Tamron 28-300mm XR Ultra Zoom + Super Hybrid Mount

Tamron 28-300mm XR Ultra Zoom 

with New Super Hybrid Mount

Super Hybrid Mount Is More Than 70% Lighter 

Compared With Conventional Brass Mount 

In Previous 28-300 Model

The bayonet mount on the new 28-300mm XR Ultra Zoom (model A06) from Tamron uses hybrid materials made of stainless steel and engineering plastic. Tamron originated the SUPER HYBRID MOUNT by developing an innovative injection molding technology to create this entirely new material that achieves remarkable reduction in weight while providing excellent strength-equal to that of the metallic (brass) material conventionally used for the mount portion of a lens.

Some lenses made by Tamron, other independent lens manufacturers, and camera makers use engineering plastic material to produce the lens mount. However, there are cases of damage to the mount when it suffers excessive shock. Therefore, Tamron avoids using engineering plastic for mounts on lenses mainly intended for the professional and serious amateur photographer who requires a heavy-duty mount.

The newly developed SUPER HYBRID MOUNT by Tamron solves this problem. The Super Hybrid Mount is very strong since the engineering plastic material, in which a stainless steel plate is embedded, is injection-molded simultaneously. Furthermore, the stainless steel plate is designed to extend to the flange portion of the mount, which is the important connecting point between the lens and the camera. Tamron's new 28-300mm XR Ultra Zoom is the first lens to incorporate the remarkably strong Super Hybrid Mount.

New Tamron Hybrid Tough Mount

Cut-Away Drawing

Another benefit of this new mount is its weight. The Super Hybrid Mount is more than 70% lighter when compared with the same mount portion made of brass on Tamron's previous 28-300mm zoom lens (model 185D). The weight distinction is so great that you can literally feel the difference when you hold the two mounts in the palm of your hand.

Brass mount in 28-300mm Model 185D

Weight: 27.22 grams (.96 ounces)

Super Hybrid Mount in Model A06

Weight: 7.38 grams (.12 ounces)

The Super Hybrid Mount is one of several reasons why the new Tamron AF28-300mm XR Ultra Zoom is 164.42 grams (5.8 ounces) lighter that the previous model (185D).

TAMRON

www.tamron.com

Raphaela Platow: Curator at The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts

Raphaela Platow named new Curator at The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Mass.

Joseph D. Ketner, the Henry and Lois Foster Director at The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University has announced the appointment of Raphaela Platow as curator.

"Raphaela's breadth of experience in the international contemporary art world and her academic credentials make her an ideal curator for The Rose. She was an outstanding applicant from a highly qualified field of candidates for the position. We are thrilled to have her as a colleague and I look forward to working with her," said Joseph D. Ketner.

Raphaela Platow brings to The Rose extensive knowledge of contemporary art, nationally and internationally. She was a staff member of the 48th International Biennale di Venezia, where she was responsible for the installation of Rosemarie Trockel's exhibition at the German Pavilion. Before that, she worked as an adjunct curator for the Kunstforum München, a foundation in Munich that promotes emerging and established artists. There she organized the two-part exhibition, sur-face, showcasing the work of 11 artists from around the world. In addition, she curated a number of one person shows for the organization. Prior to that post, she was the manager of Projektraum Berlin, a non-profit art space in Berlin that sponsors site specific installations of established international artists.

Most recently, Raphaela Platow held the position of International Curator at the Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) in Raleigh, N.C. Her curatorial leadership at CAM helped re-establish the museum as the region's "most risk-taking venue for contemporary art," according to one critic. Raphaela Platow joined CAM during its redevelopment and transition to a new facility. She curated and organized Art in Transition, a series of interrelated, thematic exhibitions in diverse media, which brought together artists from North Carolina and from around the world. At CAM she also organized various special events accompanying the exhibition, and a lecture series in conjunction with local universities.

Raphaela Platow says she is looking forward to the opportunity to "build on The Rose's vigorous and diverse programs of exhibitions, lectures and symposia, drawing international attention to the museum as a laboratory of ideas and a social place for exchange and discussions."

Raphaela Platow has published and contributed to a number of catalogue essays and is a contributing writer to Sculpture magazine, and Artpapers. She received her M.A. in art history, business administration and German literature from Humboldt University in Berlin. Her thesis analyzes Richard Serra's Torqued Ellipses in the context of his previous work and in comparison to Borromini's baroque church, San Carlo, Rome. She earned her B.A. at the Albert-Ludwig University, Freiburg, with a major in art history, and was a student at the University of Sorbonne, Paris.

Raphaela Platow is currently at work on her doctoral dissertation in the history of art at Humboldt University. She will assume her Rose responsibilities August 5, 2002.

ROSE ART MUSEUM

Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, Mass

www.brandeis.edu

Making of d'un jeu vidéo Cahier Designer 03

Making of d'un jeu vidéo, Cahier du Designer 03, Eyrolles, juillet 2002, 94 p.

Grâce à la création en 1998 du jeu multimédia pour enfants Les aventures de l'oncle Ernest Lexis Numérique s'est affirmé comme l'un des acteurs incontournables de la scène multimédia grand public, privilégiant un souci permanent d'originalité et de qualité. Dans ce cahier, l'équipe de Lexis Numérique dévoile au lecteur le making of des personnages principaux du jeu vidéo La Belle ou la Bête, un autre de leurs succès. Des premiers crayonnés à l'animation des héros du jeu, en passant par le morphing et le skinning, vous découvrirez toutes les étapes nécessaires à la conception d'un personnage 3D d'un jeu vidéo. En huit ateliers, vous aurez ainsi l'occasion de jongler avec des logiciels de 3D, de rendu, de retouche d'images ou encore de dessin vectoriel. L'ouvrage est vendu avec un CD-Rom contenant les animations cinématiques du jeu La Belle ou la Bête.

Vous pouvez consulter un extrait de cette publication sur Amazon [ cela est toujours possible en 2009 :) ]

Couverture (c) Eyrolles - Tous droits réservés

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