This position is a key support role that would encompass the following responsibilities:

• Providing excellent customer service to our walk-in clientele as well as handling phone sales.
• Utilizing and learning proper terminology, as well as technical details to aid with sales of the variety of products we offer. 
• Achieving and exceeding monthly sales goals. 
• Contacting existing and potential customers. 
• Providing informative demonstrations on the various features of our products. 

Only candidates who can convincingly demonstrate the following attributes will be considered:

• Verifiable sales success in business-to-business sales.
• Relevant experience and interests in the video, film industry. 
• Ability to develop and maintain a large, repeat customer base. 
• A polite, friendly manner, to establish an upbeat and professional rapport with clients. 
• A competitive instinct, as well as a strong desire to meet and exceed sales goals.
• Must be well organized and detail oriented. 
• Strong computer skills and Macintosh experience. Experience with Filemaker Pro a plus. 

We offer a competitive salary + commission, as well as full benefits package.

Please respond by submitting a cover letter, resume and salary requirements (no calls) to resumes@abelcine.com and include “Production Sales – LA” in the subject line. 

Due to the large amount of applications we only contact those candidates who have been short listed for interview.

AbelCine is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting a diverse workplace.

Our New York City facility in the West Village is currently seeking a full time Prep Technician to join our staff. This is an excellent opportunity for a dynamic, hard working individual to participate in our exciting and fast paced company.

This position is key support role that entails helping the rental department to fulfill orders, write-up packages and prepare packages for shipping.

Other responsibilities include:

• Reviewing daily job list and take charge of specific rentals.
• Pulling equipment from the gear room and deliver it either to the checkout bay for a specific jobs.
• Troubleshooting by applying basic corrective measures or, by requesting assistance.
• Prepping lenses as needed.
• Alerting Agents of changes in order, either due to client request, or gear shortage.
• Helping load out gear- put gear on carts and assist clients in getting carts to loading dock.

Requirements for the successful applicant:

• Relevant experience and interests in the video, film industry. Prior experience in a Rental house is strongly desired.
• Strong, articulate communication skills and excels in a fast paced, team environment.
• Well organized and detail oriented.
• Ability to regularly lift and control cases weighing up to 70 lbs.
• Ability to Multi-Task, handling multiple phone lines, email, fax, etc. in a fast paced environment.
• Must possess a polite, friendly and efficient phone manner, to establish an upbeat and professional rapport with clients.
• Flexibility with hours a big plus.
• Mac OS literate. Experience with Filemaker Pro is a plus.

This is a full time, salaried position with benefits. To be considered, please submit a cover letter, resume and salary requirements by responding to resumes@abelcine.com and include “Prep Tech – NY” in the message subject line.

Due to the large amount of applications we only contact those candidates who have been short listed for interview.

AbelCine is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting a diverse workplace.

Should they experience an issue with a Gemini 4:4:4, customers should contact AbelCine for troubleshooting, if practical, or for a loaner unit. AbelCine stocks service units in their New York location, so that customers can have quick access to a Gemini 4:4:4 in the event of an emergency.

For complete program details or to make a service claim, contact:

Christy Solga
Customer Service / Sales Administration
212-462-0144
csolga@abelcine.com

This position is a key support role that would encompass the following responsibilities:

• Intake and Return of all sub-rental items, communication with agents and sub-vendor in any cases of discrepancies, missing equipment, or damaged equipment.
• Assisting in expediting check-in and prep of returned gear for same day turnaround.
• Scanning in of rental returns and following up with necessary administrative duties
• Perform thorough check-in of equipment and lenses for physical damage, scratched elements and mechanical flaws. 
• Thoroughly clean and check equipment for proper electronic operation and mechanical function upon return of rental.
• Prepare equipment for daily rentals.
• Maintain equipment storage area to be clean and organized.
• Cable and case cleaning maintenance and repair.

