Monthly Archives: January 2015
AFC Micro Salon
2/6/15 – 2/7/15
AFC Micro Salon: Expo and Events in Paris
The 15th AFC Micro Salon will be held at La fémis in Paris on Friday Feb 6 and Saturday Feb 7, 2015. Organized by the Association of French Cinematographers, it’s in the former Pathé Montmartre Film Studios. Equipment exhibits, screenings, seminars. Floorplan of exhibits. Register now for free entry to the AFC Micro Salon 2015. AFC Tel. : +33 1 42 64 41… read more…
Tags: Micro Salon
Preston Light Ranger 2
Howard Preston is at BSC Expo and AFC Micro Salon demonstrating his new patent-pending Light Ranger 2 (LR2). Howard calls it a “critical focus tool for the digital world.” You still work with your familiar FIZ. The LR2 intuitively guides focus-pulling in the correct direction, near or far. You confirm this by viewing almost any monitor, which gets a graphical overlay from the LR2. The thing works in a number of modes: manual, autofocus, or basic distance measuring. read more…
Tags: FIZ, Light Ranger 2, LR2, Preston Cinema Systems
FDTimes Issue 66 Now Online
Film and Digital Times February 2015 Issue 66 is now online. 96 pages.
See Download Buttons at left. Free 17 MB PDF Limited Time Download to celebrate BSC Expo and AFC Micro Salon read more…
BSC Expo London
1/30/15 – 1/31/15
BSC Expo: Show and Seminars at Pinewood Studios, London
REGISTER NOW for the BSC EXPO. All welcome. Admission to Show and Seminars Free. SEMINARS: EPIC VS INDIE – Friday 30th at 3pm – with Barry Ackroyd BSC, Haris Zambarloukos BSC and Billy Williams, OBE, BSC, chaired by Ron Prince (editor of the British Cinematographer magazine). SHOTS THAT CHALLENGE US – Saturday 31st at 11am – with Sean Bobbitt BSC, John Mathieson BSC, Tony Miller BSC, chaired by John de Borman BSC.
Blackmagic Camera Update 2.0
Blackmagic Camera Software Update 2.0 is ready to download from their support page. It covers Blackmagic URSA, Studio Camera 4K, Studio Camera, Pocket Cinema Camera, and Cinema Camera. For URSA: adds support for Apple ProRes 444 recording in 4K and HD. read more…
Tags: Blackmagic, Blackmagic Design
Underwater Alexa 65 Hydroflex
The HydroFlex ALEXA 65 has been underwater working on the VFX sequences of a major motion picture. HydroFlex’s Pete Romano, ASC worked closely with ARRI Rental Group’s Neil Fanthom and John Duclos during the design phase of the underwater housing construction. Two housings and cameras worked flawlessly (no leaks :) during production. read more…
Tags: Alexa 65, Hydroflex, Underwater
Sci-Tech Awards Announced
Congratulations to Leica and Tiffen. They will receive a Sci-Tech Awards from the Motion Picture Academy (aka Scientific and Technical Oscars) on Saturday, February 7, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Here is the official AMPAS announcement: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 21 scientific and technical achievements represented by 58 individual award recipients will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation on Saturday, February 7, at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills. read more…
EMITified AJA CION
AJA presented their new CION 35mm Digital Camera at the ASC last night, and is conducting hands-on demos in Hollywood today. The first CIONs are now in Paris and EMIT is busy accessorizing. Here are pictures of their Emitized/ Pagified / Chroszielized/Transvideoified/Ronfordized/Cookeified AJA CION. read more…
AJA CION Factory Tour
I visited AJA headquarters in Grass Valley, CA recently for a tour of the factory where they build the new CION 35mm digital camera. Here’s a free 12-page PDF about that factory visit. There’s also an in depth interview with AJA President Nick Rashby and CION Design Jon Thorn. It is a sneak peek preview and part of our next, upcoming issue…Download the free 12-page PDF…
Curved, Thin, 8K, and HDR at CES
CES 2015 was about flat panel TV displays. Almost every major player had an 8K prototype. They were very good. And yes indeed, you can see the difference. They will be not only in homes, but also in museums, medical schools, hospitals, graphic and automative design. Sharp showed how you could read 3 point type on their 85″ set. 8K is coming… read more…
EMMY for Sony Pres. Kazuo Hirai
Kazuo Hirai, President and CEO of Sony Corporation, was awarded the EMMY Technology & Engineering Lifetime Achievement Award. He was introduced by Chris Dodd, former Senator, currently Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America. Mr. Hirai graciously accepted the awarded with a wry reflection on Sony’s recent hacking ordeal. He noted how the Christmas holidays can be a stressful time–but certainly not as bad as his. read more…
EMMY for Sony Multi-Format Camera
On January 8, Hiroshi Kiriyama was awarded a Technology & Engineering EMMY. Mr. Kiriyama is General Manager of Sony’s Content Creation Professional Design Team, responsible for professional camera development, including the F55. read more…
Larry Thorpe EMMY
Canon Senior Fellow Larry Thorpe got the Charles F. Jenkins EMMY Lifetime Achievement Award on Jan 8. The award was a highlight of the 66th Primetime Emmy Engineering Awards ceremony in Las Vegas during CES. read more…
Tags: Canon, Larry Thorpe
Dariusz Wolski, ASC on AngenZooms
Dariusz Wolski, ASC attended film school in Lodz, Poland. Then he went to New York, tried to get a job, worked as a camera assistant and moved to L.A. where he started in music videos, commercials, and movies. His many credits include recently released “Exodus: Gods and Kings,” directed by Ridley Scott. He is currently working on “The Martian” in Budapest. 2015 marks the 80th anniversary of Angénieux. To kick off the New Year, here’s an interview we did with Dariusz the other day. His comments on working with zooms are very interesting. This is part of FDTimes’ work-in-progress “History of Angénieux” Booklet. read more…
Tags: Darius Wolski, Exodus, The Martian
