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new products revie }Ni i FEATURING NEW EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES Cdf production Instant Mounting System for Still, Movie Cameras The Snaplock, an instant-mounting system for all type of cameras, combines rapid, fail-safe operation with ruggedness and precision alignment for day-in, day-out professional use. It is a two-piece unit machined from solid aluminum for light weight and high rigidity. One section mounts on the camera; the other, which has a safety release button to prevent accidental opening, mounts on tripods, body braces, etc. Both pieces offer four mountholes for exact positioning, to insure optimal balance, and broad, flat mounting areas for best support. The base unit accepts both 'A" and Ya" screws and extra screws store within. Cine 60, Inc. circle 200 on reader service card Colortran Introduces a Portable Power Supply The lightweight Power-Pro is a compact, portable power supply which provides 25 minutes continuous operating time. It recharges overnight (120 or 240 V AC) and is self-contained in its own charger/ travel case. Featsres include a state of charge meter, form fitting housing, padded adjustable shoulder strap, and transformer isolated from line preventing accidental shock. The Power-Pro is also available in a special kit which includes the MiniPro light. Berkey-Colortran. circle 201 on reader service card Clear Efficient Scheduling for Shooting of Any Production The Hollywood Production Board is a lightweight compact portable folding production board suitable for studio or location work. These 4 panel boards use the standard 15" strips and header and give you 36" of workable space. The board is designed to fit a standard attache case. Strips may be easily removed and quickly transposed to reflect any changes during production. Hollywood Production Boards. circle 202 on reader service card Dynair Adds Vertical-Interval Production Switcher Dynair Electronics has added a low-cost vertical-interval three-bus mix/effects production switcher to its line of professional video programming equipment. The VS152A is completely solid-state and has all the capabilities necessary for professional progranmiing. including instantaneous switching, fade-in, fade-out, lap-dissolve, superimposition and special effects. The switcher accepts six noncomposite and two composite video inputs. Dynair lilectronics, Inc. circle 203 on reader service card Computer-Type Editing for Helical Scan VTR 1 liu Rumbcx I'dicue, a device for editing with helical VTRs, uses a semi-automatic computer-type technique which allows consistent editing accuracy up to 1/lOth of a second. It is normally supplied for use with Ampex 7800 VTRs but maj be modified for use with other 1' editing helical scan VTRs. The required editing points aiAsin found manually by the editor, thci (W the Edicue unit takes over to bad the machine up several seconds play them down together and switd K* ami ml the master recorder into reco automatically. A "rehearse" mode makes it possible to preview tl edit without actual recording on master edited tape. The Edicue ia available for rental. Rombe.x Production.'! Corporation. circle 204 on reader service card Beaulieu Introduces Endoscopic/ Science Research Camera .A specially designed Beaulieu 16mm Reflex Control Camera is ideal for endoscopic motion pi& ture studies as well as other scienti fie research applications. The medical camera operator can easily manipulate the entire camera, turning it slowly to meet the complex and changing photographic requi ments at all times. Light control simple. Special circuitry interconnection jx-rmits the operator to compensatcp autoinaticallv for chance in licht "<, ^C3»c--= 38 conditions. A clear vicwnu' si-.i .>n the ground glass is the s.iiiic size as the endoscopic image and allows BUSINESS SCREEN i