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Vision Research is proud to partner with the good people at Abel Cine Tech for US and Canada sales and rentals into the broadcast and entertainment industries.

We have Digital Cinema specialists on staff in both our New York and Burbank locations. Our Phantom related services include pre-production consultation, post services and training.

We have developed and manufactured a number of accessories for the Phantom HD/65 including the Phantom Breakout Box and the Phantom Handheld Rig. We also have the capability to design and manufacture custom lens mounts and cables as specified. Our sales staff can build a complete Phantom camera package to your precise requirements. Ask about Abel Finance Services.

For more information, visit www.abelcine.com

Contact: Frank Somma
Tel: 888-223-1599
fsomma@abelcine.com

Founded in 1996, 1 Beyond, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of PC-based high performance editing, tapeless workflow and storage systems for video professionals at a fraction of the cost of traditional high-end systems. This value leadership is due to constant technical innovation, including 13 years of industry firsts. 1 Beyond delivers turnkey video end-to-end solutions that provide customers with the highest performance and quality digital workflow in all video formats including HD, 2K and 4K. The company offers a wide range of systems including the new tapeless workflow products, award-winning laptops, desktops, mobiles, and Storage Area Networks used in all workflow phases. All 1 Beyond systems are designed with true open architecture and built on world standards, ensuring a continued upgrade path and long period of non-obsolescence.

For more information, visit www.1Beyond.com
Tel: 877-One-Beyond.

Anton/Bauer is recognized as the world’s innovator and premier provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other key mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries. Based in the United States in Shelton, CT with offices in Europe and Asia, Anton/Bauer was established in 1970 and has expanded its product offerings to include many signature lines such as its leading Gold Mount® system, InterActive® chargers and Logic Series® batteries such as the HyTRON® 50, 100 and 140, and Dionic® 90, 160 and HC. Their products are compatible with virtually every camera brand on the market today. Other Anton/Bauer high performance products include the Ultralight®, ElipZ®, ElightZ®, CINE-VCLX® and CINE VCLX/2®. Their superior-quality products have become an industry standard.

For more information, visit www.antonbauer.com

Carl Zeiss is a leading international group of companies operating worldwide in the optical and opto-electronic industry. Carl Zeiss AG is headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany. The business groups are generally ranked first or second in the strategic markets of medical and research solutions, industrial solutions and lifestyle products. They offer products and services for biomedical research and medical technology, as well as system solutions for the semiconductor, automotive and mechanical engineering industries. Planetariums and high-quality consumer goods such as camera lenses and binoculars carry the ZEISS name to millions of people around the world.

The ZEISS ZF Lenses sold by Vision Research® are high-quality, prime lenses for professional and industrial cameras using the F-bayonet lens mount. The ZF lens range consists of 9 different prime lenses, characterized by high image quality, lens barrels with smooth focus rotation and all metal construction for a long service life. The mechanical, 9-bladed aperture is adjustable in 1/2 stop increments and the ZEISS T* anti-reflection coating minimizes flare and ghosting, while maximizing the image contrast.

For more information, visit www.zeiss.com/photo

Contact: Richard Schleuning
Tel: 973-809-3896
rschleung@zeiss.com

Glue Tools offers the Phantom Cine Toolkit which allows MacOSX, Final Cut Studio and other applications to instantly open Phantom Cine Movies. With this toolkit, Finder is fully aware of these files and includes support for Spotlight, Previews, and basic QuickTime Playback. Other applications that are QuickTime aware, will also work with Phantom Cine Movie file format.

Glue Tools LLC is a software company based in Santa Barbara, California. Its products range from Final Cut Studio Plugins, to other Digital Camera and Digital Cinematography tools for the Macintosh. Glue Tools focuses on creating essential utility plugins for the feature film and television industries.

For more information, visit: www.gluetools.com
Tel: 805-456-7997
sales@gluetools.com

Image Systems is the world-leading supplier of motion analysis and camera control software. Over 1000 installations worldwide and 25+ years in the business, We focus on providing the best and most premium products and support available for high-speed imaging.

