Cine Gear Atlanta 2024
10/4/24 – 10/5/24
Cine Gear Atlanta : At Trilith Studios, 400 Veterans Pkwy Fayetteville, GA 30214
Cine Gear returns to Atlanta on October 4-5 at Trilith Studios (where Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis was done). 400 Veterans Pkwy Fayetteville, GA 30214 Registration is free. There are exhibits, events and seminars. See the schedule.
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IBC 2024 Slideshow
IBC 2024 in Amsterdam attracted 1,350 exhibitors and 45,085 attendees from September 13-16. With good running shoes, that meant 55 seconds to visit each booth. It’s like real-life 3D Goggle search, bouncing between scheduled meetings and trying to see as much as possible.
There are 12 halls, covering 29 acres (116,200 sq meters) in the RAI convention space. It’s about 1km from Hall 12, where most of the cinema companies traditionally exhibit, to Blackmagic and AJA in Hall 7. New Balance and Apple Watch app showed 10 miles per day.
Here’s a slideshow. read more…
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iodyne Pro Mini: smart drive
If you’re a DIT, DP, AC, creator or crew rushing to download the day’s footage onto an off-the-shelf SSD, you know that heat can also slow transfers down, often to a frustrating crawl.
Now there’s a super fast SSD that can take the heat: iodyne Pro Mini. Incidentally, iodyne is the company that also makes Pro Data Thunderbolt storage (NVMe 12/24/48TB 5 GB/s SSDs.) The name iodyne comes from “i/o” like in/out, and “dyne,” a unit of force, as in dynamic.
Pro Mini is iodyne’s smart drive, about the size of your iPhone, developed specifically for cinema production and photography. Think of it as a Thunderbolt shuttle drive with sophisticated features—speedy, sustained read/write speeds; Passkey authentication, security and encryption, digital labeling and Find My tracking. It comes in 4TB or 8TB capacities. read more…
Wooden Camera AKS for Canon Cinema EOS C80
The Canon Cinema EOS C80 just arrived, and wouldn’t you know it — Wooden Camera has an Elite Accessory System for it:
Top Plate, a new ARCA Riser Plate, NATO Side Rail, Canon ¼”-20 Ridge Plate, Gold and V-Mount Battery Slide power options, a Core Accessory System letting you use Canon’s Carry Handle, and lots more. read more…
Canon EOS C80 – RF mount Full Frame
Download 8-page FDTIMES PDF Report on the new Canon Cinema EOS C80 Camera at fdtimes.com
Canon introduces the new Cinema EOS C80 Camera.
Full Frame, RF mount, compact and lightweight, it has a 6K (26.67 Megapixel) sensor that measures 36.0 x 19.0 mm (40.7 mm diagonal). And look—it has a 4K 12G SDI Output BNC!
You could say this is the inevitable successor to the Cinema EOS C70 Camera that came out four years ago—September 2020. The C70 was the first RF mount Cinema EOS Camera. It became a breakthrough success because its Super35 4K sensor was similar to the Canon EOS C300 Mark III and yet it came in a much smaller body, albeit with fewer capabilities. read more…
Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K LF & 17K 65
Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K LF Review and Preview of Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65
Download this free 16-page 6MB PDF standalone special report now.
This report is a hands-on look at the Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K LF Camera.
The article will appear in Film and Digital Times September 2024 Issue 127 and the IBC Edition printing in Amsterdam and available at the show.
There’s also a brief preview of the Blackmagic URSA Cube 17K 65 Camera.
https://fdtimes.us/URSA-Cine-LF read more…
FDT at IBC 2024 Amsterdam
This is the cover of Film and Digital Times September 2024 Issue 127, going online here September 10 — in time for IBC 2024 in Amsterdam, September 13-16. It will contain many new product announcements, in-depth how-to articles, user stories, and more. read more…
Wooden Camera Accessories for Canon EOS C400
Wooden Camera’s new Elite Accessory System for the Canon EOS C400 and Core System will be released in September, when the camera will ship as well. The Core System includes the essentials for the C400 camera. The Elite System adds Wooden Camera’s Top Handle, Baseplate, and rods. read more…
Sony Cine Camera Reports
This 80-page FDTimes Special Edition began at the beginning of the year when colleagues called in with stories about recent jobs that happened to be filmed with Sony VENICE, BURANO and FX3 cameras.
These are not eulogies or reviews or production paeans. Instead, they are somewhat technical, sometimes nerdy, always artistic discussions about interesting films and series with lots of details about lenses, lighting, LUTs, peppered with long discourses on Director-DP dynamics, crew management, psychology, color science, career beginnings, film schools, first jobs, and all the other tales told on location waiting for the sun to rise, the clouds to part, or the next shot in a glass after wrap. read more…
Jeromy Young, Atomos CEO and Co-Founder
The following short press release went out on January 15, 2024: “Melbourne, Australia. Jeromy Young, co-founder of Atomos, has returned as Managing Director and CEO. Young, who was previously CEO of Atomos for over 10 years, retired from executive duties in November 2021.” We caught up via video conference.
