tools including players, inspectors, analysers, and converters, to do their jobs.” Switch was designed bring
these tasks into a single software package. “Telestream is in a unique position to leverage our decades of experience in
Switch hit: “Play it, check it and switch it”
developing media-centric products to design a powerful, and simple, tool,” said Barbara DeHart, VP of desktop business, Telestream. “Switch gives anyone dealing with the production, distribution, or packaging of content everything they need to play it, check it and switch it.“ Switch also enables
packaging and distribution of content to media platforms, such as iTunes. “For professionals producing content for distribution to the
iTunes store, Switch will save them a huge amount of time, and largely automates what today is mostly a manual process.” Playback and basic inspection is available for free in Switch Player. Switch Pro adds additional format support, and the ability to export or change file properties. Version 1.0 is available for Mac, with support for Windows coming later in the year. 7.C12
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