Requirements for the successful applicant:

• Energetic, extremely organized and responsible individual required.
• Impeccable attention to detail.
• Administrative experience with regard to efficiency, organization, details, and customer service.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Drive, flexibility and multi-tasking capability with ability to thrive in a team environment.
• Ability to take initiative and to make decisions.
• Focused individual with determination to learn.
• Experience with Mac OS
• Flexibility with hours is a plus.
• Industry interest or experience is also a plus.

This is a full time, salaried position with benefits.

Please respond by submitting a cover letter, resume and salary requirements (no calls) to resumes@abelcine.com and include “Check-In Expeditor – NY” in the subject line. Due to the large amount of applications we only contact those candidates who have been short listed for interview.

AbelCine is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting a diverse workplace.

Our Midwest facility, just outside of Chicago is currently seeking a full time Sales Agent to join our Sales Department. This is an excellent opportunity for a dynamic, hard working individual to participate in our exciting and fast paced company. 

 This position would encompass the following key responsibilities: 

• Providing excellent customer service to our walk-in clientele as well as handling phone sales.
• Utilizing and learning proper terminology, as well as technical details to aid with sales of the variety of products we offer. 
• Achieving and exceeding monthly sales goals. 
• Contacting existing and potential customers. 
• Providing informative demonstrations on the various features of our products. 
• Keeping track of inventory on showroom floor. 
• Assisting with organization of the showroom and the upkeep of the sales floor.

Only candidates who can convincingly demonstrate the following attributes will be considered:

• Verifiable sales success in business-to-business sales.
• Relevant experience and interests in the video, film industry. 
• Ability to develop and maintain a large, repeat customer base. 
• A polite, friendly manner, to establish an upbeat and professional rapport with clients. 
• A competitive instinct, as well as a strong desire to meet and exceed sales goals.
• Must be well organized and detail oriented. 
• Strong computer skills and Macintosh experience. Experience with Filemaker Pro a plus. 

We offer a competitive salary + commission, as well as full benefits package. 

Please respond by submitting a cover letter, resume and salary requirements, by e-mail only (no calls) to resumes@abelcine.com. Please include “Sales Agent – CHI” in the message subject line.  

Due to the large amount of applications received we only contact those candidates who have been short listed for interview.

AbelCine is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting a diverse workplace.

AbelCine Named an Upload Center, Proving High-Speed Ingest of Full Resolution Video

New York, NY – April 16, 2012 – Aframe, the cloud video production platform designed to liberate the professional video production process, today announced that its US private cloud network is live and actively supporting the company’s growing North American client base. Operational in London since 2010, Aframe’s private cloud network allows professional video creators to share, search and collaborate without on-site equipment or full-time staff.

Aframe is the first private cloud SaaS (software as a service) video production platform that eliminates many of the issues associated with full broadcast-quality video production. Aframe saves professionals time, stress and money all the way through a production workflow.After ingest, Aframe will transcode video and store it securely. Teams can then collaborate with multiple colleagues using document sharing, timeline commenting, video sharing, and review and approval tools. Aframe also handles the process of tagging media or allows users to tag it themselves, providing a powerful search tool in either case. The system also allows users to send links to footage hosted on Aframe for non-team members to review and approve. An overview of the service is posted on Aframe.com.

Aframe also announced today that it would be expanding its upload center program and named AbelCine one of five new US partners to its private cloud network. AbelCine will provide upload to Aframe as a service from its New York and Burbank locations. P2 cards, SxS cards, USB, sSATA, Compact Flash, FireWire 400 and 800, and SD Cards are among the supported formats and storage devices.

“We are excited to provide Aframe as a service to our clients,” said Jonathan Epner, Director of Digital Media Services, AbelCine. “We are always looking for new ways to help our clients manage their digital assets and assist with workflow challenges. We believe Aframe is just such a service, and expect it to quickly gain popularity in the US.”

