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The Vitec Group Brands and Products on Display at CAPER 2018

At CAPER 2018, Litepanels will showcase Gemini, the industry’s most accurate and versatile 2×1 soft panel. Gemini can be set up in an instant to begin producing true, flicker-free, full-spectrum white light for any frame rate, shutter angle, or intensity, making it perfect for high-speed photography and live productions. With Gemini’s correlated color temperature (CCT) mode, users can get accurate color rendition across the entire 360-degree spectrum and fine-tune +/- green at the turn of a dial. An all-new lighting effects mode offers dynamic effects ranging from emergency lights, lightning, and fire to pulsing, square, and strobe.

The versatile Gemini has a lightweight design that allows the light to be rigged virtually anywhere, requiring less cabling because the power supply is built-in. This production-friendly soft panel delivers full-intensity, mobile-powered operation with Anton/Bauer’s Cine VCLX battery.

Litepanels: Astra LED Panels
Litepanels’ next-generation Astra family of LED panels continues to build on the quality and popularity of the company’s first 1×1 panel. The Astra 6X LED light offers a 50 percent increase in output and is six times brighter than the original panel. The Astra 6X is available in both daylight or bi-color models, both of which will be on display at CAPER 2018.

The Astra Bi-Focus Daylight is the newest addition to the popular Astra family, giving users the ability to adjust from a 48-degree flood to a 15-degree concentration of light with the turn of a dial. Astra’s high-performance LEDs and optics provide professional lighting designers with accurate color temperatures, high CRI/TLCI color rendering, and beautiful light quality. The Astra family’s modular design features optional DMX and Bluetooth communication modules, along with V-Mount or Gold Mount battery plates for mobile power when AC power is not available.

Litepanels: Sola LED Fresnel Panels
Also on display at CAPER 2018 will be Litepanels’ daylight-balanced Sola 4+ and Sola 6+ LED Fresnel lights, which combine all the benefits of today’s LED technology with the light-shaping, single-shadow properties of a traditional Fresnel. Ideal for studio and on-location lighting requirements, the Sola 6+ is now 50 percent brighter than the previous version, while the Sola 4+ is now more than 120 percent brighter than its predecessor. The entire Sola LED range features Litepanels’ proprietary, heat-free LED technology and offers full-spectrum-quality light at a small fraction of the power of conventional Fresnel fixtures. In addition, Sola lights give lighting designers complete control over aspects such as focus and intensity, all from a centralized control board.

Vinten and Sachtler: flowtech100 Carbon-Fibre Tripod
flowtech100 is the newest addition to the award-winning flowtech carbon-fibre tripod range, introduced just last month at IBC2018. Compatible with all major 100mm fluid heads, flowtech100 supports a payload of up to 30 kilograms (66 pounds), making it the ideal tripod for heavy-duty electronic newsgathering, electronic field production, and a wide range of wildlife, commercial, and documentary productions.

Like flowtech75, flowtech100 is based on an exclusive carbon-fibre technology that includes the world’s fastest-deploying tripod legs. With unique quick-release brakes conveniently located at the top of the tripod, the flowtech100 legs can be deployed simultaneously and adjust automatically to the ground’s surface — saving operators from having to bend over and manually adjust multiple brakes on each leg. The exceptional torsional stiffness of flowtech100 ensures that the tripod will not twist during camera-panning movements.

Both flowtech75 and flowtech100 will be on display and available for hands-on demonstrations throughout CAPER 2018.

Vinten: Vantage Robotic Camera Head with μVRC (microVRC) Controller
Vinten’s Vantage is a compact and lightweight robotic camera head that offers unmatched flexibility and broadcast-quality movement and control at the same price point as a traditional pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera head. Vantage enables customers to choose the camera and lens that meet their requirements, and it supports a wide range of pro-video camcorders from a variety of manufacturers including Canon and Sony, as well as both full-servo and manual lens types.

The μVRC controller allows studios and venues of any size to control high-end robotics and third-party PTZs. This cost-effective, modular version of the control software allows smaller budgets to leverage Vantage with a wide variety of cameras and lenses for unmatched flexibility in content creation and broadcast-quality movement and control. When paired with the Vantage, the μVRC offers a complete robotic broadcast production solution.

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