Jeromy said, “I am infatuated with our industry. It’s a place where you need to be at a reasonable technical level to even have a chance. I missed it. I missed running a company. I missed having people come on the journey of new ways to do things…” read more…
CVP Summer Kit Fest 2024
7/24/24 – 7/25/24
CVP Summer Kit Fest 2024: CVP Summer Kit Fest 2024 is a two-day event in London, Wednesday July 24 and Thursday July 25 ((11:00 - 18:00).
CVP Summer Kit Fest 2024 is a two-day event in London, Wednesday July 24 and Thursday July 25 ((11:00 – 18:00).
It will be like a walking tour (kit scavenger hunt? pub crawl?) of trendy Fitzrovia. Your waypoints are four company showrooms, kitted out with the latest equipment and presumably hydrating and nourishing refreshments. I still have trouble thinking of kit as equipment and not a toy model. A quick detour via OED cites T. E. Lawrence (after Arabia), “Sergeant take this man to the Q.M. Stores, kit him at once, and put him into the first train…”
Anyway, your adventure begins at CVP Quartermaster Stores and Fitzrovia Showroom where you pick up your badge. read more…
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Cine Gear Expo LA 2024
Cine Gear LA 2024 exhibits opened on June 7 and 8 at Warner Bros Studios in Burbank, CA. But it was actually a week of activities: setup for exhibitors, parties, events, open houses, and new product introductions. read more…
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Euro Cine Expo Munich 2024
6/27/24 – 6/29/24
Euro Cine Expo Munich 2024: More than 100 exhibitors and 2 days of seminars. June 27-29 at Motorword Munich.
Euro Cine Expo returns for its third year in Munich, June 27-29, at Motorword. It is about 10 km north of Marienplatz and central Munich, near BMW headquarters. Dion Beebe, ASC, ACS is a featured speaker, presenting a seminar “The Art of Cinematography” on Friday June 28 from 5:30 – 6:30 pm. read more…
FDTimes at Cine Gear – stand L608
Pick up your complimentary copy of Film and Digital Times June – Cine Gear 2024 Edition at our booth L608. We are indoors, in the comfortable shade of the Partner Pavilion. Enter the doorway behind the ASC American Cinematographer stand.
Cine Gear Expo LA 2024
6/7/24 – 6/8/24
Cine Gear Expo LA 2024
Film and Digital Times will be at Cine Gear LA in the Partner Pavilion, L608. Pick up a free copy of the FDTimes Cine Gear June Issue #126. See floorpan. Cine Gear Expo begins on Friday June 7 at Warner Bros. Studios. Exhibitions are Friday June 7 (11 am – 7 pm) and Saturday June 8 (10 am – 5… read more…
Pacific Northwest Lens Summit 2024
The Pacific Northwest Lens Summit returned to Koerner Camera in Portland on May 3 and 4, 2024. CVP hosted the event in London last year. Around 30 exhibitors and hundreds of visitors from around the world attended — to try, test, look at and look through lots of the latest cine lenses and accessories. Classes, workshops and seminars were presented by lens technicians and experts. read more…
Keiji Oishi and Jarred Land on Nikon and RED
Nikon completed its acquisition of RED Digital Cinema on April 8, 2024. This is an interview with Keiji Oishi and Jarred Land (in photo by Mark Cruz, above) all about it. read more…
TRIBE7 – BLACKWING7 Binary II Lenses
TRIBE7 introduces a limited run of Second Edition BLACKWING7 Binary Prime Lenses. This release builds on the legacy of the original prototypical Binary lenses, introduced five years ago. 10 sets were made in 2019 as test and evaluation optics. The new Second Edition BLACKWING7 Binaries pay complete homage to their prototypical predecessors, while offering filmmakers greater creative control through new modular components such as custom-tuned optics, flare control systems and the SKIN program of alternative coatings for BLACKWING7 front lens elements. read more…
Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65mm
Blackmagic
URSA Cine 17K 65mm Even Larger Format camera by the end of the year.
Sensor size: 50.808mm wide x 23.316mm high
Diagonal: 55.9mm
Horizontal Resolution: 17,520 pixels
Vertical Resolution: 8,040 pixels read more…
Philip Vischer Joins Second Reef
Philip Vischer (above, center) has joined the crew (Alexander Schwarz (left) and James Bouchie (right) at Second Reef as they set sail on their latest journey.
Philip will be Vice President of Sales & Client Relations. Welcome aboard.
