Monthly Archives: November 2015
AbelCine Chicago Open House
On Nov 8, AbelCine celebrated its recent opening in Chicago at the Cinespace Studio Complex with an Open House: lectures, demos, party, and raffles. Cinespace is also home to Keslow Camera Chicago (see photos in slideshow below) and four TV series currently in production: Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Chicago Med, and Empire. Periscope Post & Audio has a full floor and DePaul… read more…
FDTimes 10th Anniversary Slideshow
What began as a small gathering to honor our FDTimes Japan translators escalated into a major spectacle. We gathered on on Wednesday evening, November 18 in the “Tokio” private restaurant in the Hotel New Otani Makuhari at InterBEE. It was a trio of thanks: to team FDTJ for another great Japanese InterBEE edition, to FDTJ on its 2nd anniversary, and to everyone who has… read more…
FDTimes 10-Year & Japan Editions
FDTimes celebrates with this 10th Anniversary Edition 73, ready to download for free. Film and Digital Times Japan Edition 72J is also ready online, and paper copies will be handed out at InterBEE. We are in booth 2407. The first issue of Film and Digital Times was a 16 page newsletter. The decade that followed was a workflow of words. A TORRENT!… read more…
gold cmotion hand unit auction
Better than the famous Golden Snitch in Harry Potter, here’s a chance to get a custom cmotion golden cvolution hand unit and lens control system. It’s being auctioned by cmotion for a very worthy cause–100% of proceeds go to Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders). read more…
Birth of Cinema in Kyoto: 1908
Shinnyo-Do Temple has a monument to the birth of local cinema in Kyoto, Japan. It’s to the left as you face the main temple. The plaque explains: In 1895 the Lumiere brothers developed the Cinematographe in France. Two years later, in 1897, businessman Katsutaro Inabata brought it to Japan and the first projections took place here in Japan. (The Cinematograph was not only a camera but… read more…
Tags: Birth of Film in Kyoto, Kyoto, Shozo Makino
Vantage Vintage Kinoptik
Vantage Film has a rental office in Saint-Denis, Paris. Now they are re-introducing venerable sets of French glass from the 1950s: 35mm cine format Kinoptik cine lenses, rehoused and rebarreled. These are lenses with a distinct character, unique bokeh, and a kind of swirly, impressionist feel to out-of-focus backgrounds. Alexander Bscheidl said, “This is an optical renaissance of classic Kinoptiks, rehoused for the modern age.” read more…
Tags: Kinoptik, Vantage Film, Vintage Glass
Cooke 35-140 Anamorphic Zoom
Cooke Optics has revealed details of their impending Front Anamorphic zoom. It will be 35-140 mm and may begin shipping around NAB 2016. Like the rest of the Cooke Anamorphic/i family, it will be a front anamorphic design, 2x squeeze ratio, with familiar oval bokehs. read more…
Tags: Cooke Anamorphic /i, Cooke Optics
Canon Expo: A Very Good Year
Canon Expo takes place every 5 years in select cities around the world: New York, Paris, Tokyo and Shanghai. It was a wonderful display of new technology, science experiments, leading edge products and audacious concepts from Canon’s engineering teams, an intoxicating mix of actual as well as proof of concept technology. There was an APS-H-size CMOS sensor with 250 million pixels. Video on a Canon prototype camera showed detail on the Eiffel Tower 11 miles away. This year we were treated to an 8K camera and lens. Like the mountain-climber’s phrase, Canon sometimes does things because it’s there…or because they can. Please read the two interviews that follow — with Mr. Maeda, Senior Managing Director, and Mr. Okada, Deputy CEO — for additional insight. read more…
Tags: Canon, Canon Expo, Canon Expo 2015, Masato Okada, Masaya Maeda
AbelCine Chicago Open House
11/7/15
AbelCine Chicago Open House: Chicago - Nov 7 from 10a-6p
AbelCine Chicago will celebrate their opening with an Open House Saturday, Nov 7, 2015 10am – 6 pm The new Chicago facility is located on the lot at Cinespace Film Studios and has a big sales showroom with camera, audio, and lighting gear. There’s a 90-seat training center (Chicago Learning Point) and a 4K Theater. There will be panel discussions by cinematographers, of major shows shooting on… read more…
