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This week's last news roundup before Christmas is about Pixotope's new partnership, Clippn, Laowa, ARRI and SIRUI.
Unilumin and Pixotope partner for Extended Reality
Pixotope has partnered up with LED specialist Unilumin to offer the broadcast market purpose-built XR solutions that meet the evolving needs of the industry.
Pixotope XR Edition streamlines and simplifies the setup and operation of XR environments, reducing bespoke engineering requirements to power advanced XR workflows. Unilumin, meanwhile, features a high-tech small-pixel design that preserves image output quality in XR environments, optimizing the viewer experience.
Unilumin and Pixotope will showcase the XR solution at the 2023 Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) Show in Barcelona from January 31st to February 3rd on Unilumin stand (3C400). The showcase will include demonstrations of Pixotope XR Edition powering a two-wall Unilumin LED volume XR stage with its graphics and camera tracking capabilities. Be there!
Clippn launches new Video Workflow Management Service
Clippn has announced the launch of a new Video Workflow Management Service for news, media and archival organisations. This service utilises Human and Artificial Intelligence (AI) video management workflows that can be used in virtual post-production and distribution, cataloging and tagging for archives, as well as consulting services for organisations who require a ‘built from the ground up’ workflow solution.
Clippn works as a cloud-based media workflow service that streamlines video operations for news, increasing usage across the organization, and generating ROI for their content. This ideally creates a feedback loop between the videographers and the assignment desk that should improve the quality of submissions, as well as simplifying the media aggregation process turning raw video into ready-for-sale clips.
The Clippn custom Video Workflow Management Service is available for immediate configuration. Learn more here.
The widest rectilinear lens with zero distortion - Laowa 6mm f/2 Zero-D MFT
Venus Optics launched its new 6mm f/2 Zero-D MFT with the same image quality as the cine version but with more to offer. The tiny 188g lens can capture a 121.9° angle-of-view with close-to-zero distortion. With an f/2 large aperture and a 9cm closest focusing distance, the lens can capture more details in a scene and exaggerated perspective in tight space. The short focusing distance allows photographers to get very close to the subject. This is useful for shallower depth-of-field when shooting close-ups, which helps to create a stronger bokeh effect. This works well when shooting landscape, astrophotography, architectural or drone shots.
The optical design contains 13 elements in 9 groups with 2 aspherical glasses,
controlling distortion to the minimum even with such an ultra-wide angle. The large aperture of f/2 increases the flexibility of the lens to shoot under dim light conditions. It
is also easier for the lens to separate the subject from the background.
Laowa 6mm f/2 Zero-D MFT is currently available to purchase via Venus Optics here.
ARRI acquires Claypaky
ARRI has acquired Claypaky from ams OSRAM. With this takeover, the film technology company gains one of the top lighting manufacturers in the entertainment and stage industry. Claypaky will remain as an organization with its own brand, its setup, and its structure of staff and locations. The same holds true for ARRI, the current setup and locations will remain.
Founded in 1976 and based in Seriate (Bergamo, Northern Italy), Claypaky provides a set of innovative products such as moving body and moving mirror projectors, color-changers, followspots, projectors, and various lighting effects. With this takeover, the film technology company gains one of the top lighting manufacturers in the entertainment and stage industry.
SIRUI Venus 1.8x 135mm T2.9 Full-frame Anamorphic
SIRUI has announced its new Venus 1.8x 135mm T2.9 Full-frame Anamorphic lens. According to SIRUI, the 135mm T2.9 1.8x has a similar optical and mechanical design to its 1.6x full-frame anamorphic lenses.
The lens features a 1.8x constant squeeze ratio at it covers full frame up to 36x24mm. The full Venus 1.8x set consists of a 35mm, 50mm, 75mm 100mm, and 135mm. According to SIRUI, they will have a consistent color temperature tone and blue flare. The lens weighs 1.29 kg. It is available in Sony E, Canon RF, Leica L, and Nikon Z Mount.
The 135mm T2.9 Full-frame lens is available from $1,499
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