- The Year of Full Frame/LF/VV
- ARRI ALEXA Mini LF
- Canon Sumire Prime Lenses
- LEITZ PRIME & LEITZ ZOOM Debut
- Dr. Aurelian Dodoc on LEITZ Design
- Shot on Cooke
- Serguei Saldívar, AMC
- Fujinon Premista Large Format Zoom
- AbelCine Accelerator Program
- Don Burgess, ASC, Camera Owner
- Ben Richardson on Yellowstone
- Band Pro Optical Department
- Teradek 4K Wireless Video
- SmallHD FOCUS 7 Monitor
- DJI Master Wheels
- Blackmagic RAW
- Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2
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Over 120,000 of his books on cameras, cinematography, film and digital video have been printed. Think of this bimonthly Journal as Fauer’s next book — arriving a year early, with up-to-the minute information brought to you in episodic format.- Bruno Delbonnel, AFC, ASC and the Angénieux Excellens Award at CannesBruno Delbonnel, AFC, ASC was born in Nancy, France and graduated in 1978 from ESEC film school in Paris. A distinguished cinematographer, he has worked with Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Tim Burton, the Coen brothers, Joe Wright and many others. Bruno Delbonnel has been nominated five times for Best Cinematography Oscar: Amélie (2001), A Very Long Engagement (2004), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), and Darkest Hour (2017). On May 24, 2019, Bruno receives the Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens Award in cinematography at the Cannes Film Festival. read more...
- C’est Cannes 2019
The 72nd Festival de Cannes is now open. Follow the 12 days of Cannes on the official Festival website. The Cannes 2019 poster celebrates filmmaker Agnès Varda. If anyone knows the name of the camera assistant or grip whose back she’s standing on, please contact FDTimes. It was August 1954 and, as the official Cannes press release describes, she was filming... read more... - SIGMA Burbank Studio
Sigma recently opened a new 10,000 sq. ft. studio, showroom, screening room, lens repair shop and office facility. And, at NAB 2019, Sigma showed three new high-speed Full Frame cine prime lenses: 28mm T1.5 FF, 40mm T1.5 FF and 105mm T1.5 FF. This brings the total count of Sigma cine lenses to 13: FF Zoom, High-Speed Zoom and FF High-Speed Primes. They have PL, E and EF mounts. LF to come. read more... - Sony VENICE Firmware Update 4.0 — 120 fps
VENICE at 120 fps in 4K 2.39:1, 60 fps in 6K 3:2 Full Frame and lots more...Sony VENICE continues to catch the attention and imagination of filmmakers worldwide. It is working on many features, commercials and television productions. Full Frame is gaining traction as almost every lens manufacturer rolls out an increasing number of Full Frame lenses. With Version 4.0, you can purchase an optional HFR license (High Frame Rate) that takes VENICE up to 120 fps in 4K Super35 2.39:1 (4096 x 1713) and 60 fps in 6K Full Frame 3:2 (6048 x 4032). read more... - Pacific Northwest Lens Summit
Koerner Camera Systems in Portland, Oregon will host their annual Pacific Northwest Lens Summit on May 4, 2019, 10:00am-5:00pm. It could be the center of the optical universe, with a load of lenses, lens technicians, gurus, users, wireless lens controls, supports, rigs and AKS from lots of manufacturers and exhibitors. read more... - Micro Salon Italia 2019
Federico Fellini used various visual effects in his film Casanova, one of which was a gigantic overly graphic head of Medusa rising from the dark waters of Venice’s Canal Grande during the Carnival sequence. Now, this gigantic Medusa head rests in the Cinecittà Studios of Rome, not far from Stage 10 - right across Federico Fellini’s famed Stage 5. This is where the 2019 Micro Salon Italia took place on March 22nd & 23rd. read more... - ZEISS Supreme Primes Special Report
FDTimes Factory Tour and Special Report about the new ZEISS Supreme Prime lenses. Download 44-page 11MB (high rez) PDF. ZEISS Supreme Primes cover a FULL FORMAT image area up to 46.3 mm diagonal. They are incredibly small, lightweight and fast. The focus barrel has a unique, advanced square helical thread that is as smooth as cams and even more rugged. There are 13 lenses planned so far. read more... - ARRI Large Format Camera System
This is a standalone, 64-reprint of the ARRI Large Format Special Report from FDTimes February 2018 Issue 86. Download 9 MB PDF here. ARRI ALEXA LF Why Large Format? Stephan Schenk, Marc Shipman-Mueller Klemens Kehrer, Achim Oehler, Thorsten Meywald Building an ALEXA LF ARRI Signature Primes Signature Prime Lens Manufacturing New LPL Mount ALEXA LF Test by Matias Boucard ALEXA LF Dimensions ALEXA... read more...
