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The m12 lenses have been selling well over the past year and we have just updated the store with some new lenses to bridge the fixed focal length gaps from the previous stock. Newly available are the following:

1.8mm
2.8mm
4.0mm
6.0mm
8.0mm
12.0mm

The 2.8, 6, 8, and 12mm were only previously available by getting the Standard Lens Pack, but now they are available also individually. The 16mm will only be available until the current stock of Standard Lens Packs sell out. Most people don’t ever use the 16mm so it won’t be missed.

The Discount Lens Packs have also gotten an update, now offering more lenses for the same price!

The Multitouch Lens Pack has gotten the new lower focal length lenses, bringing the current total lenses in the pack from 7 to 10.

The Complete Lens Pack continues to include all the fixed focal lenses we sell for one heavily discounted price. The 16mm is no longer included in it as mentioned before, and the total number of lenses is increased to 13.

We have found a different lens supplier so we have decided to replace the Varifocal 2.7-12mm CS lens with a less expensive Varifocal 2.8-10mm Cs Lens. Most optical setups never use a lens above the 5mm focal length so this shouldn’t be a problem for customers. The remaining 2.7-12mm CS lenses will be available until they run out.

As always, there are no filters in any of the lenses so they can be used for any wavelength setup.

The first show from one of my recent clients wrapped up last Saturday night.  Filo and Peri, the DJ/VJ mixing duo have traveled all over the world exciting fans with their unique audio and visual mixes.  For their most recent Lights ‘N Loaded traveling show, they decided to get a bit more interactive in the crowd pleasing entertainment aspect, by using giant touch screen podiums and a huge hanging holographic projection screen behind them. The original podiums for the show were made entirely out of clear acrylic and used SAW (Surface Acoustic Wave) touch foils (limited to 1-2 touch).  These podiums were created and fabricated here in San Diego, CA by Peau Productions.  The touch foil used was from the same supplier (ICEAV) as Deadmau5′s London touch screen appearance a few months ago.  Ultimately though, despite all the hard work put into making the acrylic podiums, Filo and Peri decided that the touch foil’s accuracy was not something they could perform a full show with (Deadmau5 only did a short bit of his show on his touch screen).  You can see a shot of the acrylic podiums below.

In the shots above, you can see the large projection screen hanging behind Filo and Peri.  The screen also went through two versions just like the podiums.  The first screen was made up of 4 panels, each with clear acrylic framing to suspend the projection material.  The projection material used is commonly called holographic projection screen, because it is mostly clear and only stops 10% of the projector’s light.  You can buy the material on the Peau Productions Store here.  The acrylic framing wasn’t sturdy enough, so for the final setup they got the projection material laminated onto some clear mylar and suspended it from a large metal truss system. I had recently created a touch screen podium for myself using a 40 inch Infrared Touch Frame, and when Filo and Peri saw it, they wanted the same.  The black touch frame creates a plane of infrared light over any image and allows the user to manipulate the media onscreen.  The frames work in both Windows and Mac environments, support mouse driver, TUIO and FlashTUIO, and are capable of 2, 6, or up to 32 simultaneous touches depending on which model you get.  Their frame versions were slightly different in that they didn’t have a projector stand.  Here is a shot of mine:

They bought two of them and used them in their show. After using them, they had only good things to say about how accurate and sturdy the frames were.  They have many more shows planned so hopefully they’ll be playing near you and you can see their awesome setup.