Digital Cinema Society

by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the March 2017 Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter) No longer a vague concept for the future; Post Production in the Cloud is here now and getting more practical by the day. While questions of content security and bandwidth ... [ Read: Are You Ready to Take Advantage of Post Production in the Cloud? ]

Adobe Premiere has turned 25! To celebrate the anniversary, Adobe has teamed up with Grammy-winning band, Imagine Dragons in order to give fans a chance to co-create a music video. Imagine Dragons are offering total access to the raw footage shot from their music video of “Believer".  Using these video clips, ... [ Read: Adobe Premiere Celebrates 25 Years with Imagine Dragons Music Video Edit Contest ]

Responding to the growing popularity of large-format Digital Cinema cameras such as the ARRI Alexa 65 and upcoming RED 8K Vistavision,CW Sonderoptic has introduced the Leica Thalia series of prime lenses. The set of 9 spherical lenses provides an image circle of 60mm diagonal with focal lengths including 24, 30, 35, ... [ Read: Leica Announces New Thalia Series of Large Format Primes ]

Our streaming coverage of the 2017 DCS Cinema Lighting Expo, which took place March 4th at the IATSE Local 80 stage in Burbank, CA is now on-line. In addition to vendors presenting their latest technology, we bring you a presentation by David Stump, ASC on behalf of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ... [ Read: Now Streaming 2017 DCS Cinema Lighting Expo ]

Distinguished Cinematographer Sol Negrin, ASC, a longtime member of DCS and ardent volunteer in the service of educating the next generation of filmmakers has passed away. During his six decade long career as a Cinematographer, Negrin earned five Emmy nominations, three for episodes of the television series Kojak, ... [ Read: DCS Mourns the Loss of Sol Negrin, ASC ]

In a worldwide press briefing over the web, Grant Petty, CEO of Blackmagic Design today announced a number of new products and upgrades. Foremost for me on the list was the new URSA Mini Pro 4.6K, a high-end digital cinema camera with the ergonomics and features that will also allow it to function as a traditional ... [ Read: New Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 4.6K Camera + Resolve Micro & Mini Panels ]

by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the February 2017 Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter) In a tradition of several years now, I have devoted my January eNewsletter to covering the Consumer Electronics Show as it relates to content creators.  Then for ... [ Read: Tales from the Tech Retreat 2017 -- Taking Stock of VR ]