Digital Cinema Society

by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the December 2016 Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter) Whether you call it flicker, pulsing, or strobing, the artifacts caused by artificial electric lighting being out of sync with the frame rate and shutter angle ... [ Read: Saturday Night at the Disco or...How to Avoid Flicker When Shooting Hi-Frame Rates ]

The SMPTE has graciously made their latest educational presentation on ACES available to view on the web.  In this fairly technical webcast, Walter Arrighetti, the CTO of Frame by Frame, and Francesco Giardiello, a Workflow Supervisor and DIT review current ACES terminology, color-science and workflows.  The webcast, ... [ Read: ACES 1.0: Theory and Practice webcast available courtesy of the SMPTE ]

DCS Advisory Board Member Tom Fletcher, (former Owner of Fletcher Camera,) has come out with an update to his famous Camera Comparison Chart. Compiled by Fletcher with the help of DCS Midwest Chapter President, Gary Adcock, the information has been gathered from numerous conversations with various cinematographers, ... [ Read: Newly Published 2016 Fletcher Camera Comparison Chart ]

New Streaming: 2016 DCS Post Production Expo

By DCS, Dec 1, 2016

On November 19th the Digital Cinema Society held our annual Post Expo at the Chaplin Theater on the Raleigh Studios lot in Hollywood. Leading Industry Experts covered a wide variety of Post Production topics including HDR, Storage, Finishing, and VR, as well as taking advantage of the Cloud for Post and Distribution. ... [ Read: New Streaming: 2016 DCS Post Production Expo ]