KONA 4 was previously only available through AJA’s channel for thirdparty developers, but is now available as a retail product with drivers for Windows 7 and Windows 8. Additionally, a new update for the free AJA Control Room software for ingest, playback and output on Windows now supports KONA 4.
CION Support from Top Camera Accessory Manufacturers AJA Video Systems announced that top third-party camera accessory developers are on board with support for the CION 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 work-
flows with the introduction of the KiPro product line in 2009; CION builds on this achievement by offering in-camera recording directly to proven AJA Pak SSD media in the Apple ProRes family of codecs including 12-bit 444 - for pristine image capture. Alphatron’s electronic viewfinder (EVF-035W-3G) will work with CION’s standard connectors, along with their full line of accessories including matte boxes, follow focusses, camera plates and a pedestal. Additionally, through Alphatron’s cam Rade division, the company is developing a rain cover and camera bag custom fit to CION’s specifications. Leveraging CION’s removable lens mount, MTF has announced a
host of new lens adapters already in production including Nikon/G to CION, Canon EF to CION, Canon EF (electric) to CION, Canon FD to CION, ARRI Bayonet to CION and an optical B4 to CION package. Wooden Camera is also developing several alternate lens mounts for CION. Vocas develops an array of standard camera accessories that work with CION including matte boxes, focus controllers, cheese plates and much more. Zacuto’s newest EVF the Gratical HD announced at NAB 2014, along with their entire line of standard camera accessories will also be ideal complements to CION shooters.
AVT AVT increases its DAB product portfolio with the MAGIC TBR – a tunnel break-in rebroadcast system for DAB+. By default the MAGIC TBR works as repeater to ensure the provisioning within the tunnel. However, it also allows tunnel operators to replace audio programmes with announcements to provide information and
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instructions in case of an emergency. This is a highly important feature since it is requested by the EU Tunnel Directive 2004/54/EC and will become mandatory for tunnels exceeding a certain length. The MAGIC TBR is developed in co-operation with the Ingenieurbüro Mulka and will be available in the first quarter of 2015.