A passion for innovation and exceptional pictures – that’s the maxim of P+S TECHNIK, the Munich-based manufacturer of top end professional film equipment.
Mission
Since its founding in 1990, P+S TECHNIK has blazed new trails in camera manufacturing, emphasizing technological precision and successfully making the best technologies even better. That way, pictures become more ambitious, more unique and more thrilling: everyday images turn into exceptional pictures.
History
The company was founded in 1990 by former engineers from ARRI headquarters in Munich. In 1993, P+S TECHNIK entered the international market and has since received a renowned reputation as a competent and professional partner for solutions and products of the highest level in the cine world. In 2010 P+S TECHNIK merged as a subsidiary with AUGUSTA Technologie AG.
Thanks to the close relation with experienced DoPs and our consistent innovation ability we are pioneers in the field of Digital Cinematography and Stereo 3D technologies. This philosophy leads to the development of versatile, reliable and future-proof tools to capture exceptional images.
P+S TECHNIK became generally known for its support of ARRIFLEX products and conversions. Nowadays the company offers a wide range of other products and is especially best known for the award winning P+S TECHNIK image converter MINI35 and PRO35.The image converters represent the fusion of classical 35mm film lenses and digital recording. With the development of these products P+S Technik influenced decisively the progress in the digital film.
In 2000 the SKATER® Miniwas born and following the ideas of Director/DoP Sebastian Cramer a whole product family has been continuously developed. The fact, that the SKATER® delivers an optimal performance in the practice, has been proved in 2008: The SKATER® Mini and its family of products have been awarded with the Technical Achievement Award of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles.
In 2005 the WEISSCAM HS-1, the first camera of P+S TECHNIK, has been developed in cooperation with DoP Stefan Weiss. The digital high speed camera is suitable for extreme slow motion picture in commercial and sport takes.
Two years later P+S TECHNIK launched in cooperation with Silicon Imaging the SI-2K Digital Cinema Camera. With the SI-2K P+S TECHNIK introduced another high-quality product onto the market and completes since the choice of digital film cameras. The SI-2K and SI-3D Camera Systems are full 2K resolution 2/3” CMOS single sensor acquisition systems for 2D and s3D cinematography.
The new WEISSCAM HS-2 MKII was launched in 2009. It is the only standalone Super35 CMOS Sensor multi-purpose high speed camera available in the market.
P+S TECHNIK is also dedicated to advancing 3D stereography for broadcast
and cinema together with pioneers in the field. The 3D Stereo Rig product familyoffers leading mirror rigs to cover the requirements of creatives as well as of producers for different types of productions – a Standard Rig and the Freestyle Rig opening the realms of camera movement for stereography.
Beginning in 2006 P+S TECHNIK started to invest increasing efforts in the challenges and problems of audiovisual archive material. Consequently, as a member of the European PrestoSpace project, P+S TECHNIK stepped into the development of the former roroco archive scanner today known as SteadyFrame Universal Format Scanner.
End 2008 P+S TECHNIK started the production of the SteadyFrame. As a new state-of-the-art digital film scanner for scanning great quantities of 16 mm and 35 mm film stock in short time at a high quality without harming the film material it also has the capability for other - even exotic - formats.
Team
Management
Alfred Piffl Managing Director
Languages: D, E
Phone +49-89-450 98 2-30 Email info @ pstechnik.de
Management
Andreas Dasser Managing Director
Languages: D, E
Phone +49-89-450 98 2-30 Email info @ pstechnik.de
2011 Best of IBC 2011 for PS-CAM X35 P+S TECHNIK received two of TVBEurope's Best of IBC2011 Editors' Awards. The PS-CAM X35 received the Best of IBC2011 Award in the Acquisition category. The Magic Support for the PS-Freesytle Rig was awarded in the category Camera Support. go to product page
2011 Best of IBC 2011 for Magic Support for PS-Freestyle Rig P+S TECHNIK received two of TVBEurope's Best of IBC2011 Editors' Awards. The PS-CAM X35 received the Best of IBC2011 Award in the Acquisition category. The Magic Support for the PS-Freesytle Rig was awarded in the category Camera Support. go to product page
2011 Vidy Award 2011 for 16Digital Mag for SRIII P+S TECHNIK received the Best of Show Vidy Award for the 16Digital Mag for SRIII. The Vidy Awards recognize outstanding achievement in the advancement of the art and science of video technology. The Videography Vidy Awards are the longest-running NAB awards program. go to product page
