Digital Cinema Society

The Los Angeles Post Production Group announced the launch of its first L.A. Post Fest, an innovative video editing competition where contestants will use their creativity, technical skills and storytelling abilities to successfully complete their own version of a professionally shot sci-fi short film.  Each contestant ... [ Read: Los Angeles Post Production Group announces L.A. Post Fest Competition ]

Convergent Design has announced Apollo, a portable HD multicamera recorder/switcher that can simultaneously record up to four HD video signals, along with a fifth channel of either a live-switch between the four or a quad-split reference view.  The ability to function as a four-channel live switcher while simultaneously ... [ Read: Convergent Design Announces Apollo Portable Multicamera Recorder/Switcher ]

Four decades after it's introduction and 13 years since they made a compatible VTR, Sony has announced that it will stop selling their pioneering home video format Betamax video cassettes in March 2016. The format was first launched in 1975, a year before JVC's rival, the VHS cassette, which eventually became the market ... [ Read: Bye bye, Betamax -- Sony to Stop Selling Betamax Cassettes by March 2016 ]

Por Que 4K?Is Higher Resolution Capture and Finishing Really Necessary? (Excerpted from the Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter, October 2015) by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society I’ve often been asked over the last few years, “Why 4K?” or in rhyming Spanish, ... [ Read: Por Que 4K? -- Is Higher Resolution Capture and Finishing Really Necessary? ]

Lytro has announced details of a new kind of camera, the Lytro Immerge, designed specifically to capture footage for virtual-reality experiences. The camera is equipped with hundreds of tiny lenses and image sensors designed to capture the entire "light field”; not just the image in 360-degree, but the spacial qualities ... [ Read: Lytro Unveils Light Field Capture Device For Virtual Reality ]

The Visual Effects Society (VES) has announced that Sir Ridley Scott will receive this year’s VES Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his contributions to filmed entertainment.  The award will be presented at the 14th Annual VES Awards, Feb. 2, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.  Scott’s filmmaking credit ... [ Read: Ridley Scott To Receive VES Lifetime Achievement Award ]