TEMA and TrackEye are high-end motion analysis systems. Images are analyzed in 2D, 3D or 6DOF with automatic subpixel tracking, and the result is presented in predefined tables, graphs and reports. Streamlined user-interfaces and workflows are the result of years of application experience and customer feedback.

TEMA CameraControl is the optimal tool for controlling multiple cameras of different models and different brands. It can control all major high-speed cameras on the market at the same time, from a single user-interface.

Active markets:  Aerospace, Automotive, Manufacturing, Military & Ballistics, Sports, Test & Design, University Research

For more information, visit www.imagesystems.se

Contact:  Manne Anliot
Tel: +46-13-200177
manne.anliot@imagesystems.se

Imatek is a leading UK based manufacturer of materials testing equipment primarily in the field of impact testing. Imatek’s products are used all over the world to test the properties of materials, components and assemblies in industries such as aerospace, steel production, automotive and academic research.

A major feature of the Imatek range is the high-quality instrumentation and analysis software fitted to all systems that provides detailed information, both graphical and tabular, for the specimen undergoing test.

Integration of the Phantom camera combines the data captured by the Impact Tester together with high speed video imagery. Since the camera and the data acquisition share the same trigger, data points and images can be precisely correlated.

A video sequence provides a great deal of qualitative information about the test event, and the software also allows quantitative information to be extracted.

Integrated High speed video offers an advantage in many application areas and is available as an option for any of the Imatek range of impact testers or in a stand-alone mode, making it a general purpose tool that can be utilized by other parts of a customers operation and on a wide range of test apparatus.

For further information please contact Imatek Ltd

E: Info@imatek.co.uk
T: +44 (0) 1438 821624
W: www.imatek.co.uk

Infinity Photo-Optical Company is the recognized world leader in long-distance and continuously-focusable microscope technology. Founded in 1984, Infinity continues to pioneer this field by offering innovative products and technologies which have received international acclaim (winner of three R&D 100 and two Photonics Circle of Excellence awards). Infinity invented Continuously-Focusable and Internal-Focusing Microscopy. Infinity manufactures long-distance microscopes, continuously-focusable microscopes, macro systems, video inspection lenses and internal-focusing devices for industrial inspection, process/product monitoring, machine vision, QC, advanced imaging, non-contact gauging/inspection and laser/biomedical research. Infinity's clients range from small laboratories to fortune 500 companies, aerospace industries, research centers, universities and government agencies.

For more information, visit www.infinity-usa.com

Founded in 2000, IRIDAS offers high-fidelity playback, dailies and finishing software for high-end postproduction workflows. IRIDAS' innovative RealTime RAW technology enables playback, color correction and finishing on native Phantom RAW data up to 4K in full speed and render quality.

IRIDAS FrameCycler offers instant review and playback of Phantom cine files without the need to transcode into a different file format. The IRIDAS SpeedGrade product line offers applications for on set look design to a full color correction and finishing toolset. IRIDAS MetaRender provides transcoding of RAW files into offline formats and rendering for final output. All applications take advantage of the maximum image fidelity contained in the original RAW file.

IRIDAS is headquartered in Munich, Germany. For more information on the Phantom work flow, please visit www.iridas.com/workflow/phantom/.

For more information, visit www.iridas.com.

Litepanels®, a VItec Group Company, offers revolutionary LED lighting with soft, projected output, with 100%-0 dimming and minimal color shift. From HD-friendly studio lights to on-camera ENG & HDV and highly-portable battery & A/C powered location lights, Litepanels’ proprietary LED technology offers big savings in energy consumption, is cost-efficient and eco-friendly. Our lightweight, portable fixtures run from AC or an integrated battery for wireless lighting freed from the limitations of generators or power cables. Products include: the new LP 1x1 Bi-Color, 1x1 Super-Spot, and 1x1 Low Profile; LP Micro, the first compact professional LED light to run off standard AA batteries; LP MiniPlus in 5600°K and 3200°K models; the modular, ultra-flat profile LP 1X1; Ringlite Cinema; Ringlite Mini; Litepanels rechargeable snap-on battery pack; DV battery adapter plate; remote dimming module; articulating arms; new broadcast lighting division; and much more. Look for many more new products in 2009.

