The Digital Cinema Society had a great time in Las Vegas bringing you streaming coverage from the NAB 2025 show floor. We employed Camera-to-Cloud technology via Teradek and Frame.io while capturing with the Canon C80 fitted out with Kondor Blue accessories.  Interviews include (in alphabetical order):

ADOBE, (Premiere Pro, Firefly, and Frame.io) — AJA — ANTON/BAUER — ARRI, (Cameras, Lenses, and Lighting) — ATLAS LENS CO. — AVID — BB&S — BLACKMAGIC DESIGN — BLUESHAPE — CANON (Cameras and Lenses) — CARTONI — CINNAFILM — DEDOLIGHT — DoPCHOICE — DZOFILM — FUJIFILM (Cameras and Lenses) — GODOX — GVM — J.L. FISHER — KINO FLO — KONDOR BLUE — LAOWA — LEITZ — LITEGEAR — LITEPANELS — NANLITE — NANLUX — OCONNOR — OWC — STRADA — THE STUDIO-B&H — ZEISS (Lenses and CinCraft Scenario)

See the descriptions with separate links below, or view the entire collection of interviews here: https://vimeo.com/showcase/11653830

James Mathers interviews Blackmagic Design’s Bob Caniglia about their new cameras: the URSA Cine 17K 65, which features a massive 17K RGBW sensor that delivers 16 stops of dynamic range, and the PYXIS 12K, an extremely versatile camera that packs high dynamic range and resolution capabilities into a very compact, lightweight body. https://vimeo.com/1073269508

In this interview, Fujifilm’s Michael Bulbenko introduces James Mathers to the talk of the show, their soon to be released, giant sensor cinema camera — the GFX ETERNA. https://vimeo.com/1073757220

In this interview, James Mathers visits the ARRI booth where Art Adams showcases their newest line of lenses — the Ensō Primes. He highlights their beautiful capture quality and exceptional focal range, while also demonstrating the ease of use with their companion line of interchangeable Ensō Vintage Elements filters. https://vimeo.com/1074505458

James Mathers visits the Strada booth and interviews Michael Cioni about Strada Agents, a new product that transforms local drives into cloud-like storage solutions, eliminating expensive cloud storage costs while maintaining collaboration capabilities for filmmakers working with large video files. https://vimeo.com/1074753117

James Mathers visits DoPchoice founder Stefan Karle at the LiteGear booth and sees the newest addition to their AIRGLOW series —the AIRGLOW FRAME — an inflatable softbox designed to work seamlessly with flexible lite tiles, including the LiteGear Bi-Color LiteTile Plus and the new Spectrum Ultra LiteTiles. https://vimeo.com/1073379106

James Mathers sits down with Kino Flo’s Alan Ipakchi to learn about the new Diva Lux 4 soft panel and to see the versatility of Kino Flo’s range of lights on both a broadcast set and a virtual production volume. https://vimeo.com/1073404253

James Mathers visits the Studio-B&H booth, where Steve Manella and Ely Stacy showcase Disguise, virtual production software that integrates LED screens, Unreal Engine content, and various media components to create immersive environments with stunning visual effects. Disguise is just one of the many products sold by B&H. https://vimeo.com/1074514520

James Mathers interviews Andy Lin from Nanlux about their new Evoke-5000B light fixture. This powerful all-in-one unit integrates cooling systems and power supply directly into the fixture, eliminating the need for external ballasts. The Evoke-5000B has remote control functionality and is IP66 rated. https://vimeo.com/1074975002

James Mathers sits down with Elisabetta Cartoni to discuss the remarkable 90-year journey of the Cartoni camera support company. Elisabetta shares how her family business has evolved from its founding in 1930s Rome to becoming a global leader in camera support technology. She explains how Cartoni adapted from traditional mechanical systems to sophisticated electronic tracking solutions while maintaining their commitment to quality craftsmanship. https://vimeo.com/1074765867

James Mathers interviews Kondor Blue’s lead designer Brandon Peterson about their innovative line of camera accessories, which include fiber transmitters, battery plates, and modular rigs that were specifically designed by filmmakers to address real production challenges. https://vimeo.com/1073749142

Atlas Lens Co.’s Dan Kanes speaks with James Mathers about their new Mercury Series anamorphic lenses designed for large format cinema cameras, and shows him their Atlas Scope 90 shooting format in action. https://vimeo.com/1073660875

