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Sony has announced a major camera software update for the FX3 adding features for Cinematographers including Log Shooting Modes, LUT Importing, and Timecode Sync. Version 2.0 for the FX3 software introduces professional cinema line features into the camera consistent...
The Digital Cinema Society is proud to congratulate its many members nominated for Primetime Emmys. The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards will honor the best in U.S. primetime television as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Done+Dusted and Hudlin...
UK based Cinematographer Richard William Preisner, in collaboration with ROSCO, has created what he terms the Diffusion Comparison Tool designed to make comparing different diffusion materials quick and easy. He has photographically catalogued many different types of...
The Television Academy has announced that ARRI is among the recipients of the 74th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy® Awards. ARRI is being awarded the Philo T. Farnsworth Corporate Achievement Award for its more than a century of designing and manufacturing...
I hate to admit it, but I rarely, if ever, stop to read an instruction manual, and I’m guessing that I share this aversion with many of my fellow filmmakers. If we took the time to digest the details of every technology update for every digital tool we interface...
I often have the sad task of reporting the passing of longtime and prominent Digital Cinema Society members, both of which apply to Tony Dow who we lost this week after a long battle with cancer. However, this one is more personal as Tony was a part of my life since...
Blackmagic Design has announced DeckLink Mini Monitor HD and DeckLink Mini Recorder HD, new models of PCIe capture and playback solutions featuring 3G‑SDI and HDMI connections. These updated models support video formats up to 1080p60 and 2Kp60 DCI, and are designed to...
DCS Founder James Mathers was on hand to help Cooke Optics celebrate the opening of their new Los Angeles area office. Concurrent with Cine Gear Expo, the Cooke Team, including Cinematographer and Non-Executive Chairman, Kees van Oostrum, Director of Global Sales,...
A new Orbiter LiOS2 software update has been introduced by ARRI with the idea of improving synergy between motion picture lighting and camera. Three new operation modes are available including Sync Mode, Cue Mode, and Optics Auto Adjust to allow crews to work and...
Picking The Right Digital Cinema Camera To Buy Is Hard To Do by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the June 2022 Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter) In a tradition going back to the early days of my writing for DCS,...
At an MSRP of only $1,995US, Blackmagic Design announced the immediate availability of a new model of their popular Pocket Cinema Camera 6K. It features a 6144 x 3456 Super 35 high resolution HDR sensor, dual native ISO, EF lens mount and direct recording to USB-C...
Cine Gear Expo returned to the L.A. Convention Center and the DCS crew was there covering new innovations in motion picture technology, while taking advantage of the latest advances themselves with a Camera-2-Cloud workflow. Our on-camera host is DCS Founder James...
ARRI has announced the addition of the Orbiter Fresnel lens to the already large range of optics including the Orbiter Open Face 15°, 30°, and 60°. The new lens offers a precise light spot with a soft single shadow for a true Fresnel output. The light output of...
Welcome to our streaming coverage of the Digital Cinema Society's annual exploration of Motion Picture Lighting and Grip Technology. This event took place at the IATSE Local 80 stage in Burbank, CA on Saturday, May 21, 2022. In addition to presentations from nearly...
The first annual "Dibie Award," given in memory of George Spiro Dibie, who worked tirelessly to help to educate the industry about motion picture lighting, was awarded to Frieder Hochheim, Founder of Kino Flo. The award was bestowed in a special ceremony by John...
DCS Employs Camera-2-Cloud for Streaming Coverage of NAB 2022 by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the May 2022 Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter) NAB 2022 marked a return for the industry and for the Digital...
ARRI has introduced a new camera system to be known as the ALEXA 35. It features a new 4K Super 35 sensor said to deliver a whopping 17 stops of dynamic range, better low light performance, and richer colors. A new color science they have named "REVEAL" is designed...
Canon has announced the launch of the new EOS R7 and EOS R10 camera bodies, Canon’s first EOS R-series featuring the smaller-size APS-C imaging sensor. The EOS R7 and EOS R10 provide enhanced video functions and accessories, such as the new multifunction shoe with EOS...
Blackmagic Design has introduced DaVinci Resolve 18 combining editing, color correction, visual effects, motion graphics, and audio post production all in one software suite. DaVinci Resolve 18 is designed to allow users to work faster and at a higher quality because...
OWC has announced the Envoy Pro mini, a pocket-sized SSD that works with USB and Thunderbolt (USB-C) Macs, PCs, iPads, Chromebooks, Android tablets, and Surface devices made over the last 15 years. Available in 250GB, 500GB, and 1TB capacities, it can access and...
Bright, Yet Light, that's the way Litepanels is announcing their new Gemini 2x1 Hard. It is said to deliver up to 23,000 lux output at 10ft/3m from a 500W panel in an agile fixture weighing in at just 25.3 lbs. It can produce a powerful 20° beam of color accurate...
RSVPs are now being accepted for the Digital Cinema Society's exploration of Motion Picture Lighting and Grip Technology. The event will return to the IATSE Local 80 stage in Burbank, CA on May 21st. Our 2020 Expo was the last major in-person event to take place...
NAB 2022 is over and we can now say, having been a part of the large crowds roaming the show floor each day, that everyone seemed both happy and relieved to be back in person. Shooting our interviews Camera-2-Cloud was a game changer, allowing us to delivery our NAB...
The DCS crew is in Las Vegas for NAB 2022 and James Mathers welcomes you to our streaming coverage. Practicing what we preach, we are putting some of the latest technology to the test by producing our streaming booth tour coverage using a Camera-2-Cloud workflow....
Practicing what we preach, DCS will put some of the latest technology to the test by producing our streaming booth tour coverage of NAB 2022 using a Camera-2-Cloud workflow. Technology from Adobe, Frame.io, Teradek, and Sony will help us deliver our fully edited...