News Releases and Archive

Schneider ships Platinum Series IRND Filters for Digital Cinematography Cameras
August 1, 2011

Schneider ships Platinum Series IRND Filters for Digital Cinematography Cameras Sept 9, 2011 - Schneider Optics, the renowned maker of professional filters, announces that its range of absorptive Platinum IRND...

K-Tek Offers Three Tadpoles™ for Extended Reach
August 1, 2011

K-Tek Offers Three Tadpoles™ for Extended Reach Sept 15, 2011 - K-Tek, makers of the industry’s favorite boom poles, has the ideal solution for holding the new generation of handheld...

Spintec Keeps Lens Clean for Linstrom’s Columbia River Voyage
July 27, 2011

Spintec Keeps Lens Clean for Linstrom’s Columbia River Voyage May 31, 2011 - To shoot a recent National Geographic special, Oceanus, with Bob Ballard, the oceanographer that discovered the Titanic...

Schneider Quarter Wave Retarders For 3D Rigs
July 26, 2011

Schneider Quarter Wave Retarders For 3D Rigs Schneider Round and Window Size Quarter Wave Retarders prevent left/right disparity in images that contain glare. 3D camera rigs that employ a beamsplitter...

K-Tek Norbert Sport Jr Supports GoPro 3D Cameras
July 26, 2011

K-Tek Norbert Sport Jr Supports GoPro 3D Cameras August 5, 2011 - K-Tek responds to the popularity of tiny cameras like GoPro and communication tools like the iPhone with the...

Vinten Vector 75 Takes Up Residence at Fenway Park
July 8, 2011

Vinten Vector 75 Takes Up Residence at Fenway Park July 28, 2011 - For cameraman Tom Guilmette, who specializes in sports action shooting, rock-solid support is a must. A long-time...

Linstrom Chooses Sachtler for National Geographic Polar Bear Shoot
July 8, 2011

Linstrom Chooses Sachtler for National Geographic Polar Bear Shoot When cinematographer David Linstrom signed on to shoot a segment of “National Geographic Wild-America’s Big Five”, he turned to Sachtler, a...

Hess Goes All Norbert Sport for Extreme Shooting
June 29, 2011

Hess Goes All Norbert Sport for Extreme Shooting When extreme sports photographer Michael Hess needed support for his upcoming shoot of the Ultimate Boarder competition, his first stop was K-Tek,...

OConnor Universal Baseplate
June 16, 2011

OConnor Universal Baseplate OConnor, a Vitec Group brand and providers of innovative professional camera and lens accessories, introduces the OConnor Universal Camera Baseplate, designed to adapt small to medium size...

Petrol Bags Introduces DSLR Campack Plus
June 8, 2011

Petrol Bags Introduces DSLR Campack Plus June 8, 2011,  Now there’s a backpack-style camera carrier designed specifically for DSLR cameras. Petrol Bagsä, a Vitec Group brand, introduces the DSLR Campack...