James Mathers visits the Godox booth and talks to Jameson Brooks about the new KNOWLED MG6K light, a powerful 6K HMI equivalent with bicolor capabilities, lightweight design, and compatibility with various modifiers including beam lights and large softboxes. https://vimeo.com/1074490825

Laowa’s Stephen Neff treats James Mathers to a look at their impressive lens collection, including their Proteus Anamorphic 2X Squeeze T2 lenses designed for Super 35 sensors, with the newest addition to the Proteus line — the Proteus Anamorphic Zooms. He also shows James their Nanomorph LF series, their noteworthy Probe Zooms, their Ultra-Wide Full-Frame Cinema VV Lenses, their Shift Cine lenses, their Laowa Sword Macro Cine set, and their Ranger Full Frame compact cine zooms. Stephen even teases about a new Laowa lens in development— a full frame fisheye cine zoom. https://vimeo.com/1074373493

James Mathers interviews Anton/Bauer’s Andrew Hutton and David Pasko about the new EDEN battery, a compact 64-pound, IP65-rated power solution with 2.5kWh capacity designed specifically for film production needs. https://vimeo.com/1073311184

James Mathers interviews ARRI’s Chase Hagen about the ALEXA 35 Base camera, which makes ARRI’s technology more accessible through a lower price point and flexible licensing options. Chase also highlights the ARRI ALEXA 35 Live Multicam System designed for broadcast production, which includes fiber connectivity and various mounting configurations to integrate seamlessly with broadcast workflows. https://vimeo.com/1074490973

James Mathers visits the Nanlite booth where Barry Garcia shows him the new Nanlite PavoTube II 6XR RGB LED Pixel Tube Light, available individually or as an 8 light kit, which includes essential accessories and a fitted case. He also shows James their new projection system with zoom functionality and a dedicated yoke/mount. https://vimeo.com/1074774910

Canon’s Paul Hawxhurst discusses with James Mathers the new Camera to Cloud feature on Canon’s EOS C400 and EOS C80 cameras, and shows him all the great features on the EOS C400, especially Triple-Base ISO. https://vimeo.com/1073987749

James Mathers interviews OWC’s Loren Mally about Jellyfish shared storage solutions for video production teams, with products ranging from the portable Jellyfish Nomad that can be carried in a shoulder case, to desktop models supporting 16 editors simultaneously, to rack-mounted systems scaling up to multi-petabyte installations. https://vimeo.com/1074427676

James Mathers interviews ZEISS’ Tony Wisniewski, who showcases their new Supreme Zoom Radiance lenses. These zooms incorporate the popular Radiance flare characteristics previously found in the Prime series, while adding comprehensive metadata capabilities beneficial for VFX work. The complete three-lens set includes a 15-30mm, 28-80mm, and 70-200mm, providing coverage from Super 35 format all the way to large format plus. Tony also presents their new Otus ML stills lenses designed specifically for Sony, Canon, and Nikon mirrorless camera systems. https://vimeo.com/1074490920

Avid’s Michael Krulik tells James Mathers about their strategic partnership with AWS, enabling cloud-based Media Composer editing with project sharing and bin locking for global collaboration. He also highlights recently enabled AI updates in the areas of transcription, translation, tagging, and lip syncing. https://vimeo.com/1074497795

BB&S’ Lars Nissen shows James Mathers their new lighting products, including the Reflect Color Studio lighting fixture, which is available in 80W and 180W versions with RGB and white-white capabilities, high CRI values, and modular design allowing for stacking configurations and various installation options. https://vimeo.com/1073783380

Elisabetta Cartoni shows James Mathers their latest technology, the E-Master encoded head with precise angular tracking for VFX and virtual production, and the Lifto, their electrically elevating column for vertical camera movement. https://vimeo.com/1074771229

James Mathers interviews ARRI’s Brian Doran about the new SkyPanel Pro S60, which features internal power supply, wireless control, improved brightness, smoother dimming, and a lower price than its predecessor. https://vimeo.com/1074752985

James Mathers interviews Ernie Sanchez about Cinnafilm’s new partnership with NVIDIA. They discuss developing Iterative AI technology for upscaling video content without hallucinations, which is available through their PixelStrings platform. https://vimeo.com/1073394873

In this interview with Leitz Cine’s Seth Emmons, James Mathers learns all about their lens offerings, including the HUGO series, which are T1.5, compact, full-frame lenses, and the THALIA 65 series, specifically created for large format cameras, and which now includes a 20mm option. https://vimeo.com/1073728122

