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Canon C300 Cameras win Cannes
Canon C300 Cameras shot the Cannes Film Festival Palme D’Or winner, Blue is the Warmest Color (La Vie d’Adèle). Two cameras were provided by PhotoCineRent in Paris. Because production lasted 4 or 5 months, the cameras were purchased by the producers instead of rented. The cameras came with Canon mounts, and files were recorded internally to CF cards. Two Angénieux 28-76 mm Optimo zooms were… read more…
Philippe Rousselot, ASC, AFC, ExcelLens
It was the best of times. It was about time. Victoria Abril declared, “the award was not a moment too soon.” This is the first time the Cannes Film Festival has honored the work of a cinematographer. The first annual Pierre Angenieux Award for Cinematography at Cannes was presented Friday, May 24, to Philippe Rousselot, ASC, AFC by Angénieux President and CEO… read more…
Red Dot on Red Carpet
I’m at the Cannes Film Festival trying out new Leica M. While 4500 members of the press are covering this event, which I’m told gets more coverage than the Olympics, the presence of an M is noteworthy. It turns heads. Leica M cameras are still almost as hard to get as some of the stars and starlets, with a back-order… read more…
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Preston MDR French Translation
For our French colleagues at Cannes: a translation of pages 6-7 from current June 2013 edition on Preston’s new MDR3. Translated by Pierre Souchar. read more…
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Digitaloptik Image Circle Extender
There are a lot of great lenses, especially zooms, designed in the days of the Academy format, that have been relegated to back shelves when Super 35 and larger sensor cameras came out. Despair no more; dust off your venerable Angénieux and Cooke classics. Ken Robings’ digitaloptik introduced a new 1.21x PL-to-PL extender at NAB. It takes zoom lenses designed… read more…
Dragons and the Chocolate Factory
It was like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for camera geeks at NAB. South Lower Hall had a working RED camera assembly area, complete with clean room, sensor installation, nitrogen freezing and vibrating QC. RED Epics were upgraded on the spot to the new Dragon 6K sensor. It was one of the hits of the show and demonstrated an innovative… read more…
Easier EasyFocus
EasyFocus just got easier–and smaller, lighter, more ergonomic. Gabriel Bauer, AAC (left), designer of Moviecam and Arricam, introduced the second generation of his touch-screen focus-puller’s best friend. The new model is about the size of a laptop, with a new fold-down cover that doubles as a mouse holder, script holder or hand rest. The laser reader attaches above the lens,… read more…
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Cooke Series II & III Revived
Give them your tired, your poor, your old Cooke Series II and III Panchros yearning to be breathing free. If you’re looking for a vintage Cooke Series II and III Panchro look, here’s the real deal. Colin Sanders (right) and Keith Truslove (left) of True Lens Services showed the entire set at NAB of their skillful rejuvenation. Send them your… read more…
OConnor’s Killer Donuts
Killer Donuts? No, Thye’re not the latest lethal offering from craft service. OConnor’s new anti-reflection rings (donuts) were two of the most simple-why-didn’t anyone-think-of-them-before innovative products of NAB. Prototypes were seen at Cinec and Cine Gear — now they are ready to reduce reflections between the back of your mattebox filters and the front of the lens. OConnor’s Killa Donuts,… read more…
Fujinon Cabrio 14-28 T2.9 Update
Fujinon usually has a surprise under glass at NAB. This year’s revelation was a pre-production Premier PL 14-28 mm T2.9 Cabrio wide angle zoom (model ZK2x14). It will join the 19-90 T2.9 and 85-300 mm T2.9-4.0 Cabrios around the end of 2013. The handgrip / servo drive provides zoom, iris, and focus lens data in LDS and /i metadata formats…. read more…
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MōVi
If FDTimes gave awards, MōVi would probably win most innovative new product of the show. It reminds me of a stabilized head (like Russian Arm, Libra, Scorpio) that goes handheld. Or think of it as a stabilized helicopter mount minus the helicopter, or a stabilized camera car remote system without the arm and remote head. The camera is stabilized in… read more…
Tags: Freefly, MoVi, Tabb Firchau, Vincent Laforet
New Fujinon Cabrio 14-28mm
Fujinon announces a new Cabrio for NAB. On display at their NAB booth will be the new Premier PL 14-28mm Cabrio wide angle lens (model ZK2x14). Focal length from 14-28mm at T2.9, with 200-degree focus rotation. This is the 3rd in the growing Cabrio Family. Thom Calabro, director of marketing and product development for the Optical Devices Division of FUJIFILM,… read more…
This is what has been cooking at Angénieux and Cooke
Anamorphic Lenses At the AFC Micro Salon in Paris a few weeks ago, Angénieux CEO and President Pierre Andurand and Cooke Chairman Les Zellan were seen tête à tête. FDTimes has learned that Angénieux and Cooke technical teams worked together to share the design of their respective anamorphic lenses and check their compatibility. Pierre Andurand said, “Les and I are… read more…
Tags: Anamorphic Lenses, Angénieux, Cooke
ZEISS at NAB
The new Compact Zoom CZ.2 28-80 T2.9 will be shown for the first time in the US (it was presented at IBC and Cinec) — joining the CZ.2 70-200 T2.9. Both zoom lenses cover full-frame still format (24x36mm) and can be used on HDSLR as well as video and cinema cameras. As full-frame lenses, they create what ZEISS calls a… read more…
Tags: Compact Primes, Compact Zooms, ZEISS
ARRI Alexa Internal Filter Module
ARRI Alexa XT cameras will be delivered with the Internal Filter Module (IFM) filter holder installed — except the Alexa Studio which has its own motorized ND filter system and cannot use of the Internal Filter Module. The filters that go into the IFM are called FSNDs. They are not included with the Alexa XT cameras, and have to be purchased separately…. read more…
Tags: Alexa, ARRI, FSNC, IFM, Internal Filter Module
Denz at NAB
Just when I thought all was clear, a torrent of emails from every manufacturer announce additional new gear for NAB that did not make it in time for the hallowed print edition. Peter Denz has a top handle, top plate, supports and rigs for the Sony F5/F55 camera, Accessories for Canon C300/500, and a Power Hub. Most intriguing is a… read more…
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Something’s Cooking at Angénieux and Cooke
Something’s cooking at Angénieux and Cooke. Some “things” will be announced later this week and seen at NAB in Angénieux Booth C6020 and Cooke Optics Booths C11149 and C11150.
NAB Trail Map by FDTimes
Pack your running shoes. With NAB 2013 a week away, here’s an FDTimes Trail Map of things to see and places to go. Booth numbers included. Pick up a copy of FDTimes’ NAB Edition from our booth C10006 or from our publicaton bin at the entrance to Central Hall. read more…
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Sony F5-F55 Booklet Updated
We have updated the Sony F5-F55 Booklet. The new version is Feb 28, 2013. iPad users: Please delete your old (November) version and download the new Feb 28, 2013 Edition via Apple Newsstand. App is available in iTunes. PDF Edition. Download the new Feb 28, 2013 v5.5 Edition.
CP+ 2013 Yokohama
by Dorian Weber Every photo enthusiast in Japan marks the last day of January in their diary. It is the start of CP+ Photo Show in Yokohama from Jan 31 till Feb 3 – now in its 4th year. For the many attendees living in Tokyo, the long trip is compensated by what the show has to offer. Aside from… read more…
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