Thursday, April 22, 2010

Red One Camera Battery

Sunpow today proudly announces the release of GripFun Pro power system for Red One. The GripFun Pro is a durable, high capacity Lithium-Ion battery which is protocol-compatible for powering the innovative RED ONE camera.

Rated at 150Wh or 190Wh the GripFun Pro(PL-SL4010R,PL-SL4090R) can power your Red One for long time shooting. With 4 level LED indicator you can monitor the battery's remaining capacity. Also with the decoded chip the GripFun Pro can communicate directly with your Red One's viewfinder, and you can see exact percentage of remaining capacity of battery.

Equiped with both power tap connector and DC output connector you can get energy from GripFun Pro to power your camera light, wireless phone, etc. Moreover both PT and DC connector have a rubber cover. So you don't worry about the battery get wet during rainy days.


GripFun Pro Specification:
Part Number: PL-SL4010R or PL-SL4090
Type:Li-ion
Voltage:14.8V
Capacity:150Wh or 190Wh
Dimensions: 102x153x58mm
Weight:1095g
Color: Black
Connection: Sony V-Mount

For more details please contact our sales team via email
sales@sunpowtech.com

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Friday, April 16, 2010

Panasonic released AG-3DA1 Full HD 3D camcorder

Panasonic released its new camcorder AG-3DA1 which is touted as the world's first professional quality fully intergrated Full HD 3D camcorder offering SD media card recording. At less than 6.6 pounds, the Panasonic AG-3DA1 is equipped with dual lenses and two full 1920 x 1080 2.07 megapixel 3-MOS imagers to record 1080/60i, 50i, 30p, 25p and 24p (native) and 720/60p and 50p in AVCHD. It can record for up to 180 minutes on dual 32GB SD cards in Panasonic's professional AVCHD PH mode, and offers professional interfaces including dual HD-SDI out, HDMI (version 1.4), two XLR connectors, built-in stereo microphone and twin-lens camera remotes.
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Panasonic AG-3DA1's Major Specifications
• Twin-lens Full HD 3D camcorder
• Available: Autumn 2010 (made to order)
• Power Consumption: 16 W (main unit only)
• Weight: Under 6.6 pounds (3 kg) — main unit only
• Recording Media: SDHC/SD Memory Card

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Red One camera battery VS Sony V-Lock battery

Since its release in year 2006 Red camera has received wide popularity from all over the world. We received a lot of inquiries for Red One camera batteries. Now Sunpow launched replacement battery which is able to communicate their status with the RED One camera. Then what's difference between Red One camera battery and Sony V-Lock battery? Here we detail it.

1. From appearance
Red One battery looks quite similar to Sony V-Lock battery. But if you looks at them carefully then you will note subtle difference. The Sony V-Lock battery normally has eight contacts(Six on side, two on top), the Red One battery has only five contacts. Plese see below pictures for details.
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2. Besides the subtle appreance difference, the Red One camera battery has a difference circuit board design from that of Sony V-Lock battery. Its wiring is also total different, which results in contacts layout.

3. Even though you changed V-Lock battery's circuit board same as Red One camera battery, it also can't communicate with Red One camera's viewfinder. Because Red One camera has a special chip inside. So the battery has to be equiped with this chip code. Without this chip you can't see battery's status from viewfinder. Fortunately Sunpow already decode this chip to make its battery completely compatible with
Red One camera and its viewfinder. Contact Sunpow for more details of Red One battery if you have any questions.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Sony PMW-320 camcorder battery BP-GL95

After the release of PMW-EX1r and PMW-350 last year Son has announced a new member from its Sony EX series at NAB. Known as the PMW-320, the camcorder features three Exmor Full HD 1920 x 1080 CMOS sensor, and is studio-configurable, with timecode in/out, genlock in, and HD-SDI and HDMI out. In addition, the PMW-320 also supports DVCAM recording and playback. The Sony PMW-320 is priced at $12,800 (without the lens), or $14,800 (with the lens).


The Sony PMW-320 use a same li-ion battery with PMW-350. Its battery codes are BP-GL65,BP-GL95, BP-L60s, BP-L80s. Its battery can be charged by BC-L70, BC-L160 and BC-L500. Sunpow use new li-polymer battery technology to customized a battery pack for PMW-320. Here are Sunpow's battery details.
Part Number:PL-SL4060
Type: Li-Polymer
Voltage: 14.8V
Capacity: 6000mAh
Dimension: 101x152x41mm
Weight: 680g
Replace battery code:BP-GL65,BP-GL95, BP-L60s, BP-L80s
Compatible with Sony PMW-320, PMW-350 and more professional camcorders

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Apple iPad battery 616-0447

Apple's tablet iPad was launched finally last Saturday. As the medias reported thousands of iPad's fans lined up to buy it.  Now we finally have a chance to look at its battery. The iPad use a rechargeable li-polymer battery. Rated at 24.8Wh(3.75V) the iPad battery can provides the juice for an advertised 10 hours of use. In contrast, the iPhone 3GS has a 4.51 watt-hour battery and the MacBook Air has a 40 watt-hour battery. The iPad's battery seems to integrate two separate 3.75V lithium polymer cells wired in parallel for such ample battery life.

The iPad's battery need a special power supply to charge it. The USB power supply had to be enhanced specifically for the iPad. It's a 10W unit manufactured by Foxlink Technology, Ltd.,  the power supply part numbers are A1357, W010A051.

Here is battery picture provided by FCC.

Some other markings on the battery:
APN: 616-0447
APN: DAK 120670-01HH00LH