Author Archives: Jon Fauer
No Humbug: Australian Photo Review Digitized
The complete run of the Australian Photo Review from 1894-1956 has been digitized and made available by the State Library of New South Wales. The description of the editor, Edwin J. Welch, is something FDTimes might consider: “Bluntness is also one of his strong points, combined with a fluent facility of expression when he gets badly aggravated; he likewise abhors humbug and discerns it from afar.”
Tags: Australian Photo Review
Panasonic Super35 AU-EVA1 Cine Camera
Pansonic’s camera shown under wraps at NAB was unveiled at Cine Gear Expo. The Panasonic AU-EVA1 is a new, compact, lightweight 5.7K cinema camera that fits in a backpack and shares many qualities of the Varicam LT, VariCam 35 and VariCam Pure product line. The AU-EVA1 has a new 5.7K Super35 sensor. This results in a superb image when down sampled to 4K, UHD, 2K,… read more…
Sony Full Frame 24x36mm Cine Camera
Sony announced plans for a new Full Frame 24x36mm high-end CineAlta digital motion picture camera system at Cine Gear. The big news was the big picture. Few additional details were revealed. Full Frame 24 x 36 mm image sensor. Aspect ratio agnostic – including Full Frame, Super35 full height Anamorphic, Spherical 16:9 and 1:85:1 and 2.39:1. The resolution of Super35 anamorphic (18 x 21.6 mm image area) was announced to be 4K. Compatible with current and planned accessories for F55 cameras (DVF-EL200 Full HD OLED Viewfinder, AXS-R7 recorder, AXS-CR1 and AR1 card reader, AXS and SxS memory cards). read more…
Angenieux AngeNews: Andurand and Sprauel
Pierre Andurand (above left) was in LA last week to introduce his successor Emmanuel Sprauel (right) to key Angenieux partners. Pierre has been CEO and President of Thales Angenieux for a little more than 5 years. He moves on to a VP position at Thales Air Systems. This is a natural progression—successful Thales executives are usually promoted within the Group every five years. Among Pierre’s accomplishments at Angenieux, he was responsible for key decisions in the renewal and growth of the Angenieux lens portfolio (30-72, 56-152 and 25-250, 44-440, Optimo Style and Type EZ series… and more to come)
Tags: Angénieux, Emmanuel Sprauel, Pierre Andurand
Steadicam Stabilized M-1 Volt
Eight years in the making, Tiffen introduced Steadicam M-1 Volt at Cine Gear. It is a modular attachment that adds electronic and gimbal stabilization to the Steadicam–helping to keep horizons level and eliminating pendulum movement of the arm. You operate the Steadicam the way you always did. The M-1 Volt allows precise and full control, but when you let go, the camera… read more…
Tags: Gimbal, Gimbal Stabilizer, M1 Volt, Steadicam, Steadicam M-1 Volt, Volt
Scorpiolens Anamorphic 25 and 150mm
At Clairmont Camera in Hollywood, Brett Reed and Denny Clairmont were busy on Tuesday unboxing and testing the first Scorpiolens S35 25mm and 150mm Anamorphics from Servicevision. Denny commented, “We projected the 25 and 150 mm Scorpio anamorphic lenses and they are amazing. I put a 4 x 5.650 filter holder in front of the 25mm lens and it did not vignette, even with 3… read more…
Canon Cinema EOS C200 & C200B
Canon presents 2 new Cinema EOS digital cine cameras at Cine Gear: Canon EOS C200 and EOS C200B. C200 and C200B cameras have two 4K video formats inside: Canon’s new Cinema RAW Light and MP4. Canon’s Dual Pixel CMOS Auto Focus system. The cameras come in two configurations–same insides; variations outside. C200 is the full production-ready camera package that can be used right out of the box, with an LCD Monitor, nice mounting brackets, Camera Grip and Handle and a 1.77 million dot OLED pivoting Electronic View Finder (EVF) at the rear. The C200B is the same camera — but without the EVF in back, without handle, handgrips, LCD monitor or brackets. read more…
Tags: Canon C200, Canon C200B, Canon Cinema EOS
Keslow Camera’s Cinefade Demos
5/30/17
Cinefade Demos at Keslow Camera: Variable depth of field with exposure control
Keslow Camera (Culver City) will host Cinefade Demo Days on Tuesday, May 30 and Monday, June 5. Cinefade is a variable depth-of-field/aperture device. The effect can be continuously variable depth of field up with constant exposure. In other words, it’s kind of like a rack focus for exposure. For example: ECU of a beautiful actress, wide open, T1.3, blurred background, nice… read more…
Tags: Cinefade, Keslow Camera
Chris Doyle Angenieux Award at Cannes
At a black tie event in the Salle Bunuel theater at the Cannes Film Festival, Christopher Doyle HKSC was presented this year’s Pierre Angenieux lifetime achievement award for cinematography. Accepting his prize–an Angenieux Optimo 15-40 T2.6 zoom–Chris said, “This is something I can use every day and will cherish. It’s much better than a statue that sits on a shelf.” read more…
Chris Doyle, HKSC & Du Ke Feng Interview
