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www.postmagazine.com 5 POST AUGUST 2015 BITS & PIECES PROMISE DELIVERS EXPANSION UNITS MILPITAS, CA — Promise Technology's (www.promise.com) VTrak J5000 JBOD expansion units are now available through the company's network of distributors and value-added resellers. The VTrak J5000 Series are redundant SAS/SATA JBOD expansion units for cloud and enterprise data centers. VTrak J5000 Series 12 Gb/s SAS subsystems deliver double the bandwidth and throughput, and offer a SAS solution with enterprise-level reliability and func- tionality that takes advantage of high-performance HDDs and SSDs. The VTrak J5000 Series moves data at extremely fast speeds, allowing administrators to optimize their data center as they can deploy with the fastest SAS bus speed with 12Gb/s HDDs or SSDs. VTrak J5000 is backward com- patible with 6Gb/s SAS/SATA drives. Enterprises running bandwidth-intensive applications that require fast transfer speeds can benefit from the new 12Gb/s speeds. Additionally, the VTrak J5000 Series offers a range of features for easy management, simplified deployment and advanced diagnostics and reporting. The VTrak J5000 Series are available as 4U/24-, 3U/16-, 2U/12- and 2U/24- bay enclosures. The new 2U/12-bay model is designed for customers who require a lower HDD count while the new high-density 2U/24-bay enclosure, supporting 2.5-inch HDDs or SSDs, is available for customers who require a small form factor. The VTrak J5000 Series is compatible with Promise's VTrak RAID subsystems and supports massive capacity by cascading up to 9 SAS JBOD enclosures. For more "Storage" news, turn to page 41. NTROPIC COMPLETES ALRIGHT FOR KENDRICK LAMAR LOS ANGELES — Ntropic (www.ntropic.com) colorist Trevor Durtschi worked closely with London Alley Entertainment director Colin Tilley, and DPs Rob Witt and Corey Jennings, to create a dramatic black and white video for rapper Kendrick Lamar. The Alright video marks a con- tinuing collaboration between the colorist and director, as they previ- ously teamed up on Nicki Minaj's Anaconda. Lamar's Alright video features a clean black & white color palette. The rapper and his crew are shown in gritty environments throughout California. Lamar floats through many scenes, his feet never touching the ground. In other scenes, he is perched high above the street on light poles and signs. Durtschi worked with multiple power windows and luma keys. While coloring for B&W, his focus was more on contrast than hue and satura- tion. Using DaVinci Resolve 12, he was able to push the image without worrying about color noise and keeping skin tones balanced. "The best sessions were when we got to collaborate and treat each shot as an individual painting," he recalls. "Colin isn't afraid to push the boundaries, so he gave me the freedom to shape the image. It's part of what makes him such a strong director." Vinnie Hobbs edited the project, and Hoodyfx handled VFX work. For more "Music Video" work, turn to our feature on page 22. NEW CANON CAMERA CAPTURES FULL HD IN EXTREME LOW LIGHT MELVILLE, NY — Canon USA (www.usa.canon.com) has introduced the company's first multi-purpose camera, the ME20F-SH, which delivers high sensitivity to capture full HD video with a minimum subject illumination of less than 0.0005 lux. Cinematic production, reality television, nighttime sur- veillance & security, and nature/ wildlife documentaries are just a few scenarios in which the ME20F-SH excels. With the ability to capture color video in extreme low-light conditions and its simplistic and versatile design, the ME-20F-SH can be easily incorporated into existing infrastructures to pro- vide high-quality video capture even where subjects might not be seen with the na- ked eye. Canon's new camera employs an enhanced version of the 35mm full-frame CMOS sensor for full HD video use that was originally developed by the company in 2013. Its compact, modular body design allows for easy custom configurations. While capturing video in extreme low-light conditions often requires the use of infrared illumination (a technique that only yields video in black and white), the ME20F-SH camera achieves impressive high-sensitivity performance, enabling the capture of color full HD video with reduced noise in low-light conditions without the need for infrared illumination. The ME20F-SH employs the same EF mount (Cinema Lock type) as Canon's SLR cameras and Cinema EOS System-series of professional digital cameras, allowing users to make use of the company's extensive lineup of interchangeable EF lenses. Output-only 3G/HD-SDI and HDMI terminals enable users working on-location to output video via a single cable to a variety of peripheral equipment, including exter- nal recorders and monitors. Canon expects to deliver the camera in December of this year at a suggested retail price of $30,000.