2010 CINEC Award for 16Digital Mag for SRIII P+S TECHNIK received the prestigious CINEC Award 2010 for its revolutionary 16Digital SR Mag. The 16Digital SR Magazine is going to bridge the gap between both the film and digital worlds. Michael Erkelenz and Konrad Seeger proudly received the award. go to product page
2009 Digital Studio Award for SI-2K Mini P+S TECHNIK's SI-2K Digital Cinema Camera System is the PRODUCT OF THE YEAR in the Middle East, voted by Digital Studio Awards 2009. Carlos Alvarez from P+S TECHNIK and Kaveh Farnam from Advanced Media Trading L.L.C, the official reseller of P+S Technik in the region, have been on site and took the credit for the SI-2K. go to product page
2009 Best of IBC 2009 for PS-Freestyle Rig The editorial teams behind TVBEurope and IBC Daily have collaborated to choose the best new product innovations at IBC 2009. We're proud to announce that we received the Editor's Best of IBC 2009 award for the 3D Steadicam Rig. The 3D Steadicam Rig answers problems you may not have yet recognised you had. This award proves again that P+S TECHNIK is putting on an important spark for the 3D branch which becomes more and more popular. go to product page
2008 EMMY Engineering Plaque for SKATER Mini Dolly Sebastian Cramer and Andreas Dasser received the EMMY Engineering Plaque for the SKATER Mini Camera Dolly and its family of products: "The Skater is an extremely compact and lightweight dolly and, uniquely, the only one to merge a basic camera head and a small lightweight dolly into one single unit." go to product page
2008 ACADEMY Technical Achievement Award for SKATER Mini Dolly Sebastian Cramer and Andreas Dasser received the Academy Award for the SKATER Mini Camera Dolly and its family of products. Both of the proud Oscar-Winners would like to thank all worldwide clients for recognizing the advantages of the SKATER and using the Mini Camera Dolly in numerous commercials and feature films, because actually the clients made this great award possible in the first place. go to product page
2008 GTC Award for PRO35 The British Guild of Television Cameramen awarded the PRO35 Image Converter with a Seal-Of-Approval. Chairman Brian Rose introduced the PRO35 with the words "The P+S PRO35 35mm Adapter has allowed far more creativity for cameramen working on drama, commercials and documentaries, as well as for feature films shot on HDTV." go to product page
2007 TV Technology Award for WEISSCAM HS-1 TV Technology announced the WEISSCAM HS-1 for the coveted STAR Award presented at NAB2007. In the eighth year, the STAR Awards (for Superior Technology Award Recipient) are designed to celebrate and showcase the preeminent technological innovations available to the media industry. go to product page
2006 CINEC Award for WEISSCAM HS-1 P+S TECHNIK received two CINEC Awards at the CINEC Awards 2006 in Munich. The SKATER Scope snorkel lens system received the CINEC Award in the category Opical Development. The WEISSCAM digital highspeed camera was awarded in the category Camera Development. go to product page
2006 CINEC Award for SKATER Scope P+S TECHNIK received two CINEC Awards at the CINEC Awards 2006 in Munich. The SKATER Scope snorkel lens system received the CINEC Award in the category Opical Development. The WEISSCAM digital highspeed camera was awarded in the category Camera Development. go to product page
2005 Mario Award for SKATER Mini Dolly P+S TECHNIK Wins MARIO Award from TV Technology Columnist Mario Orazio. Las Vegas - The Skater Mini Camera Dolly manufactured by P+S Technik ist the recipient of the 13th annual Mario Award given by TV Technology magazine. go to product page
2004 CINEC Award for SKATER Mini Dolly At the CINEC 2004 in Munich, P+S TECHNIK presented the SKATER Mini Camera Dolly, which is the lowest camera tracking device available and was rewarded, once again, with the Cinec award. go to product page
2004 IBC 'What caught my eye' for Optical Viewfinder for video cameras Another award given to P+S TECHNIK was the "eyecatcher" at IBC 2004. It was given for the remarkable Optical Video Finder created solely by P+S TECHNIK.
2002 CINEC Award for MINI35 P+S TECHNIK (Munich) and RAID Filmproduction (Frankfurt) received the CINEC Award for the development of the MINI35-Digital-Adapter at the Cinec fair 2002 in Munich. go to product page
2001 Mario Award for MINI36 NAB 2001 - Las Vegas, TV Technology has selected 10 winners of the 2001 Mario Awards. The winners were selected by renowned TV Technology columnist Mario Orazio, who combed the show floor to select 10 products that represent the most outstanding innovations on display at NAB2001. go to product page
2000 CINEC Award for T-REX Superscope In 2000 we received the CINEC innovation prize at NAB 2000 for our MINI35 Image Converter. This was the start of the new very successful Digital Film product line called 35DIGITAL (Brand name). go to product page
Where to Buy P+S TECHNIK Products
Available through the P+S TECHNIK sales team in Munich or its special resellers
