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NAB Product Announcements AJA Debuts CION Professional Cameraby: cwalsh 4/08/20144K/UHD/2K/HD Professional Camera Las Vegas, NV, NAB Conference, Booth SL2505 (April 7, 2014)— AJA Video Systems today announced CION, an entirely new professional camera. CION features an ergonomic design and is capable of shooting at 4K/UltraHD and 2K/HD resolutions. AJA pioneered lens-to-post Apple ProRes workflows with the introduction of the Ki Pro product line in 2009; CION builds on this ac …

World's Largest HD LED Screen Unveiledby: atanguma 3/28/2014 Panasonic and Texas Motor Speedway Unveil World's Largest HD LED Screen - 12 Stories - 108 Tons - 218 Feet Wide - 94 Feet High Last week, the Panasonic Eco Solutions North America (PESNA) team that worked on an accelerated schedule to plan, construct and operate the giant video board at Fort Worth’s Texas Motor Speedway (TMS), had its moment of truth. The video board system, which TMS named ‘Big Hoss TV,’ in …

Odyssey7Q Firmware 1.1.105 Releasedby: cwalsh 3/20/2014Improvements to old functions, fixes to some issues, and numerous new features... Today Convergent Design releases the long-awaited firmware update for the Odyssey7Q. There are improvements to old functions, fixes to some issues, and numerous new features. Highlights of the firmware update include: New Features - Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) 1920x1080 recording/playback up to 30p - Mix file types on SSDs (raided, non-raided, …

Panasonic debuts 4K Camera/Recorder, Varicam 35, with new Super 35mm MOS Sensor, AVC-Ultra codecs for 4Kby: cwalsh 3/01/2014Ultimate image production for cinema and episodic drama; breakthrough modular design enables docking with either 4K or 2/3-in camera head to same recording module... NEWARK, NJ (February 27, 2014) – Panasonic today unveiled a 4K camera/recorder, VariCam® 35, that incorporates a newly-developed super 35mm MOS image sensor and the company’s AVC-ULTRA family of video code …

Latest News from Blackmagic by: cwalsh 2/12/2014Several software updates to keep your productions running smoothly... DaVinci Resolve 10.1 This update includes support for the new FCPX 10.1 XML format and better handling of shot reframing and compound clips from FCP 7 and X. This release also supports rich text titles, a new take selector so editors can pick between multiple takes on the timeline, and a simple drag and drop to copy a clip on the timeline. For the full software license v …