AJA’s Abe Abt shows James Mathers their new products including the newest update to their BRIDGE LIVE family — the BRIDGE LIVE 3G-8; their new converter box — the DANTE 12GAM, and their compact 12G SDI router — the KUMO 6464-12G. Abe also explains why AJA’s ColorBox technology for video format conversion should be in every DIT’s toolbox. https://vimeo.com/1073287613

ZEISS’ Nick Hayes tells James Mathers about the newest features of their camera tracking system — CinCraft Scenario — highlighting manual lens calibration, hybrid tracking capabilities, and browser-based software designed for real-time virtual production environments. https://vimeo.com/1074753204

LiteGear’s Chad Tiller talks with James Mathers about LiteGear now being part of the Chauvet Cinema Group and presents their new Spectrum LiteTile, a waterproof, full-color, flexible lighting solution that combines lightweight design with powerful performance. https://vimeo.com/1073678752

In this interview, OConnor celebrates its 75th Anniversary and Steve Turner tells James Mathers about the company’s storied history, and demonstrates the features in their special anniversary edition Platinum 2575E fluid head. https://vimeo.com/1073290717

DZOFILM’s Susanne Wu shows James Mathers their new Vespid Prime II full frame lens lineup, which includes six focal lengths (18mm, 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, and 105mm) and incorporates Cooke /i protocol for metadata output. She also demonstrates their new X-Tract Probe zoom lens. https://vimeo.com/1074490764

James Mathers interviews GVM’s Azhar Abdulkadir about their new lighting products including the Reign series, AIO series, Zip Tile panels, and Flathead lights. https://vimeo.com/1073417911

Litepanels’ Michael Hutton and David Pasko show James Mathers the new IP-rated Astra light fixtures, which come in three sizes (Half, 1×1, and 2×1), and their full range of accessories. https://vimeo.com/1073332377

James Mathers speaks with the legendary inventor of the dedolight, Dedo Weigert, who shows off several of their innovative lighting products, including the DPB70 parallel beam light, explaining how this HMI maintains excellent color quality for hundreds of hours and is the only light that can truly simulate distant sunlight. Dedo also showcases some of their other products including lights with remarkable focus ranges, specialized optical attachments that increase light output by 500-800%, and discusses how these efficient lighting solutions support eco-friendly production techniques. https://vimeo.com/1073757203

James Mathers interviews Fujifilm’s Michael Bulbenko about the newest member in their LA Series of broadcast lenses — the Fujinon 30X Zoom — coming soon! This broadcast lens is designed for 2/3 inch cameras, features rear focus technology, and includes remote control capabilities. https://vimeo.com/1073767569

James Mathers interviews Jason Druss about Adobe Premiere Pro’s new features including Generative Extend, media intelligence search capabilities, caption translation, and improved color management for video editors. https://vimeo.com/1073047805

James Mathers interviews OWC’s Jon Hoag about their new products including the ThunderBlade X12 storage device, CFexpress media cards, and Thunderbolt 5 connectivity solutions for digital cinema professionals. https://vimeo.com/1073672841

James Mathers interviews Pietro Vignali from BLUESHAPE about their innovative compact V-Lock battery. The new battery features advanced technology, multiple power outputs including USB-C, Bluetooth connectivity, and a dedicated app for monitoring battery health and performance. https://vimeo.com/1074447352

In this interview with J.L. Fisher’s Dan Hammond, James Mathers learns about the company’s history as it celebrates its 75th anniversary, and gets a look at their new innovations including the Blue Guide track system and their new 24-inch rotating offset designed for heavier camera equipment. https://vimeo.com/1073987845

James Mathers interviews Adobe’s JJ Powell about Frame.io version 4 updates, including enhanced storage, text markup, transcription features, improved admin controls, and new camera-to-cloud integrations with partner manufacturers. https://vimeo.com/1073244429

James Mathers interviews Canon’s Paul McAniff about the Novel Look Optical Unit, a lens technology developed for sports broadcasting. This innovation allows standard 2/3″ sensor broadcast cameras to achieve a cinematic shallow depth of field look without requiring expensive dedicated large-sensor cameras. https://vimeo.com/1073988037

James Mathers visits with Adobe’s Jason Druss and learns all about Firefly’s new video model, which generates commercially safe AI video content with creative controls for professional use. https://vimeo.com/1073052956