Fujinon strengthens presence in mobile production market

Fujinon has completed three large-scale high definition lens sales recently.
Following sales announcements at NAB to mobile heavyweights Trio Video and F&F Productions, Fujinon has announced that MIRA Mobile Television of Portland, Oregon has purchased 11 HD lenses for its forthcoming HD production truck. The truck, dubbed M-5, will hit the road in November 2004.
MIRA Mobile, a Fujinon customer since 1995, will use a variety of versatile Fujinon lens to cover live professional and college sporting events in and the western United States. The mobile production company will also use the lenses for critical live shows, such as concerts and other staging events, and corporate programming events.
"Fujinon has been a leader in the high definition business since they introduced the first HD lens for video years ago," said Rick Hayes, Chief Engineer, MIRA Mobile Television. "Furthermore, Fujinon understands the mobile production market extremely well. They understand that our clients' needs are immediate in live television - there is no tomorrow. They also understand the requirement to provide immediate needs for MIRA Mobile. It's just one more example of their excellent customer support, which is yet another reason why they continually rise to the top of the pack when it comes time for us to purchase professional lenses."
(GB)