Monthly Archives: September 2013
Mitch’s Odyssey. Ted at Fox.
Work flows; people migrate: Mitch Gross has moved to Convergent Design as Director of Communications. For many, Mitch was synonymous with AbelCine, where he was Guru, Applications Specialist, product manager, instructor, expo creator. Mitch is an MFA graduate of Columbia University film department and an accomplished cinematographer. Mitch will be at the Convergent Design booth # 111 at Cine Gear… read more…
Tags: Mitch Gross, Ted Schilowitz
FDTimes at Cine Gear NY
Film and Digital Times will be at Cine Gear Expo NY on Friday Sept 27 and Saturday Sept 28. Pick up your free copy of the current issue 55-56, Sept 2013, at our booth #136. Register Now Cine Gear Expo New York City Friday, September 27, 3:00pm – 8:00pm Saturday, September 28, 11:00am – 5:00pm Location: The Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC 125 West… read more…
Tags: Cine Gear Expo
Nikon 1 AW1 Waterproof 1080p
When bouncing around in a Zodiac, with spray and salt stinging, you have always dreamed of a waterproof, stabilized, shockproof digital camera for video and stills. It’s finally here: Nikon’s new 1 AW1. Whether you’re shooting training videos on the college racing circuit, at the Olympics, or flying at 45 mph on Oracle’s AC45 America’s Cup catamaran, the 1 AW1 shoots… read more…
Tags: interchangeable lenses, Nikon, sailing, waterproof
Dante’s EF Mounts
Dante Cecchin is a DP and inventor — and he was at P+S Technik’s IBC booth with the latest amazing updates to his Prime Circle Canon EF lens mount adapters, remote iris controls, and more. The adapter attaches to PL cameras (ARRI Alexa. Sony F65, RED Epic) and Sony FZ cameras (F5, F55) and the IMS System (interchangeable mount system… read more…
Tags: Dante Cecchin, Lock Circle, Prime Circle
ARRI Amira SR
It reminds me of the ARRI 16SR — the camera that launched a thousand careers, including mine. The 16SR was designed by Erich Kaestner as a documentary and news 16mm film camera so lightweight and portable that it could fit into an attaché case (that came with the camera–optional extra in those pre-Petrol-Kata-Tenba-Lowepro days) and fit under an airline seat… read more…
Cooke at IBC
Les Zellan arrives at IBC with new Cooke anamorphic primes and a new Cooke Metrology Lens Projector. A hundred years ago, William and Thomas Smithies Taylor, founders of the company that became Cooke Optics, said, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t make it.” Along the way, they built all kinds of machines to measure things, including the famous Talysurf…. read more…
Tags: Cooke Optics
Angenieux 25-250 Optimo DP
Still a few hours to go before the cone of NDA silence lifts on the new zoom from Angénieux — covered, above. This zoom lens is an update and reboot of the famous 10:1 zoom that first came on the scene and on locations everywhere in 1962–and sparked the Nouvelle Vague, the New Wave. It was used on Claude Lelouche’s… read more…
Tags: Angénieux
ZEISS Compact Zoom 15-30 mm T2.9
ZEISS will preview a mock-up of their planned 15-30 mm Compact Zoom at IBC. The CZ.2 15-30/T2.9 is expected to launch in the second quarter of 2014 (NAB 2014). This will be the third member of the successful ZEISS Compact Zoom lens family. The Compact Zooms are 100% “Made in Germany.” Like the Compact Primes, they cover all the way… read more…
Tags: Compact Zoom, ZEISS
Rijksmuseum Reopened
If you are visiting Amsterdam for IBC, do not miss the renovated, recently reopened Rijksmuseum. Pierre Cuypers was the architecture of the original building, opened in 1885. It kind of looks like a castle. Renovations began in 2004 and were completed in April 2013 The architects for the renovation were Antonio Cruz and Antonio Ortiz from Seville, Spain. Their design provided… read more…
Tags: Amsterdam, IBC, Rijksmuseum
FDTimes heading to IBC: Booth 11.F31
Film and Digital Times September IBC Issue 55-56 is printing in LA and Amsterdam, after a record number of “Stop the Presses” calls. I have never seen such a frenzy of up-to-the-minute last-minute new stuff. With apologies to Walter Salles’ The Motorcycle Diaries, beautifully shot by Eric Gautier, AFC for the photo above, taken by Juan Pablo Fabres. Les (playing Che, driving) and Jon (as Dr. Alberto Granado) travelled from Chile to Uruguay to Argentina. Our 96-page double issue is packed with up-to-the-minute information and lots of new products–many embargoed until the opening bell. Lots of new lenses (anamorphic and spherical), camera updates, rigs, mounts, lens metadata, accessories… read more…
Tags: FDTimes, Film and Digital Times, IBC
Sophia Loren, Edoardo Ponti, Rodrigo Prieto, Canon C500 Cover Story
Here’s a preview of the cover story from FDTimes Issue 55-56, going to press today and ready for opening day of IBC on Sept 13. We went on location in June to follow “The Human Voice,” starring Sophia Loren and directed by Edoardo Ponti in Rome and Naples. Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC shot this short subject with Canon C500 cameras in 2K. There are enough interviews, technical essays and workflow diagrams–from camera to tent and beyond–to keep you occupied until the full 96-page September issue goes live on Sept. 13. read more…
Cine Gear Expo NYC
9/27/13 – 9/28/13
Cine Gear Expo NYC: 125 West 18 Street
Cine Gear Expo, in its 18th year, is the major Film, Video, and Digital Media Expo for the entertainment industry. read more…
Sony PXW-Z100 4K under $6.5K
Sony’s latest 4K camera, PXW-Z100 XDCAM camcorder, shoots HD, QFHD and 4K. With a list price of less than $6,500 (street price probably $5,500), jaws were dropping at a press briefing. “This new camcorder puts professional 4K capabilities in your hand,” said Takahiro Kagawa, Product Manager at Sony Electronics. With the familiar “Handycam” shape (viewfinder in back, hand inserted between… read more…
Tags: Sony
Kodak: What Now?
Andrew Evenski, President, Entertainment & Commercial Films, Kodak, said: “Kodak has announced its emergence from Chapter 11 restructuring, and the motion picture film business will continue to be part of the company’s future. We are manufacturing film, we’ve inked contracts with six studios. Kodak’s Entertainment Imaging represents a stable and profitable division of the company. Moving forward, I am confident in our ongoing ability to provide value to the motion picture and television industries, which has been our honor to serve for so many years.” read more…
Tags: Kodak