Christopher Doyle, HKSC (aka Du Ke Feng) receives the Pierre Angenieux ExcelLens Award for Cinematography on Friday, May 26 at Cannes. JON FAUER: Congratulations on the Pierre Angenieux ExcelLens Award at Cannes. CHRISTOPHER DOYLE: I’m honored. I’m not sure how they chose me. Maybe they saw pictures of me using their lenses [laugh]. Or maybe they wanted to throw a spanner in the works [chortle] by bringing in a “ringer” like me. They’ve already given the prize to all the great cinematographers. So now they wanted to reassure “the kids” that “If Chris can do it, anybody can.” read more…
ARRI in France and Cannes
On Sunday May 21, ARRI hosted a pre-100th anniversary party at Cannes on the Plage Quinzaine. ARRI Managing Directors Dr. Joerg Pohlman and Franz Kraus announced the larger presence of ARRI in France: not only at Cannes but also with the opening of a new ARRI facility in Paris. It will be run by Natasza Chroscicki and Natacha Vlatkovic and the… read more…
Tiffen Burbank Open House
5/28/17
Tiffen Stabilizer Gear Expo and Open House: At Tiffen Burbank Facility - Raffle and Hands-On Demos - 10am-4pm
Tiffen once again hosts their annual Stabilizer Gear Expo and Open House on the Sunday after Cine Gear at their Burbank facility (a few blocks from Burbank Airport). Sunday June 4, 10 am – 4 pm. Tiffen Company, 2815 Winona Avenue, Burbank, CA 91504. The Open House gives attendees the opportunity to get hands on experience with the latest products and watch live… read more…
Christopher Doyle, HKSC to get Angenieux Award
5/26/17
Christopher Doyle, HKSC to get Angenieux Award: Friday May 26, 2017, at the Buñuel Theatre in the Palais des Festivals
The 2017 Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens in Cinematography award at the 70th Cannes Film Festival will go to Christopher Doyle, HKSC. Born in Australia, living in Hong Kong, Chris is also called Du Ke Feng (“Like the Wind”). His distinctive work with color and contrast and light can be seen in more than sixty films directed by Zhang Yimou, Edward Yang, Stan Lai, Zhang… read more…
Pacific Northwest Lens Summit
5/13/17
Koerner Camera Cine Lens Day: Presentations by the major lens manufacturers
Koerner Camera is hosting a day on cine lenses in their Portland office, with representatives from AbelCine, Angenieux, ARRI, Band Pro, Canon, Cooke, Duclos, Fujinon, Hot Rod Cameras, IB/E, Leica, Lomo Illumina, P+S Technik, Preston Cinema, Raptor, Sigma, Tokina and ZEISS. Saturday, May 13 from 10am – 5 pm Koerner Camera Portland 2828 SE 14th AVE. Portland, OR 97202 Cooke Optics- Les… read more…
NAB 2017 Slideshow – part 1
NAB was notable for lots of new lenses — many of them Full Frame and beyond: Leica, CW Sonderoptic, Sigma, Raptor, Cooke, Angenieux, Tokina, Fujifilm, Canon, Sony. It seems as if lens manufacturing has outpaced cameras for the moment, but new cameras are rumored to be around the corner. Here’s the first of several NAB 2017 slideshows. Click on any… read more…
ZEISS CP.3 FF Primes with eXtended Data
Download the full article as a PDF– which includes additional important information about recording lens data on Ambient’s MasterLockit and customized the look with Pomfort LiveGrade Pro. Here is most of the text. Download the PDF to see all the images and full text. ZEISS CP.3 Full Frame Prime Lenses Imagine a series of lenses you can customize. It’s a cinematographic dream… read more…
Updated Lens Charts and IB/E Optics Updates
This is an update with corrections to pages 106 – 108 of FDTimes April-June 2017 issue 81-82– along with additional information on lens mounts, sensor sizes, lens coverage, image circles, IB/E Optics Raptor VV T2.9 Large Format lenses exclusively distributed by Band Pro, Velociraptors, Lens Extenders distributed by AbelCine, LED Ring Lights for Raptors, and more. Download the free 4-page PDF…. read more…
Tags: IB/E Optics, Lens Mounts, Raptors, Sensor Coverage
Updated Cooke Anamorphic/i Group & Chart
Correction to page 95 of FDDTimes April-June 2017 Issue 81-82: There are now 12 (not 11) Cooke Anamorphic/i lenses— 10 primes and 2 zooms. Thank you Iain Neil (optical designer) for pointing this out.
Tags: Cooke, Cooke Anamorphic, Cooke Anamorphic/i
DENZ Portable FF Lens Projector
Denz Compact Test Projector for S35 – Full Frame lenses. Lens mounts: ARRI PL, EF, E-mount 24 V DC power from Camera battery or AC LED lamp. 4200 lm, 6,000K, dimmable. Siemens star and line-pair target 12-200 lp/mm At DENZ NAB Booth www.denz-deniz.com
ZEISS CP.3 Full Frame Lenses
Read the full article in FDTimes April Issue 81-82 going online Monday at 12 noon EST. Imagine a series of lenses you can customize. It’s a cinematographic dream to create unique and signature looks far from the competitive crowd. What if you could tweak some of the characteristics of a lens in real time, on set or on location? Now… read more…
Tags: ZEISS CP.3
