From The Last Tycoon to Pee-wee's Big Adventure with over 50 other notable features including Dog Day Afternoon, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, National Lampoon’s Vacation, The Candidate, Beethoven, Tommy Boy, Eyes of Laura Mars, The Jerk, Slap Shot, and many more,...
SIGMA Adds 70-200mm F2.8 DG DN OS to Their Full Frame Mirrorless Sports Lens Line
Sigma has announced the release of their new 70-200mm f/2.8 DG DN OS Sports Lens designed for full-frame mirrorless cameras. Combined with the previously released 14-24mm F2.8 DG DN Art and the 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art, these three zoom lenses for full-frame mirrorless...
Cinnafilm and Perifery Announce Partnership to Enhance Media Conversion Workflows
Cinnafilm has announced a partnership to integrate their PixelStrings pay-as-you-go cloud media conversion service with Perifery’s Object Matrix. The goal of this integration is to allow seamless conversion of media assets stored in Object Matrix, within the...
AJA Announces DRM2 Frame for AJA Mini-Converters
AJA has used the occasion of the Inter BEE 2023 convention in Tokyo to unveil their DRM2, a rackmount frame that can house and power up to 12 AJA Mini-Converters of any kind, or up to 24 AJA FiDO Mini-Converters with a new optional DRM2 Y-Cable. The unit is designed...
DCS Mourns The Loss of Legendary Cinematographer John Bailey, ASC
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of legendary cinematographer John Bailey, ASC. During his decades-long career, John worked on over 70 films, including In the Line of Fire, Groundhog Day, Antitrust, and The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in...
The Making Of Podcast Features Cinematographer and Founder of DCS James Mathers
This episode of The Making Of features our very own James Mathers, Cinematographer and Founder of DCS. Take a listen here: https://themakingof.substack.com/p/cinematographer-james-mathers-shares The Making Of is a podcast hosted by Michael Valinsky that explores the...
DCS eNewsletter Excerpt: Shooting “Everybody Wants to be Milk” by Tabletop Expert Steven Moses
When James Mathers asked me to pen a guest column for the monthly DCS “One DP’s Perspective,” he said a lot of other cinematographers would be interested to find out more about my specialty of shooting tabletop. I get it because tabletop shooting really highlights...
Nanlite Launches PavoSlim Line of LED Panels: Compact, Lightweight, Powerful, and Durable
Nanlite has announced a new line of LED panels that they have christened PavoSlim. The PavoSlim LED panels are designed to be compact, lightweight, powerful, durable and economical. At launch, the line consists of two 1x1 models, the PavoSlim60B and 60C and two 2x1...
AVID Technology Goes Private in $1.4 Billion Acquisition by Private Equity Firm STG and CEO Announces Retirement
Media and entertainment industry leader Avid Technology has announced the completion of its acquisition by an affiliate of private equity firm STG in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion. The acquisition was previously announced on August 9,...
OWC Offers Free Drive Speed App to Support and Leverage USB-C Connectivity for External Recording on the iPhone
As video capabilities of the iPhone continue to evolve (especially with USB-C connectivity), content creators can now take advantage of external storage to capture and post large files. OWC, as a leading provider of such storage and connective accessories, has created...
Canon Introduces Three New RF Mount Zoom Lenses for Still and Motion + Power Zoom Adapter
Canon has announced the addition of three new zooms to their RF mount line: the RF-S10-18mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM, the RF24-105mm F2.8 L IS USM Z, and the RF200-800mm F6.3-9 IS USM lenses. The RF-S10-18mm offers users of APS-C sensor size EOS R-series cameras an ultra...
The VES Handbook of Virtual Production edited by VES Members Susan Zwerman and Jeffrey Okun is Now Available
The Visual effects Society has announced the publishing of The VES Handbook of Virtual Production edited by longtime DCS member Susan Zwerman, VES, and Jeffrey A. Okun, VES. They have compiled the latest industry-standard technologies and workflows for the...
Profiles In Digital Cinema – The Cioni Brothers, Founders of Strada
Cinematographer and Founder of DCS, James Mathers, interviews Michael and Peter Cioni about their careers and new business venture. Their startup, known as Strada, will look for ways to leverage AI across multiple platforms and technologies to simplify and streamline...
