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BB&S Lighting has added a Compact Bicolor Fresnel to their family of Compact Beamlight LED fixtures. The small (5.5-in/14cm) Fresnel draws just 38W and outputs over 2400 lumens, tunable from 2700 to 5600°K. The new CFL features a genuine curved glass 90mm Fresnel lens for an even field distribution and sharper ... [ Read: BB&S Lighting Introduces New Compact Bicolor Fresnel ]

by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the November 2021 Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter) I shared earlier this year in an essay for DCS that I finally decided the time was right to invest in a mirrorless stills and motion camera. With an original Canon ... [ Read: Picking A Mirrorless Camera With a Little Help From My Friends ]

IBC has announced that the in-person convention scheduled to take place on December 3-6 at The RAI auditorium in Amsterdam, has been cancelled. The move follows growing concerns about the COVID-19 situation in The Netherlands, which has deteriorated over the past week, and feedback from the IBC exhibitor and ... [ Read: IBC 2021 has been Cancelled ]

Blackmagic Design has announced DaVinci Resolve 17.4 which optimizes the speed of DaVinci Resolve to work up to 5 times faster on the new Apple Mac models with the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips. This speed increase allows customers to playback, edit and grade 8K projects even faster, and can work with up to 12 streams of ... [ Read: Blackmagic Announces DaVinci Resolve 17.4 and New URSA Broadcast G2 ]

OWC, a leading provider of Memory, External Drives, SSDs, Mac & PC docking solutions, and performance upgrade kits, has recently announced an array of new storage and workflow solutions including many for the new Apple MacBook Pro with M1 Pro and M1 Max. The latest announcement from OWC is their new ... [ Read: New Storage and Workflow Solutions from OWC + Connectivity for M1 MacBook Pros ]

As we emerge from the extreme challenges brought on by the global pandemic the ZEISS Cinema Lens team continues to build and improve their capabilities across the Americas. They have never stopped actively engaging with the filmmaking community, unveiling new technology, maintaining channels, sponsoring the activities ... [ Read: The ZEISS Cinema Americas Team Expands with New Hires ]

Cooke Optics has added to their Full Frame family with two Varotal/i FF zooms, as well as new Panchro/i Classic FF primes.  Two new Varotal/i FF zoom lenses bring modern designs and materials to the historic line of zoom lenses that were first seen in 1971, while the extensive Panchro/i Classic FF range offers the ... [ Read: Cooke adds new Full Frame Varotal/i FF zoom and Panchro/i Classic FF lens lines ]

Sony has announced the VENICE 2, their new flagship model in a widening lineup of high-end digital cinema cameras. The VENICE 2 adds several new features including a compact design, internal recording, and the option for two different sensors: the newly developed full-frame 8.6K sensor, or the original 6K VENICE ... [ Read: Sony announces VENICE 2, with New Full-Frame, 8.6K, and 16 stops DR Sensor ]

On the heals of our recent visit to the West Coast headquarters of Vitec's Creative Solutions group comes news of major discounts on products from SmallHD, Teradek, and Wooden Camera.  As part of their Season of Thanks Sale you can save up to $2,000 on SmallHD monitors, up to 30% on Teradek streaming solutions, ... [ Read: Streaming Coverage and Discount Products from: Teradek - SmallHD - Wooden Camera ]

New DCS Streaming: 2021 Focus On Cine Lenses From the Buyer's POV

By James Mathers, Nov 8, 2021

Due to ongoing pandemic our annual Digital Cinema Society Cine Lens event which traditionally took place at at Cine Gear Expo was held this year online.  Instead of viewing a nearly three hour event, we have separated the presentations which can be directly accessed at the links below.  These include: Angénieux ... [ Read: New DCS Streaming: 2021 Focus On Cine Lenses From the Buyer's POV ]