German lens manufacturer ZEISS has just announced that they acquired UK-based camera tracking pioneer Ncam Technologies Ltd. This acquisition means tracking data should soon be easier to use when shooting with ZEISS lenses, which will be helpful for Live VFX, virtual production, and postproduction applications. So let’s take a closer look at what this acquisition could mean for filmmakers’ future! ZEISS is well-known amongst filmmakers and cinematographers for their state-of-the-art lenses. However, the company has been relatively quiet since adding four new lenses to their Supreme Prime Radiance lineup in 2021. Indeed, it takes time to develop high-quality lenses, and to this day, some classic lenses like the ZEISS CP.3 are still widely used. Yet, it sounds like ZEISS is working on exciting projects behind the scenes, as they just announced the acquisition of Ncam Technologies Ltd, a British company specializing in camera tracking and real-time visual effects solutions. Who is Ncam Technologies Ltd? Ncam Technologies Ltd was founded in 2012 and spent much time in research and development to build a system called Ncam Reality. In a nutshell, the Ncam Reality system consists of a multi-sensor Mk2 Camera Bar that sits on your cinema camera rig. The Mk2 Camera Bar will analyze the scene in front of your cinema camera rig and transfer all the 3D data to the Ncam Reality software. The Ncam Technologies Ltd Mk2 Camera Bar. Image credit: Ncam Technologies Ltd According to Ncam, you can “track any camera, with any lens, on any rig, in...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 19 July, 2023