Other Aframe upload centers in the US are PostWorks (NYC), Wexler Video (LA), Rule Broadcast Systems (Boston) and WH Platts (Atlanta, GA, Charleston, SC and Charlotte, NC).

Aframe is available as a free personal account, with professional accounts starting at $99 a month per user, or enterprise accounts at $249 a month per user. The system will be on display at the Aframe’s NAB booth, #N3222 K-L in the Cloud Computing Pavilion, North Hall.

About Aframe
Aframe is a web-based service designed to liberate the video production industry by providing a shared, secure space for production companies, broadcasters, marketing agencies, and any business or individual working with the moving image. Using Aframe, producers can plan, create content, collaborate, store, edit, distribute and make footage searchable. Aframe aims to take the blood, sweat and tears out of content creation, without needing equipment or full-time staff, and only requiring an internet connection. For more information about Aframe visit aframe.com.

About AbelCine
AbelCine, established in 1989, is a leading supplier of professional film and digital equipment with facilities in New York City, Burbank, CA and Chicago, IL. Core services include equipment sales, rental and technical service, digital media services, and training. The company is the North American agent for Phantom high-speed cameras, as well as a Sony Solutions Reseller, Panasonic Specialty Reseller, Arri digital camera reseller, and the exclusive US agent for Aaton motion picture cameras. They are also the first Carl Zeiss Authorized Service Partner in North America. For more information, visit www.abelcine.com.

AbelCine Training Classes Teach Theory and Practice of Digital Imaging Technician’s Role

NEW YORK, NY – April 12, 2012 – AbelCine has partnered with the International Cinematographers Guild Local 600 to create a series of workshops on the role of the Digital Imagining Technician. With the growing number of Digital Cinema Cameras on productions today, the DIT position on set has become essential. Recognizing this trend, the Guild turned to AbelCine to put together workshops that would help educate their members on the role of the DIT. These workshops focus on understanding camera formats, data management, color science, on-set color management and dailies generation.

“These classes are a great benefit to our members who are looking to become Digital Imaging Technicians, as well as those who have already been working as DITs,” said Lewis Rothenberg, National Vice President of IATSE Local 600, Co-Chair of the National Training Committee and Digital Imagining Technician. “Although we know it’s not possible to train somebody to be a DIT in two days, it is essential that our members all have the same base knowledge and understanding that is required for the role.”

The union attendees will learn the tools of the trade, including waveforms, vectorscopes, paintboxes, LUT generators, and software to create on-set dailies. The class is designed to give attendees a solid grounding in exposure theory and color science, as well as a practical understanding of the tools used by a DIT on set.

“These workshops give our members exposure to some of the newest equipment available, and also to the tools used everyday on set,” said Mark Weingartner, Chair of the ICG National Training Committee. “Not only is it important to keep our members educated on the latest gear, it’s also very helpful to bring them together to learn from each other.”

AbelCine’s technical specialists will instruct the class along with Local 600 DIT’s and other working professionals. Also joining the workshops will be representatives from Assimilate, Colorfront, Gamma & Density, Leader and other manufactures.

“We have combined our own technical expertise with Local 600 DITs and other industry experts to build a very comprehensive workshop,” said Andy Shipsides, Training Department Manager at AbelCine. “Organizing all of the elements of this workshop has been a real learning experience for me, and I know that Local 600 members will get a great deal out of the class.”

Workshops will be held in New York City, Los Angeles, and additional locations throughout the country.

For more information, on all of AbelCine’s training classes visit training.abelcine.com.

“We’re thrilled to be able to offer this new financing program to DITs, video engineers and other dailies professionals,” said Jonathan Epner, Director of Digital Media Services at AbelCine. “This program is unique in that it offers a tremendous range of product and time-frame options, starting with software-only financing for up to three years. From major studios to independent filmmakers to freelancers, anyone can now afford the SCRATCH Lab system of their choice.”