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- Teradek RT CTRL.3The Teradek RT CTRL.3 is a new, 3-axis wireless Focus, Iris and Zoom lens control. With built-in lens mapping, you can set up and calibrate the scales of your lenses and store the data inside the control unit— to be summoned up in an instant when you change lenses, thus avoiding time-consuming end-stop and focus mark setup. read more...
- Tokina Vista Primes
Planning for the Tokina Vista Primes began in 2013. During the early stages, Ryan Avery, VP of Formatt KT America and Tokina Cinema products, met with cinematographers to get feedback. He also came up with the name: Vista Primes. From the beginning the lenses have been designed to cover beyond Full Frame and cover the RED 8K VV sensor (46.7mm image diagonal) that was introduced in June 2015. The image illumination of the longer focal lengths covers the 5K image area of the Alexa 65 camera that was introduced a year earlier, in September 2014. The lenses came to market a year later, in 2016. read more... - CVP Large Format Test with ARRI
CVP recently hosted a Large Format event in collaboration with ARRI at the CVP & ARRI Creative Space. The CVP team set up a test with the ALEXA LF, ALEXA Mini (fitted with LPL mount) and ARRI Signature primes. The lenses were 18, 25, 35, 47, 75 and 125 mm. The event was overseen by CVP Account Manager Aaron George, who prior to joining CVP in 2017, spent almost 12 years at ARRI as UK Head of Camera Service. read more... - Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K & RAW
Blackmagic Camera 6.2 update eanbles Blackmagic RAW in the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K.
The Pocket Cinema Camera 4K has a Micro Four Thirds (MFT) size 18.96 x 10 mm sensor. The lens mount has a Flange Focal Depth of 19.25mm and its inside diameter is nominally 40.2 mm Ø.
Blackmagic RAW is a new codec that combines the quality and benefits of RAW with the ease of use, speed and file sizes of traditional video formats. File sizes are smaller, which means recording time is longer. You’ll be able to record 2 hours of Blackmagic RAW in 4K on a single 256GB SD UHS-II card. read more... - SmallHD Cine 7 Monitor
You’re probably familiar with SmallHD’s system of “pages,” where you swipe the touchscreen to view various modes and functions.
The new SmallHD Cine 7 Monitor takes this another step, with screens for video, tools and now direct camera menu controls. read more... - Vocas LPL Mount for Sony VENICE
Vocas has an LPL mount for Sony VENICE. It is an LPL to E-mount adapter. Vocas also has a PL-to-E-mount adapter. So now, you can mix and match LPL, PL and E-mount lenses. Vocas Systems Larenseweg 121 Hilversum (NH) 1221 CL The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0) 35 62 33 707 - Teradek 4K Wireless Video
You’re the director of a Netflix show, shooting in 4K, viewing video on a gorgeous 4K HDR monitor. But you’re still tethered to the camera by cables because you don’t have 4K wireless. Or you’re watching wireless video when the camera is unleashed on Steadicam or gimbals—but it’s HD video, not 4K. You bellow, “When is Teradek going to build a 4K video wireless Bolt?” Here it is. Teradek introduced the Bolt 4K Wireless video transmitter/receiver system at NAB 2019. read more... - The Big Picture
Film and Digital Times April 2019 NAB Edition is now online, in print and in the mail.
Visit us at NAB Central Hall booth 10206 for free paper copies. read more... - Preston Light Ranger 2W
Preston Cinema Systems will be showing their Light Ranger 2W prototype at NAB. Focus Pullers will be shouting with delight: “A lighter, smaller, game-changing, essential focus helper.” LR2W is a wide-angle, 48 degree version of the existing LR2, which covers 18 degrees. You will want both. read more... - BLACKWING7 from Tribe7
Tuneable optics. Seven focal lengths in the initial set. A choice of 3 looks. Custom tuning by design and by appointment.
BLACKWING7 prime lenses will be available to order exclusively from TRIBE7 beginning March 2019, with production deliveries starting in Summer 2019. Additional focal lengths—including wide angle, macro, close focus and faster T-stop versions—will be developed during late 2019 and ship in 2020. read more... - Fujinon Premista T2.9 Large Format Zooms
Fujinon launches a new Large Format Zoom lens at NAB. Fujinon Premista 28-100 mm T2.9. The name is derived from Fujinon’s top-of-the line zooms, “Premier” and “Vista,” as in VistaVision. Premista. A companion to the Fujinon Premista 28-100 will arrive later this year: a nice long 80-250. This one is under development – specifications may change. Some additional Fujifilm Cine... read more...
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