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Helix is the most complete on-board battery system ever offered to the cinematic industry. The system encompasses all the features of Hypercore, with the added function of dual 14V/28V simultaneous voltage output, answering the call for better designed and performing, on-board high voltage solutions. Leveraging a proprietary, patent pending technology, Helix is ultra efficient, providing nearly lossless power transmission at a 99% efficiency rate to high voltage operating equipment. Helix’s unique design allows it to output up to 33.6V, within the top range of high voltage acceptance, thus drawing less current, creating less heat and extending both operational runtime and product longevity.

The VFM-055A is a 5.5-inch OLED on-camera viewfinder monitor with native 1920x1080 resolution. It offers truly cinematic image quality with deep blacks, wide-gamut color reproduction, a very wide viewing angle, and support for multiple video formats via 3G-SDI and HDMI 1.4 inputs. Useful functions include cinema camera log-to-linear LUT conversion, and HDMI-SDI cross-converted output options. The monitor has a built-in battery bracket (Sony L-series) and a 6,8-12V= power input incl. tally, and can also be powered via the included D-Tap cable.

Wise Advanced Co., Ltd. announced the 1TB CFast 2.0 memory card (CFA-10240). With this ample space, the videographers are able to record 4K RAW video up to 60 frames per seconds more than 1 hour on Blackmagic RAW 3:1 and 2 hours on the Canon 10-bit Cinema RAW Light. The Wise 1TB CFast 2.0 memory card offers up to 525 MB/s read and 450 MB/s write speed, an will be available in mid-April.

Azden has announced a new wireless system due out in early summer of 2019: the PRO-XR, professional grade 2.4 GHz wireless mic system. The PRO-XR uses newly developed and proprietary technology to make an extremely reliable and robust wireless connection in the 2.4 GHz spectrum. Avoiding the common pitfalls in this crowded frequency spectrum, the system uses data stream redundancy and an advanced frequency hopping algorithm to avoid interference and dropouts. The result is a 2.4 GHz wireless kit that is dependable enough for use by professionals.

In keeping with its “professional grade” moniker, the PRO-XR comes with a professional quality lavalier microphone and is able to deliver pro-level sound quality. Transmitter and receiver units are compact, weighing just about 2.5 oz each, with incorporated lithium-ion rechargeable batteries that promise up to 16 hours of continuous usage on a full charge. The receiver unit has a standard size accessory shoe for camera-top mounting, but also a 1/4″-20 female thread for boom-pole and camera cage mounting. The PRO-XR package includes a number of accessories to make it compatible with mobile video shooting right out of the box: a mini-tripod/mobile grip, a clamp-style phone mount with accessory shoe mount, a traditional TRRS adapter cable for smartphones and tablets, and a Lightning-to-headphone adapter for iOS mobile devices without a headphone jack.

The expected retail price of the new PRO-XR is 249 USD.

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Blackmagic Design today announced Blackmagic MultiDock 10G, a new rack mount USB-C disk dock with elegant all metal design that lets customers access and move SSD media disks between cameras, HyperDecks and computers by rapid docking! Blackmagic MultiDock 10G will be available in June for 525 EUR ex, VAT.

Blackmagic MultiDock 10G is an advanced SSD dock that lets customers access 4 separate SSDs via a single high speed 10 Gb/s USB-C connection. Unlike cheap consumer adapters, Blackmagic MultiDock 10G has been specifically designed for the film and television industry and features a rack mount design with an independent SATA driver chip on each disk, ensuring much faster data transfer speeds. It can even be used for SSD compatibility on HyperDeck Extreme.

Unlike cheap SSD docking cables, the Blackmagic MultiDock 10G is a compact 1 RU all metal design customers can mount in any professional rack. Each disk slot features an illuminated disk indicator so customers can see when disks are being accessed. The rear panel features 2 USB-C connections and a slide switch to allow selecting between using 4 disk slots on a single USB-C connection, or 2 slots on each USB-C connection for shared use.

Blackmagic MultiDock supports up to 4 independent 2.5 inch SSDs so it’s possible to edit directly from the disks customers recorded onto. Simply plug in their SSDs and they will mount on their Mac OS X and Windows computers like regular hard disks. Because Blackmagic MultiDock features 4 independent disk slots, customers can mount all their media from a shoot all at the same time. Blackmagic MultiDock 10G is perfect for accessing media recorded with the URSA Mini Pro SSD Recorder. It's also the perfect solution to add SSD compatibility to HyperDeck Extreme 8K as it will let customers interchange disks between HyperDeck Studio models.

Blackmagic MultiDock uses advanced USB-C technology so customers get blazingly fast transfer speeds to their computer at up to 10 Gb/s with a single cable connection. That’s more than enough bandwidth to handle the highest resolution video formats including 8K in H.265 from HyperDeck Extreme 8K. MultiDock features a completely independent disk interface chip per disk slot so customers never get slowdowns because of SATA bandwidth issues. Even though customers get all 4 disks connected to a single USB-C connection, customers can also split Blackmagic MultiDock 10G and get 2 disks on one USB-C connection and 2 disks on the second USB-C connection. That's perfect for dual computer use or increased speed.

Unlike consumer disk arrays, Blackmagic MultiDock is a compact and robust 1 rack unit all metal design that can be quickly installed into equipment racks. The built in power supply ensures no power is used from laptop batteries and it has enough power to run 4 high performance disks all at the same time for use in RAID configurations. Blackmagic MultiDock 10G even supports the RAID software built in to most operating systems, so customers can customize their disk array for their needs.

The secret to using Blackmagic MultiDock 10G with HyperDeck Extreme is the high speed USB-C port on the rear panel called External Disk. When customers plug MultiDock into the HyperDeck External Disk port, it can see the SSDs and use them for recording. When using 2 HyperDeck Extreme units mounted side by side it’s possible to switch to 2 channel mode and use 2 disks with each HyperDeck. This also means it's possible to use 2 computers with a single MultiDock, one using each channel, or multiple rack mount servers can access the same MultiDock. When an SSD is inserted in MultiDock, it can be seen on the HyperDeck Extreme on-screen menus and customers can select it for record and playback.



Availability and Price
Blackmagic MultiDock 10G will be available in June for 525 EUR ex. VAT.

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About Blackmagic Design
Blackmagic Design creates the world’s highest quality video editing products, digital film cameras, color correctors, video converters, video monitoring, routers, live production switchers, disk recorders, waveform monitors and real time film scanners for the feature film, post production and television broadcast industries. Blackmagic Design’s DeckLink capture cards launched a revolution in quality and affordability in post production, while the company’s Emmy™ award winning DaVinci color correction products have dominated the television and film industry since 1984. Blackmagic Design continues ground breaking innovations including 6G-SDI and 12G-SDI products and stereoscopic 3D and Ultra HD workflows. Founded by world leading post production editors and engineers, Blackmagic Design has offices in the USA, UK, Japan, Singapore and Australia. For more information, please go to www.blackmagicdesign.com.