Monthly Archives: November 2018
Band Pro One World Open House
12/6/18
Band Pro One World Open House: Thursday, December 6, 2018, from 1 to 8 pm at Band Pro Burbank Headquarters.
Band Pro’s One World Open House is Thursday, December 6, 2018, from 1 to 8 pm at their Burbank Headquarters. BAND PRO ONE WORLD OPEN HOUSE 3403 W. Pacific Avenue, Burbank, CA 91505 THURSDAY 12/6/2018 1:00 pm – 8:00 pm Admission is FREE with RSVP. Space is limited. RSVP today to reserve your spot. Click here to RSVP Band… read more…
Film and Digital Times Japan Annual Meeting
InterBEE – Mukahari, Chiba, Japan. Nov. 13. Leading luminaries Japan’s cine business, shoguns and guests attended the 5th annual meeting of FDTJ- Film and Digital Times Japan.
The agenda was to thank everyone for all their great work on FDTJ; discussions of common topics and trends; sushi, sashimi, sake, tempura and ramen–not necessarily in that order. read more…
ARRI ALEXA LF Update SUP 4.0
ARRI has released SUP 4.0 — a suite of helpful new updates for ALEXA LF cameras.
Download the Release Notes here ( 310 KB PDF.)
Download the ALEXA LF SUP4.0 User Manual here (8.17 MB PDF.)
Our favorites:
New Anamorphic Desqueeze ratios: 1.8x for Cooke Anamorphic/i Full Frame Plus lenses
and 1.65x for Panavision Ultra Vista Full Frame Anamorphic lenses. And support for the new ARRI Operator Control Unit OCU-1, Master Grips, cforce mini motors and more. read more…
Ninja Appleboxes and good Grip Equipment
Locations in Japan are often in very small apartments and houses. This makes small dollies, track and support equipment very important. Shinji Hirakawa and his fellow grip-partners at Hirakawa Inc (Metal Toys) supply Meister Track, Professor Track and handmade Appleboxes with 7 functions: 1. Hi-Hakka: built-in high hat with 150 and 75mm tripod bowls. 2. Pull-out coffee cup holder. 3. Seat cushion. 4. Kleenex dispenser. 5. Garbage bin built in. 6.Trash disposal hatch. 7. Storage compartment read more…
FDTimes Nov 2018 Now Online
Film and Digital Times November 2018 PDF Issue #91 is now online.
See fdtimes.com homepage — top left.
Print editions are shipping from Los Angeles now.
Film and Digital Times Japan November 2018 print edition will be at InterBEE in Tokyo beginning November 14. The online PDF edition will be available within the next couple of days.
Visit FDTimes Japan at InterBEE in Makuhari HALL 4, booth no. 4101.
Creative Solutions Acquires Amimon
Teradek has acquired Amimon. The official wording is that Amimon Inc has been acquired by The Vitec Group plc. Amimon will be integrated into Vitec’s Creative Solutions division.
Creative Solutions has its headquarters in Southern California and their brands include Teradek, SmallHD, Wooden Camera, Paralinx, Rycote—and now Amimon. Creative Solutions products are used on motion picture, commercial, documentary, television, sports, news, streaming and event productions worldwide. If you work with a wireless video system, chances are that an Amimon chipset is inside. read more…
