Tiffen’s 3-Filter Neutral Density Kit for the DJI Mini 3 Pro offers a simple professional method of controlling the lighting conditions while operating this popular drone. Using Tiffen’s lightweight filters helps manage the camera aperture for ideal exposure without color shift.

Lightbridge, makers of the Cine Reflect Lighting System (CRLS) adds a plus to the lineup—new Diff 0— now part of the C-Drive+ and C-Move+ Kits.

BB&S Lighting, maker of advanced LED studio lighting, is pleased to announce that Tom Yuhas has joined their team as the new Sales Manager, serving the Americas.

BB&S Lighting of Denmark adds the Compact Bicolor Fresnel to its family of Compact Beamlight LED studio fixtures. The smallest footprint (5.5-in/14cm) Fresnel on the market, it draws just 38W and outputs over 2400 lumens at 96 TLCI (tunable from 2700 to 5600°K).  New CFL features a genuine curved glass 90mm Fresnel lens that ensures even field distribution in addition to excellent shadow rendering.

Tiffen announces that new Blender® XL LED lights are now shipping. The bi-color Blender XL puts out a tunable narrow flood beam—up to four times brightness of a traditional 1x1 panel light—yet its durable metal housing is compact enough to hold in one hand. It’s a soft light with punch, ready to be dialed to an infinite choice of color temperatures for diverse location uses.

Whether Star Wars has changed the course of your life or merely your viewing habits, if you have a soul chances are it will be touched by Our Star Wars Stories. Jordan Hembrough hosts this original digital series from Lucasfilm and StarWars.com. He chats with fans as they unravel their true-life inspiring tales that are a result of their Star Wars bond.

Amanda Dreschler and Michael Livingston didn’t let a detour like the COVID-19 pandemic shunt their creativity. Just the opposite— they channeled their isolation experience into inspiration and pulled out the stops—writing a script, learning the majority of crew positions, and sharpened their directing, acting and editing skills. Plus they got by with a little help from their friends— all remote, all COVID safe.

Europe’s largest digital cinematography hire facility, Procam Group, has today announced London-based investment firm Inspirit Capital as its new investor. Despite the impact of the global pandemic, Procam has secured investment for a transaction that involves the carve-out of Procam’s UK and US branches, Procam Projects, and Take 2 Films. Broadcast and cine lens innovators True Lens Services is not included in the transaction and will remain part of Foresight Group.

Tristan Whitman plays with toys. A specialist in tabletop cinematography, the LA-based filmmaker/USC professor is often called upon by top toymakers to make their action cars and figures grab the attention of young viewers. Unlike setups that require big crews, tabletop shooting is a more solitary endeavor, requiring a focused skillset including concentration, patience and resourceful use of tools. With fewer people on set, following the new safety protocols amid the Covid-19 outbreak is just a minor inconvenience.

Aaton-Digital will show the new 24 track Cantar-X3 recorder and new Aaton-Digital 5 Oled monitor at IBC 2014 on the Aaton-Digital /Transvideo stand 11.F31. Deliveries will begin for existing orders this fall. New orders will deliver Q1 in the new year.

Also on show will be the new Aaton-Digital 5 Oled monitor which is multi purpose but can be used with the Cantar-X3 recorder as a video source monitor. It is the Aaton version of the new Transvideo StarliteHD monitor.

Transvideo, the award-winning precision monitor manufacturer, has announced exciting new products for launch at IBC 2014.  All products will be on show on the Transvideo / Aaton-Digital stand 11.F31.

NEW:   StarliteHD is a precision 5 OLED field monitor that additionally will record H.264 dailies, take snapshots and will generate a .pdf with metadata from ARRI and SONY cameras at each take. With cameras reducing in size and portable systems becoming more and more compact, Transvideo has created a small 5 HD OLED monitor, about the size of a smartphone and weighting only 190 Grams. Despite its small form factor StarliteHD is a professional high-end 3G-SDI field monitor. Built-in tools include a high-resolution waveform monitor and a precision vectorscope.  A new concept of human interface uses the power of the touch screen panel and rids the user of incomprehensible and endless tiered menus.

For more than a decade, VMI Limited (VMI), a premier broadcast equipment provider for the United Kingdoms television and film industry, has led the industry in providing high-performing, reliable broadcast equipment. Instrumental to the companys reputation of reliability has been its reliance on a dependable, trusted source to power its gear. Anton/Bauer®, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company and a premier global provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, has been the go-to power solution for VMI since 2003. 

The latest high-definition cameras place greater demands on portable power sources. For this reason PAG has introduced a new high-capacity Li-Ion battery that supplies 10A, continuously. The PAG L190e is a 14.8V 13Ah battery that provides 190 watt-hours of power. With twice the run-time of the PAG L95e, fewer batteries are required on location and there is less down-time due to charging.