From The DCS Archives: Designing Motion Picture Coverage and How To Avoid Crossing The Stage Line
In this 2017 educational program pulled from the Digital Cinema Society archives, Cinematographer and Founder of DCS, James Mathers gives tips to emerging filmmakers on designing motion picture coverage and how to avoid crossing the stage line....
New Additions to DCS Member Discount Page: Duclos Lenses and DreamCatcher Film Studios
DCS is excited to announce two new valuable additions to our Member Discount page. Current Digital Cinema Society members can now receive special prices on professional services and products from Duclos Lenses and rentals from DreamCatcher Film Studio. Duclos Lenses,...
Canon Introduces the RF10-20MM F4 L IS STM Full-Frame Ultra Wide-Angle Zoom Lens
Canon has introduced the RF10-20MM F4 L IS STM lens, a full-frame ultra wide-angle zoom lens. This is Canon's widest RF-mount lens yet, serving as the mirrorless follow-up to the popular EF 11-24mm f/4L USM lens. Expanding to 10mm offers even broader coverage for more...
RatPac Controls Launches the 12x200v2 Reverse-Phase Dimmer Designed for 120v LED Tubes and Low-Wattage Practicals
RatPac Controls has introduced their 12x200v2, a next-generation reverse-phase dimmer custom-designed for 120v LED tubes and low-wattage practicals. Rated at 200W, it provides a smooth dimming from 0-100% and 100%-0% and features a built-in CRMX wireless transceiver,...
New Product Announcements from SIGMA: 10-18mm Ultrawide Compact Zoom for APS-C and Fast 70-200mm for Full-Frame
SIGMA has announced the addition of two new zooms to their line, the 10-18mm F2.8 DC DN | Contemporary, an ultra-wide compact zoom for APS-C cameras, and the 70-200mm F2.8 DG DN OS | Sports, a large-aperture zoom lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras. The 10-18mm...
Infinity Photo-Optical adds a new HYDROPHOBIC ASPHERIC SNORKEL to Their Line of Micro/Macro Lenses
Infinity Photo-Optical is using the occasion of Cine Gear Expo Atlanta, (ATL Expo) to introduce what they are calling the world's first HYDROPHOBIC ASPHERIC SNORKEL Lens. The TS-160 with the DipR(tm) will be demoed at their ATL Expo booth #105 on October 6-7. It has...
DCS Member Discounts on THEME PARKS, MOVIE TICKETS, HOTELS, GYM MEMBERSHIPS, and Much More with FunEx
The Digital Cinema Society has partnered with FunEx to offer an amazing discount platform for our members. Once registered on Join It current DCS members will receive access to 100,000+ discounted offers at up to 55% off. Save on theme parks, movie tickets, hotels,...
Snehal Patel Forms FearlessProductions.tv to Educate the Entertainment Industry About Virtual Production
After many years representing such leading equipment manufacturing companies as ZEISS and ARRI, Snehal Patel has returned to his roots as a filmmaker to form Fearless Productions. While busy as a creative storyteller, he will also be exploring the latest technologies...
Panavision President and CEO Kim Snyder Receives the HPA Alchemist Award
The Hollywood Professional Association recently awarded Panavision President and CEO Kim Snyder their Alchemist award, which recognizes a leader in the entertainment industry who spearheads the innovation of noteworthy technology in production, post or workflow, and...
IBC 2023 Blackmagic Design Product Announcements For Multi-cam and Live Production
In the run up to IBC 2023, Blackmagic Design CEO Grant Petty gave a live stream presentation detailing a host of new products to be released at the convention, (a recording can be found here:...
Blackmagic Announces Free App Bringing Their Digital Film Camera Controls to the Apple iPhone
Blackmagic Design has announced "Blackmagic Camera", an app that brings Blackmagic digital film camera professional features and camera controls to the iPhone. Integration with Blackmagic Cloud allows creators to collaborate and share media with multiple editors and...
ARRI Introduces SkyPanel X – a Modular, All-weather LED with RGBACL Full-spectrum Light Engine and 8 Pixel Zones per Panel
Whether it be cameras, lights, or lenses, ARRI never rushes products to market. They instead wait to get their products right and avoid too quickly making their previous versions obsolete, thereby allowing their customers to amortize their investment in ARRI products....