AbelCine’s new lease-to-own program features three starting configurations; each is fully customizable and eligible for financing for up to three years:

Software Only

• SCRATCH Lab
• SCRATCH Lab support for 1, 2 or 3 years depending on the length of the lease
• Free NVIDIA Quadro 4000 for Mac card, if leased before April 30, 2012

Laptop Package

• SCRATCH Lab for OS X
• SCRATCH Lab support for 1, 2 or 3 years, depending on the length of the lease
• MacBook Pro 17″, 2.5Ghz Quad-core Intel i7, 16GB RAM, 480GB SSD, Anti-Glare Screen, AppleCare
• PROMISE Pegasus RAID 8TB
• Avid or Tangent Control Surface
• Blackmagic Design HDLink

Workstation Package

• SCRATCH Lab for OS X
• SCRATCH Lab support for 1, 2 or 3 years, depending on the length of the lease
• Mac Pro Two 2.93Ghz 6-Core Intel Xeon Westmere (12 Cores), 64GB Ram, 480 GB SSD, 1 Tb HD, ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
• JMR SilverStor 10 bay, 10TB RAID with PCIe expansion chassis
• Dell UltraSharp 24″ monitor
• Avid or Tangent control surface
• AJA KONA 3G HD/SD SDI 3D card
• Free NVIDIA Quadro 4000 for Mac card, if leased before April 30, 2012

Click here for more information on these packages and AbelCine’s financing program.

“SCRATCH Lab has taken the production dailies world by storm, and AbelCine’s new financing program is just one more reason why. This unique program is a really exciting way for dailies professionals to own the power of SCRATCH Lab at prices that are on par with renting,” said Steve Bannerman, VP of Marketing at ASSIMILATE. “AbelCine now offers configurations that scale to any sized job and any sized budget. So, it’s ideally suited to freelance DITs and video engineers who are looking to build their own on-set cart to gain an advantage in today’s hyper-competitive labor market.”

About AbelCine
Established as Abel Cine Tech in 1989, AbelCine is a leading supplier of professional film and digital equipment with facilities in New York City, Burbank, CA and Chicago, IL. Core services include equipment sales, rental, technical service, digital media services and training. The company is the North American agent for Phantom high-speed cameras, as well as a Sony Solutions Reseller, Panasonic Specialty Reseller, Arri digital camera reseller and the exclusive US agent for Aaton motion picture cameras. The company is also the first Carl Zeiss Authorized Service Partner in the Americas. In 2011, the company launched its rebranding as AbelCine, to reflect its expanded role in the marketplace. For more information on AbelCine, visit www.abelcine.com

About ASSIMILATE
ASSIMILATE is the premier provider of digital workflow and post-production tools, that have proven essential to the successful creation of thousands of studio and independent features, television shows, music videos and corporate video productions. The company’s SCRATCH products, running on Windows and Mac OS® X, are the heartbeat of today’s most demanding digital post-production and dailies workflows for 2D and stereo 3D productions. They equip Directors, DPs and Artists with the state-of-the-art, intuitive, data-centric solutions they need to meet the continual challenges of increased creativity and productivity amid ever-shrinking budgets. ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH® data-centric DI system, is the most comprehensive, end-to-end cinema and broadcast imaging tool for playback, conform, editing, color grading, compositing and finishing of RED and other digital workflows. SCRATCH Lab™ delivers a comprehensive toolset for the review, versioning, color correction, conform and output of on-set or VFX dailies. ASSIMILATE a privately held company, with headquarters in Santa Clara, California, USA, offices in London, UK, Groningen, NL and Beijing City, CN and markets its products worldwide via a global reseller network. To learn more, please visit www.assimilateinc.com

AbelCine lets you finance the software alone or create a custom package. Below are three sample packages to get you started. All financing includes software support for the duration of the lease – one, two or three years.

