Monthly Archives: May 2010
Anand Cine Service
Welcome to our newest and farthest frequent flier mileage sponsor, Anand Cine Service. With headquarters in Chennai, Anand Cine Service is the largest full film equipment rental house in India. Founded in 1985, Anand can supply more than 60 productions simultaneously on a single day, with offices in Hyderabad, Ernakulam, Bengaluru, and Mumbai. They have a complete line of cameras, lenses,… read more…
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FDTimes at Cine Gear Booth 126
Film and Digital Times Mid-Year Cine Gear 2010 Edition (issue 32+33) is now online for members. We will be at Cine Gear, Booth # 126. Pick up your free copy. See you there: June 4-5. www.cinegearexpo.com Here’s a look inside at our post-NAB, Mid-Year, Cine Gear 2010 64-page Report: Steadicam Tango 6 ZGC at NAB 7 16Digital SR Mag from P+S… read more…
Cassie Jaye Wins Best Doc at Cannes
A few days after managing the Film and Digital Times NAB booth, Cassie Jaye flew to Cannes. And won! Actress, filmmaker and Film and Digital Times NAB Booth Team Leader Cassie Jaye won Best Documentary at the Cannes Independent Film Festival for her film “Daddy I Do.” Stylishly directed, beautifully shot, and thoughtfully crafted, Cassie produced and directed this dramatic… read more…
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Ready When You Are, VB
Volker Bahnemann Award for Cinematographers established at NYU Film School. In honor and recognition of Volker Bahnemann’s half century of service to the filmmaking community, ARRI Inc. has established The Volker Bahnemann Award for Cinematographers at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television. The grant was set up to inspire future generations of… read more…
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Over 40 million EOS SLR cameras served
Canon Inc. announced today that manufacturing of their EOS-series film and digital single-lens reflex cameras passed the 40-million mark. The EOS Digital series recently surpassed 20 million cameras. The EOS series, which stands for “Electro Optical System” was first introduced in March 1987 as a new generation of autofocus SLR cameras that incorporated the first electronic mount system (EF) for complete electronic… read more…
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Fujifilm B&W Separation Recording Film
The Digital Dilemma is this: how do you archive not only film, but also digital original? As the Academy’s Technical Committee pointed out in its important Digital Dilemma report, history has not been kind to the archiving, playback or longevity of the more than fifty video formats that have come and gone in as many years. On May 11, 2010,… read more…
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Dorn Good Strobe Softbox
In case you’re wondering what we use on many of the Film and Digital Times product still shots–it’s the Bruce Dorn “Whole Shooting’ Match for Speedlites” from IDC Photography and F. J. Westcott along with our Canon 580EX II Speedlite (strobe) that fires remotely with our Canon 7D. Since Bruce does stills and motion pictures, he knows the benefit of… read more…
Tags: Canon, Lighting, Still Photography
Ross Lowell Opens “Time Trails” Photo Exhibit
Ross Lowell, founder of Lowel-Light, cinematographer, author, photographer, mentor, Renaissance man…will open his “TIME TRAILS” photo exhibition at the Pound Ridge Library on Saturday, May 15, 2010 with an artist’s reception from 3-5 p.m. You can be sure his images will be both beautiful and well-lit. He describes them as “fanciful reconstructions, built from borrowed elements of bent reality.” I’m also confident the… read more…