For more information, visit www.litepanels.com

Luminys Systems Corp.’s award-winning high-intensity lighting systems are optimized for high speed:

 -Instant light on demand and low idle levels for the best energy efficiency and control

-1,000,000 frames per second flicker-free light

-High-quality light (5400º Kelvin daylight with 96+ CRI) for the best images

-Battery-powered to reduce peak power usage

Available solutions include SunSource™ for barrier and sled installations, LabLight™ for laboratory environments, and Blast™ for high-impact applications. Luminys was named 2009 Crash Test Company of the Year by Automotive Testing Technology International Magazine.

With hundreds of thousands of lenses and optical systems sold worldwide, Navitar Machine Vision has become the most recognized and respected name for machine vision, inspection, automation, assembly, electronic imaging, testing, measuring and biomedical applications. With expert application engineers and unrivaled customer support, Navitar manufactures and delivers the most repeatable and reliable optical solutions again and again.

Navitar offers superior quality and stands behind their products with a lifetime guarantee on all parts and workmanship of each lens. We make our customers lens selection and design process as carefree and seamless as possible. With the patented online tool, the Optical Wizard, you can quickly and easily configure complete optical solutions 24/7. The wizard offers custom options to fit your exact needs and budget.

For Custom Lens solutions, Navitar’s Special Optics division specializes in rapidly designing, prototyping, and manufacturing the most innovative and highest performing custom optical systems. Their state-of-the-art optical solutions provide defense, homeland security, and high performance commercial applications, which demand the finest optical surfaces, highest accuracy and tightest tolerances.

For more information, visit www.navitar.com

Contact: Chris Garnish
Tel: 585.359.4000 x3201
c_garnish@navitar.com

OPELCO, Inc. is one of the leading producers of Image Intensifiers for use on all types of electronic imaging cameras. OPELCO, Inc. has been doing this since 1985.

It has developed an Image Intensifier system specifically for High-Speed Cameras. This system provides full use of the Phantom line of cameras for low light, UV, Visible and Near IR imaging. The system also provides for exposure times as short as 50 ns in sync with the camera frame rate exceeding 200,000 fps.

This System can be made as a separate unit and attached to the Phantom® Camera or permanently built into the Phantom® camera.

For more information, visit www.videoscopeintl.com

Contact: Thomas Lynch or Anjie Zeng
Tel: 703-437-5534

Studio Mirage is leading post house in the Czech Republic
that offers the Phantom® HD with CineMag® as a package. The camera
is always accompanied by an experienced Phantom® technician,
who will help you achieve the best results, in the smoothest
possible way, from acquisition through to post production.
We offer personal service, and expert advice.

Jan Ulrich
Production Manager, Camera Equipment:
e-Mail: jan.ulrich@mirage.cz
Mobile: +420 724 493 352

website: http://www.mirage.cz/

Xcitex software solutions enable high-speed video cameras to be used as scientific, non-destructive, non-contact test instruments.

ProAnalyst is the largest selling professional-grade software package for extracting, tracking and analyzing motion of objects within video. Used in the world’s leading research labs, universities, military testing ranges, and sports/biomechanics movement analysis centers, ProAnalyst includes revolutionary 1-D tracking technology, 2-D pattern auto-tracking, contour tracing, particle counting, cell tracking and image stabilization tookits. Affordable 2-D and 3-D Professional editions are available, along with a Lite version that provides the tracking engines compatible with other graphing packages.

MiDAS DA, a 4th generation software package with thousands of copies sold, is designed to actively collect data from sensors and gauges along with high-speed video. Xcitex’s Waveform-per-Frame Technology ™ very accurately (e.g. nanoseconds) synchronizes multiple video cameras to multiple data channels using USB, PCI and PCMCIA based data acquisition. Xcitex is a strategic partner of National Instruments and incorporates NI hardware solutions.

For more information, visit www.xcitex.com