	Software Only – as low as $265/month* SCRATCH Lab with support Free NVIDIA Quadro 4000 for Mac card
	DIT Bundle with Laptop – as low as $520/month* SCRATCH Lab for OS X with support MacBook Pro 17″, 2.5GHz Quad-core Intel i7, 16GB RAM, 480GB SSD, Anti-Glare Screen, AppleCare PROMISE Pegasus RAID 8TB Avid or Tangent Control Surface Blackmagic Design HDLink
	DIT Bundle with Workstation – as low as $815/month* SCRATCH Lab for OS X with support Mac Pro Two 2.93GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon “Westmere” (12 Cores), 64GB RAM, 480GB SSD, 1TB HD, ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB JMR SilverStor 10-bay, 10TB RAID with PCIe Expansion Chassis Dell UltraSharp 24″ Monitor Avid or Tangent Control Surface AJA KONA 3G HD/SD-SDI 3D Card Free NVIDIA Quadro 4000 for Mac card

* Monthly payments quoted are based on 3-year financing including maintenance for qualified buyers. Shorter terms and custom financing based on customer’s specific needs are available.

Download a lease application, and get started with SCRATCH Lab financing today.

New Phantom Miro M320S Designed for a Variety of Applications From Scientific Research to Creative Media

WAYNE, N.J. (April 2, 2012) – Vision Research, the leading manufacturer of digital high-speed imaging systems, presents the Phantom® Miro® M320S digital high-speed camera, which takes portable high-speed imaging to the next level by combining the lightweight, rugged design of Vision Research’s latest Miro family with advanced features not found on any other camera in its class.

“Our new M320S follows Vision Research’s Miro M-Series tradition in versatility by adapting to many imaging applications,” comments Rick Robinson, Division VP Marketing, Vision Research. “With precise control over resolution, frame rate, exposure time, and trigger point, this camera is an ideal tool for everyone from scientists and engineers to professionals in TV production and new media applications. The advanced features and small, lightweight form factor make the Miro M320S the most accessible and adaptable Phantom high-speed digital camera available today.”

The Miro M320S is capable of recording 1320 frames-per-second (fps) at its full resolution of 1920×1200; 1540fps at 1920×1080; 2250fps at 1152×1152; and higher frame rates at reduced resolutions. Leveraging the Academy Award®-winning camera technology of the Phantom Flex, the M320S offers exceptional light sensitivity and picture quality with 35mm depth of field thanks to the camera’s 2-megapixel CMOS sensor. The Phantom Miro M320S has standard 12-bit pixel depth and can be configured with 3GB, 6GB or 12GB of internal RAM Memory.

M320S Workflow

Featuring a single HD-SDI output, the M320S can adapt to a wide range of monitors and HD field recorders for a video-based workflow. For maximum quality using uncompressed raw files, the M320S takes advantage of the new Phantom CineFlash Storage system, which ships standard with every M320S camera. The removable CineFlash drives offer up to 240 Gigabytes of non-volatile flash storage. Once full, quickly download the drives via a CineFlash Dock over eSata, and the resulting Cine Raw files are ready to be reviewed and processed with either Phantom software or a number of compatible third-party solutions.

When used together with the Phantom Remote Control Unit (RCU), the Miro M320S becomes a fully portable high-speed camera system. In addition to controlling all recording parameters, the RCU’s built in video monitor allows for live preview, framing, focus and full control of the HD-SDI playback. Users can trim the shot and quickly save it to the removable CineFlash drive, then start capturing the next shot right away.

Additional Features

• HD-SDI video output, for 720p, 1080psf and 1080i monitoring
• Canon EOS, Nikon F, 35mm PL, and C lens mounts
• Size & Weight:  7.5 x 3.5 x 4 inches, 19 x 9 x 10 cm, Weight: 3.0 lbs, 1.4 kg
• Internal Mechanical Shutter
• Phantom RCU compatible
• tandard rechargeable battery
• Extreme Dynamic Range (EDR)
• Image-Based Auto-Trigger
• Continuous Recording
• Gb Ethernet on camera, eSata on CineFlash Dock