Dalsa is selling its camera division to Arri. Under the terms of the deal released to the stock exchange, Dalsa will sell its camera division, help develop future sensor chips for Arri, and seek to also sell its rental division separately. Faced with continuing losses in their high end camera sector, compared with modest profits in their other chip and sensor operations, Dalsa is off loading their cameras to Arri.
“The actions we undertook in the third quarter to stem further losses in our Digital Cinema initiative will now allow us to focus our attention more fully on our core Digital Imaging and Semiconductor businesses, and to further build on their success moving forward,” commented Brian Doody, Chief Executive Officer of DALSA Corporation.
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This week’s fxguidetv continues our “Masters of the Craft” series with a conversation with vfx legend John Dkystra. He sits down with Mike Seymour and chats about how he got started in the industry, the building of motion control systems, working on the first Star Wars movie, and how the digital age compares to the period when he first entered the industry.
fxguidetv episode #40 is now available. We continue our “Masters of the Craft” series with a conversation with ILM vfx supervisor John Knoll. He covers his early days at ILM, the creation of Photoshop and Knoll Light Factory, and more….it’s a fun conversation outside of his usual work on films. The end of the episode also includes a preview of the new term over at 
