Monthly Archives: May 2012

FDTimes at Cine Gear

Pick up your complimentary copy of FDTimes June 2012 Issue 49 at Cine Gear: available at our booth (#85) and the booths of many FDTimes Sponsors. June 1 and 2 at Paramount Studio. Subscribers’ copies are being mailed from LA this week. The online edition is available now. iPad Users: log in, open the PDF, click “save to iBooks” for… read more…

FDTimes in Cannes

Film and Digital Times does not have a leggy Egerie like Linda Carriel of Angénieux at Cannes. But we do, thankfully, have Peter Sykes, whose title may be longer than any supermodel’s legs: “Strategic Marketing Manager – Digital Cinematography Professional Solutions Europe Sony Europe.” Here’s Peter after the Sony F65 event at the CST in Cannes on May 22, with… read more…

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A Cooke Look at NAB 2012

The annual, unofficial Cooke owner’s club gathering at NAB was once again moderated by the inimitable Geoffrey Chappell. The discussion, fueled by friendship, fine food, and flowing beverage, offered a snapshot of the state of our industry. Here is the full transcript.  read more…

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Angenieux at Cannes

On the Red Carpet at Cannes, our favorite “Egerie” (Icon) of Angénieux, Linda Carriel, with (left to right) Mrs Pierre Andurand, Mr Pierre Andurand, President of Thales Angenieux, Mr Pierre-William, Glenn President of CST, Linda Carriel, Mr Dominique Rouchon, International Sales Director. read more…

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Light Source Pro

James McGuire is a gaffer with prominent credits (Albert Nobbs, The Tempest, Harry Potter). How he found time to create this amazing App for iPhone is…amazing. Light Source Pro includes a complete library of almost every motion picture light on the planet and gives you footcandles / T-stop and beam spread at calculated distances. In the example above, we asked… read more…

F65 Report in English, French, Spanish

Free PDF 40-page reprints of Sony F65 and FS700 Report from NAB 2012 Issue of FDTimes — in English, French, and Spanish. About 9 MB each.  read more…

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FDTimes at Cine Gear Booth 85

FDTimes will be back at Cine Gear Expo — Booth 85. The Cine Gear Expo exhibits will be open at Paramount Studios in Hollywood on June 1 and June 2, 2012. read more…

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LEICA M9-P Edition Hermès

The LEICA M9-P Edition Hermès was one of the new cameras presented at C/O Berlin Leica Event on May 10. This is the third limited-edition done in collaboration with the Hermès since 2003. While New York may have been ululating lately over Mark Zuckerberg’s hoodie, Berlin liked the cool black T-shirt of Andreas Kaufmann, Chairman of the Leica Camera Supervisory Board juxtaposed… read more…

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Leica X2

Several features make Leica’s new X2 an ideal constant-companion camera. It is lightweight and pocketable. There’s an excellent auxiliary electronic viewfinder.
Analog, intuitive dials on top take you from full manual control to automatic functions.  read more…

LEICA M MONOCHROM

Today Leica Camera AG introduced the Leica M Monochrom for full-frame, 35 mm black-and-white still photography. read more…

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Leica C/O Berlin

  More than 500 guests and hosts traversed the red carpet to Leica Camera’s “Das Wesentliche” (The Essential) event this evening in Berlin’s historic C/O center, a former royal post office (hence c/o, and its additional curatorial/obligations). We were treated to an encore performance of selected works by the Berlin Philharmonic’s magnificent 12 cellists, including “The Man with the Harmonica”… read more…

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Something’s Brewing in Berlin

Something’s brewing in Berlin. And it’s not the beer. Your intrepid and sleepless FDTimes reporter is here to attend a major LEICA product announcement on Thursday, May 10. Tonight is the overture, the warm-up for things to be revealed. Andreas Kaufmann and Alfred Schopf explained that the Berlin event was planned because there are too many new product announcements to wait… read more…

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Conv Design Gemini 4:4:4 Gets ARRI OK

Convergent Design’s Gemini 4:4:4 has received certification by ARRI for Alexa ARRIRAW Certification. An ARRIRAW Recording Certificate is issued when all of the following conditions are met: The product can reliably record the ARRIRAW T-linkstream (2880×1620, 16:9, at standard speeds of 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97 and 30 fps) The product can reliably record the complete set of ARRIRAW metadata embedded in… read more…

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Panavision Movements

Suzanne Lezotte leaves Panavision after 9 years to become Director of Marketing at Bexel. We wish Suzanne all the best in her new position. Rob Baker, Randy Reck, and Haluki Sadahiro have joined Panavision.  Dan Sasaki has been promoted. Presumably this is part of Panavision’s much rumored rollout of new cameras and lenses. Dan Sasaki, lens designer at Panavision for over… read more…

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Phantom Miro Update

Here’s an update of our NAB Phantom Miro article, with stupendous slow motion footage and behind-the-scenes from filmmaker Jim Geduldick.  read more…

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NAB 2012 by Sid Maderazo

Here is a Flickr Photostream of NAB 2012 through the eyes and camera of Commercial Director Sid Maderazo. (Also see his Director’s Reel at 88 storey films)

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NAB 2012 by JA Tadena

Impressions of NAB 2012 by Cinematographer JA Tadena. Taken with Canon 5D Mark III. read more…

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NAB 2012 Photostream

381 Pictures of NAB 2012 by Jon Fauer, taken with Nikon D7000 and Canon S100. read more…

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