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Panasonic has announced a new LUMIX GH6 body kit (designated GH6A) with the Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-35mm f/2.8 Asph lens. Power O.I.S., which will go on sale in early June this year. Then, effective immediately, there are price reductions on three LUMIX S Series lenses: LUMIX S Pro 24-70 mm f2.8 (S-E2470E; new price CZK 48,999 incl. VAT, down from CZK 61,199), LUMIX S Pro 70-200 mm f/2.8 (S-E70200E; new price CZK 56,999 incl. VAT; reduced from CZK 70,999) and LUMIX S 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6 (S-R70300E; new price 24.499 CZK incl. VAT; reduced from 34.599 CZK)!

DaVinci Resolve 18.5 is a major new update which adds new AI tools, over 150 feature upgrades such as Resolve FX relight, speech to text editing, automatic subtitling, AI audio classification, Universal Scene Description file support and new menus on the Cut page that let customers work faster while allowing more time for being creative. Editors can now transcribe audio within clips to search for media based on narrative content, or quickly generate subtitles for timelines with the automatic speech to text feature. DaVinci Neural Engine AI can analyze and automatically sort audio clips based on classification, and on the Fairlight page audio tracks can now be grouped for faster mix automation and editing. Colorists can use the new Relight FX to add virtual lighting to a scene. VFX artists can collaborate more easily with support for USD files and work faster with the multi-merge tool. And more! DaVinci Resolve 18.5 public beta is available for download now from the Blackmagic Design website.

This June or July, new ATEM 4 M/E Constellation 4K and ATEM Television Studio 4K8 switchers are scheduled for launch. The Constellation 4K model is based on the ATEM 4 M/E Constellation HD variant, plus it brings 40 12G-SDI inputs with standards conversion and support for resolutions up to 2160p60 and 24 12G-SDI outputs. ATEM Television Studio 4K8 will be the Ultra HD version of the recently launched ATEM Television Studio HD8 switcher with an integrated control surface, also with 12G-SDI interface (8 12G-SDI inputs with standards conversion, 10 12G-SDI outputs and a 4-port 10G Ethernet switch).