The DCS is proud to unveil our new and improved website.  Highlights include the DCS Illuminates Cinema Lighting portal, a comprehensive International Events Calendar, as well as a graphic refresh of the entire site with better organization of our vast archive of...

DCS is very sad to report that longtime member, Lenny Lipton, a well-known author, filmmaker and inventor, has died. In his long tech career, he was granted twenty-five patents in the area of stereoscopic display and wrote four books and many articles on cinema...

Sony has expanded their Cinema Line to include a new set of APS-C sensor cameras, the FX30 and FX30B.  These are designed to share some of the cinematic features from their higher end cameras such as the flagship Venice 2 with a very compact and affordable camera in...

Five-time Oscar-nominated production sound mixer Peter J. Devlin will accept the Cinema Audio Society’s Career Achievement Award during the 59th CAS Awards on March 4 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. Devlin has worked on more than 70 films and has been...

Nanlite has introduced the FS-60B, a compact, lightweight, bi-color studio spotlight. This light is designed for versatility and portability in a fixture measuring only 9.7 x 5.2 x 3.4" that weighs just 1.87 lbs. It features a 45° reflector to offer a 6228 lumen...

Cineo Lighting has introduced the new Quantum Ladder with 100,000 Lumens of full RGB in a rugged, light-weight package.  It features 64,000 presets & effects easily programmed with the unit’s touch screen control and Cineo’s StageLynx software. All the company’s...

Sony has announced new updates and developments for the VENICE 2 including the release of the VENICE Extension System 2 for expanded flexibility and version 2.00 firmware update.  The VENICE Extension System 2 is an updated version of the original VENICE Extension...

Teradek has announced the launch of the Bolt 6 Series, a zero-delay wireless video solution with the ability to transmit 6GHz in high-traffic environments while remaining fully cross-compatible with the entire Bolt 4K BB3 ecosystem.  Bolt 6 transmits and receives over...

Litepanels has announced the global launch of its Studio X line of Fresnel lights. The Fresnels are available in six models with lens sizes from five to fourteen inches. Each model offers directional precision spot to flood beam control of quality white light designed...

CINE-SERVO 15-120mm T2.95-3.95 Buckle your seatbelts, Canon has a lot of new product announcements to report.  I'll start with a new CINE-SERVO 15-120mm T2.95-3.95 available in EF or PL mount.  Canon optical engineers have worked to design a combination of focal...

Sigma has announced two new Full Frame 65mm additions to its Cine Lens lineup, which already included 20, 24, 28, 35, 40, 50, 85, and 105mm models. The new 65mm T1.5 FF Cine Prime and 65mm T2.5 Classic Prime share all the characteristics of the line that make each of...

Sony Electronics has announced the latest addition to its Cinema Line, the FR 7, an E-mount interchangeable lens camera with a full-frame image sensor and built-in pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) functionality. It is designed to offer versatile remote control combined with...

ARRI has announced the launch of the two Orbiter Projection Optics, 25° and 35°. Combined with Orbiter’s ARRI Spectra light engine, the optical system provides exacting precision, allowing for crisp projection of a light spot, as well as gobo projection and precise...

AJA has announced ColorBox, a new compact, high-performance converter for color managed workflows designed to specifically meet the conversion needs of broadcast, live events, and on-set applications.  Supporting Standard Dynamic Range (SDR), High Dynamic Range (HDR),...

Leitz has announced the development of a new line of cinema lenses to be known as the Leitz HUGO prime lenses.  The HUGO line of lenses are designed to be small, fast, lightweight, and as close-focusing as possible without giving up on the character and personality of...

Netflix has announced that the Sony FX3 has joined its big brother in the Sony Cine line and is now on the esteemed Netflix Approved Camera List.  Approved cameras have been evaluated by Netflix technologists to ensure they meet image capture benchmarks for dynamic...

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...

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...