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 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 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 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...

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...

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...

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...

LeVere Entertainment, founded by veteran VFX Supervisor Marcus LeVere, has announced the launch of OpenBID Client, a new AI-powered tool designed to standardize and expedite the VFX bidding process for production-side supervisors and producers. OpenBID Client offers a...

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,...

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 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 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...

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...

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....

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 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 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,...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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....