Digital Cinema Society

The long awaited premiere episode of the Digital Cinema Show, our new web series covering the art and science of motion pictures is now on-line and ready to view.  Episode One features three interviews, the first with Andy Maltz, Managing Director of the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion ... [ Read: Announcing The Premiere of the Digital Cinema Show ]

One DP's Perspective -- Recent Essays by James Mathers

By DCS, Sep 29, 2015

One DP's Perspective Essays Excerpted From Recent Digital Cinema Society eNewsletters by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society   The 360 Degree Turning Point of VR Virtual Reality, or VR, seems to dominate the Entertainment, Tech, and Financial news these days with ... [ Read: One DP's Perspective -- Recent Essays by James Mathers ]

The 360 Degree Turning Point of VR by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter, September 2015) Virtual Reality, or VR, seems to dominate the Entertainment, Tech, and Financial news these days with announcements of alliances, ... [ Read: The 360 Degree Turning Point of VR ]

The Digital Cinema Society Goes On The Road with Sony's DMPC to Northern California October 20th at Mac House Productions in Fremont, CA. We bring on the road with us a program developed for Sony's Digital Motion Picture Center at Sony Studios in Culver City.  Cinematographer and DCS President James Mathers will ... [ Read: DCS Northern California Event: Sony 4K end-to-end -- From Cameras to Displays ]

First announced at NAB 2015, Panasonic used the occasion of IBC to update details for the forthcoming AG-DVX200, a large-sensor 4/3 type handheld 4K camcorder that offers features including UHD (up to 3840x2160/60p) recording and 12 stop dynamic range, made possible by the VariCam style V-Log L processing.  Delivering ... [ Read: IBC Update on Panasonic DVX200 Compact Large Sensor 4K Camcorder ]

As Broadcasters and Post facilities are challenged to transition to 4K workflows, AJA debuted at IBC its FS3, the newest product in the company’s line of FS frame synchronizers. By combining frame synchronization with high-quality 4K up-conversion the unit is designed to integrate SD and HD signals into 4K workflows. ... [ Read: AJA Introduces FS3 4K Upconverter at IBC 2015 ]

Sony has just announced the PXW-FS5, a new 4K Super 35mm CMOS sensor cinema camera that will fit in between the FS7 and the FS700. With an MSRP of $5,600US for the body only, and $6,100US with an 18-105mm f/4 lens, the camera will only be able to shoot UHD 3840 x 2160 out of the box.  However DCI 4K and 4K RAW will ... [ Read: New From Sony - FS5 Super 35mm 4K Camcorder and Mirrorless Still/Motion a7SII ]

With the start of IBC, we see a rash of Cinema technology announcements, and here are few that caught our attention: Canon is Developing an 8K Camera and Reference Display, as well as 4K High Brightness, Short Throw Projector: Canon announced today that it is developing an 8K EOS camera and professional 8K reference ... [ Read: Canon, Litepanels and Adobe News From IBC ]