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AFC Micro Salon 2013
This is a slideshow of the 2013 Association of French Cinematographers Micro Salon, one of the world’s best expos of new equipment and screenings. It was held on February 22-23, 2013 in its usual location–La Fémis film school, formerly Pathé Film Studios, on the rue Francoeur in Montmatre. Pictures were taken with a splendid Nikon D600 (full-frame 24 x 36… read more…
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ARRI Alexa XR and XT
Alexa XR Module Upgrade ARRI has announced today that existing Alexa cameras can soon be upgraded with internal ARRIRAW. ARRI and Codex worked together to develop a new XR Module (Xtended Recording) side cover for ARRIRAW uncompressed recording right where your SxS PRO card previously went. Any of the five current Alexas can be upgraded: Alexa, Alexa Plus, Alexa Plus… read more…
Matthews Max Menace Arm
Receiving an Academy Technical Achievement Award at the Beverly Hills Hotel Sci-Tech event on Feb 9, Richard Mall (above) said, “As a key grip for 36 years, if I see a camera in front of me, I’m in the wrong place!” Host Zoe Saldana (above, center) then thanked Richard “for making it possible for us actors to be on the… read more…
Sneak Peak: Leica Summicron-C Primes
An FDTimes spy who came in from the cold in Berlin provided these pictures and notes from Kameralabor 2013 (Camera Workshop), ahead of the snowy opening of the Berlinale Film Festival. A pre-production 25 mm and 75 mm Leica Summicron–C lens was revealed for evaluation by an expert group of Cinematographers and Camera Assistants. Kameralabor returns to Munich on Feb… read more…
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Denz Lens Support
Do you need to support a very long lens with mattebox and maybe a rain deflector? All that weight up front will stretch the balance limits of your regular sliding baseplate. Peter Denz’s Support Plate 600 is 600 mm (23.62”) long. It is extremely lightweight. The dovetail on top accepts DENZ BP multi and baseplates from other manufacturers. A DENZ… read more…
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Adam Wilt’s Cine Meter for iPhone
I once said that if it has a ringtone, it’s not a camera. I was wrong. And now there’s a light meter with a ringtone. The articulate and brilliant Adam Wilt has a new tool for us. Go immediately to the App Store and search for Cine Meter. More information is on his web site: adamwilt.com/cinemeter I downloaded Cine Meter… read more…
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Jon Maxwell on the Cooke Look
What is the Cooke Look? The Academy will honor Cooke Optics with a Sci-Tech Oscar statuette “for their continuing innovation in the design, development and manufacture of advanced camera lenses that have helped define the look of motion pictures over the last century…producing what is commonly referred to as the Cooke Look…” Jonathan Maxwell, lens designer, recently published an article… read more…
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Anton/Bauer Sci-Tech
Anton/Bauer’s CINE VCLX Portable Power System (Ni-MH 14/24/28 V battery) will receive a Sci-Tech Plaque (Scientific and Engineering Award) from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Saturday, February 9, 2013. Anton/Bauer engineers Joe Murtha, William Frederick and Jim Markland will be honored for their design and work. CINE VCLX batteries are used to power cameras, monitors, accessories,… read more…
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Cooke Optics Academy Award of Merit
An Academy Award of Merit (Oscar Statuette) will be presented to Cooke Optics Limited at the annual Scientific and Technical (Sci-Tech) Awards Presentation at The Beverly Hills Hotel on Saturday, February 9, 2013. The Academy announced the award today, “To Cooke Optics Limited for their continuing innovation in the design, development and manufacture of advanced camera lenses that have helped define… read more…
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Academy Technical Achievement Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 9 scientific and technical achievement awards, represented by 25 individual recipients, will be given out at the annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation at The Beverly Hills Hotel on Saturday, February 9, 2013. The Sci-Tech Awards are presented to products and people “contributing significant value to the process of making… read more…
REDRAY 4K
It’s December 8, 2012. Do you know where your content is? Not where they predicted. Neighborhood DVD stores are gone. Blockbuster who? Netflix by mail does not gratify instantly, and stuttery streaming incites screaming. Any movie, anytime, anywhere is still a startup light at the end of a tunnel. Where have all the DVDs (and Blu-rays) gone? Pogue and pundits… read more…
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Canon C100 “Pulse”
Pulse by stillmotion from Canon Pro on Vimeo. “Pulse” is one of the first shorts shot with a Canon EOS C100. It’s about the journey of David Plans and Davide Morelli creating their BioBeats app, which uses a camera (not the C100) to detect your heart beat and turn it into music. The 9-minute short is by stillmotion. Here’s a… read more…
Vantage One T1 Spherical Primes
The Hawk guys are at Camerimage introducing an eye-popping set of new spherical T1 prime lenses called Vantage One. T1! There are nine Vantage One lenses in the set: 17.5, 21, 25, 32, 40, 50, 65, 90 and 120 mm, all T1, and all close-focusing. “It’s the result of our experience over the past 20 years building Hawk anamorphics, and… read more…
Clairmont Alexa In-Camera Filter System
Designed by Clairmont’s very own Andree Martin, these new tools give the cinematographer access to an In-Camera Net Holder and an In-Camera Blue Streak Effect “Filter.” The In-Camera Filter Systems can be used with both spherical and anamorphic lenses and are an available option to rent with Clairmont Camera’s ARRI Alexas. The In-Camera Filter System will be available for purchase from Schneider in the… read more…
Sony F5 and F55 LA Launch
11/28/12
Sony F5 and F55 LA Launch: Sony premieres the new F5 and F55 cameras: November 28, 6:30 - 9:30 pm at Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles.
Sony premieres their new F5 and F55 cameras: November 28, 6:30 – 9:30 pm at Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles. Register for a 4K screening of the first demos shot with the F5 and F55 and a presentation of the new cameras. Refreshments and appetizers will be served. The evening is heralded as “the future ahead of schedule.” Sony… read more…
Leica M Cine
Confirming speculation at Photokina, the imminent Leica M camera portends to be a unique camera for cinema. Just as the 1954 Leica M3 sparked a new style of unobtrusive, documentary-style photojournalism, I think the new M camera will provoke new styles in cinematography. In the days before Hurricane Sandy, we got our hands on a working pre-production Leica M at… read more…
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Canon EF 24-70, 35 mm
Canon has two new still lenses: EF 24-70 mm f/4L IS USM and EF 35 mm f/2 IS USM. They cover the full-frame (24 x 36 mm) still format–good for cameras like 5D, 6D, etc. The EF 24-70mm f/4 focuses to macro at the long end of the zoom and has image stabilization. The EF 35 mm f/2 has image stabilization…. read more…
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Sony F55 and F5
Today, Sony reveals their new F5 and F55 cameras. Expect to see prototypes shooting on locations near you. Working cameras ship in January 2013. Some have called the F55 a companion to the F65, and the F5 an upgrade beyond F3. Many will call them Sony’s first comfortably shoulder-resting, modular, compact 4K cameras. read more…
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Lowel GL-1 LED
Picture this: a Makita/Dewalt cordless drill. Cut the top drill section off. Glue a dedolight-like focusing LED on top. You get the rough idea of the new Lowel GL-1 light. It’s kind of a new take on the old sun-gun, which was a hot halogen handheld light tethered to a battery-belt. Film historians will remember the sun-gun and its “Statue… read more…
