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ELSIE FULL-FRAME PRIMES POP WITH WARMTH Leitz


CREATE & PRODUCE BY DAVID FOX


The new Elsie lenses from Leitz are designed for full frame use offering consistency in size and speed to serve a broad range of productions. The 13 lens set ranges from 15mm to 150mm, all at T2.1, and cover a 46.5mm image circle. They are claimed by Leitz to


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offer “warmth and resolution” alongside a “noticeable but gradual falloff of resolution and illumination as the image approaches the corners to create a dimensional pop that gently draws the viewer‘s eye towards the centre of the frame.” They are designed to complement the existing Leitz Zooms in both image look and feel.


A Leitz Elsie 25mm lens fi tted to a RED camera


They also boast a new bokeh design developed in conjunction with Leica Camera that more closely mimics Leica’s M-System


A NEW VISION FOR KVM Guntermann &


MANAGE Drunck


BY DAVID FOX German KVM manufacturer Guntermann & Drunck’s new VisionXS is a high-end multi- purpose extender for KVM connections that promises to be smaller and more powerful.


lenses “by creating out-of-focus elements that are painterly while still being recognisable”. The lenses are available in LPL mount, with Cooke/i and LDS-2 data connections, to fi t cinema cameras such as the Arri Alexa LF or Alexa Mini. They can also be fi tted with adapters for use with Canon EF and Sony E mounts. The Elsie lenses will cost about €19,000 each, making them more affordable than the company’s Cine Primes. The fi rst fi ve focal lengths should be released early next year.


It was designed to fi t a wide range of functions into the smallest possible housing, offering high-performance KVM extenders with a bandwidth of 10G and video transmission for resolutions up to 4K. Previous devices from the manufacturer supported a data transfer rate of 1Gbps per line, which was enough for full 4K video thanks to G&D’s own compression method. However, with a bandwidth of


10Gbps, VisionXS opens up new possibilities, claims the company. Initially, G&D will provide extender modules for KVM-over-IP, followed by versions for classic KVM systems for direct transmission. VisionXS has the ability to combine the extenders with G&D’s matrix systems, so the units can either be operated in pairs as an extender line or via a matrix. They are also fully compatible with existing


TËNK VIDEO PLATFORM GOES GLOBAL Kinow


MONETISE BY ANNE MORRIS


Kinow has helped one of its fi rst customers in France to create a multi-country streaming site. Launched in 2016, Tënk


emerged out of Etats généraux du fi lm documentaire de Lussas – a festival organised every year by producers, directors and technicians. Kinow helped to launch the Tënk platform in France and this year enabled the SVOD platform to extend into Europe and Canada. Tënk has just launched a new interface that is fully integrated with Kinow via the Graph QL API. By integrating Kinow APIs, Tënk is able to customise and manage its editorial strategy with complete autonomy. The company can propose a new design, with a new


Tënk is providing a multi-country streaming site with the help of Kinow


navigation experience, while benefi ting from the features and advantages of the Kinow product. The Tënk video platform has thus become a global site with a multi-country catalogue. The Kinow platform enables the company to translate fi lm descriptions, account for different VAT rates and manage its catalogue according to each country (fi lm availability depending on rights holders). For Canada, Kinow worked


with Tënk on a second platform that is also supported by the Kinow streaming service. Mohamed Sifaoui, CEO, Tënk, said: “Kinow has accompanied us since the beginning of the Tënk adventure. Their solution, used for more than fi ve years, is now at the heart of our growth and strategy in France and internationally. We are proud to propose our European offer on a single platform, supported by a Kinow back-end, for a unifi ed and optimised user experience.”


Visionary: Guntermann & Drunck’s new VisionXS 10Gbps KVM extender


models. Initially, there is a high-end system for DisplayPort UHR with 10G bandwidth, with devices for HDMI and DVI-I next. In addition, dual head modules allow the transmission of two video signals via one transmission cable.


The VisionXS-IP-DP-UHR system is compatible with the central ControlCenter-IP appliance. Combined, they form a matrix for KVM-over-IP, so each connected workstation can be granted access to any computer connected to the KVM system.


WPE WEBKIT UPDATES Igalia


PUBLISH BY ANNE MORRIS


Open source software consultancy Igalia has announced a number of new developments for WPE WebKit, the reference port of Apple WebKit for embedded devices.


Igalia, which claims to be the second-largest contributor to the WebKit project after Apple, noted that WPE is deployed in hundreds of millions of devices from set-top boxes and smart TVs to cooking machines and infotainment systems. Xavier Castaño García, partner at Igalia, highlighted that the company “has helped advance quite a lot of exciting things in WPE WebKit in 2021” through collaboration with projects utilising WPE.


Castaño García: “Igalia has helped advance quite a lot of exciting things in WPE WebKit”


These include the creation, and submission to the WebKit project, of a new layer- based SVG engine unlocking hardware acceleration for SVGs and unifying the historically separate HTML/CSS and SVG rendering pipelines; adding an OffscreenCanvas implementation to WebKit, allowing the utilisation of multiple processes and cores to paint on a 2D canvas; the development of WebXR for WebKit; and an experimental Android version of WPE with demos illustrating XR.


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