Digital Cinema Society

SIGMA has announced the addition of two new wide-angle lenses to their Art series of primes.  The SIGMA 20mm F1.4 DG DN ART and 24mm F1.4 DG DN ART lenses are designed exclusively for mirrorless full-frame camera systems and are offered in Sony E-Mount and Leica L-Mount versions. The 20mm F1.4 is the widest-aperture ... [ Read: SIGMA Announces New 20mm and 24mm F1.4 DG DN ART Wide-Angle Full-Frame Lenses ]

Netflix has announced that the Sony FX3 has joined its big brother in the Sony Cine line and is now on the esteemed Netflix Approved Camera List.  Approved cameras have been evaluated by Netflix technologists to ensure they meet image capture benchmarks for dynamic range, color accuracy, detail rendition, signal to ... [ Read: Sony FX3 Added to Netflix's Approved Camera List ]

Sony has announced a major camera software update for the FX3 adding features for Cinematographers including Log Shooting Modes, LUT Importing, and Timecode Sync.  Version 2.0 for the FX3 software introduces professional cinema line features into the camera consistent with the Cinema Line Camera workflow.  The new ... [ Read: Sony Announces FX3 Camera Software Update Adding Major Features for Cinematographers ]

The Digital Cinema Society is proud to congratulate its many members nominated for Primetime Emmys.  The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards will honor the best in U.S. primetime television as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.  Done+Dusted and Hudlin Entertainment will once again produce this year’s ... [ Read: DCS Congratulates Members Nominated for 2022 Primetime Emmy Awards ]

UK based Cinematographer Richard William Preisner, in collaboration with ROSCO, has created what he terms the Diffusion Comparison Tool designed to make comparing different diffusion materials quick and easy.  He has photographically catalogued many different types of Rosco diffusion and textiles in a simple ... [ Read: DP Richard William Preisner Introduces the Diffusion Comparison Tool to Quickly Compare Various Diffusion Materials ]

The Television Academy has announced that ARRI is among the recipients of the 74th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy® Awards. ARRI is being awarded the Philo T. Farnsworth Corporate Achievement Award for its more than a century of designing and manufacturing camera and lighting systems as well as its ... [ Read: The Television Academy honors ARRI with an Engineering Emmy Award ]

I hate to admit it, but I rarely, if ever, stop to read an instruction manual, and I’m guessing that I share this aversion with many of my fellow filmmakers.  If we took the time to digest the details of every technology update for every digital tool we interface with, we would never have time to actually take advantage ... [ Read: DCS Review: Adobe Premiere Pro Best Practices and Workflow Guide for Long Form and Episodic Post Production ]

I often have the sad task of reporting the passing of longtime and prominent Digital Cinema Society members, both of which apply to Tony Dow who we lost this week after a long battle with cancer.  However, this one is more personal as Tony was a part of my life since literally before I can remember.  Tony starred ... [ Read: So Long Tony Dow...A Remembrance From Beaver's Other Brother, James Mathers ]

Blackmagic Design has announced DeckLink Mini Monitor HD and DeckLink Mini Recorder HD, new models of PCIe capture and playback solutions featuring 3G‑SDI and HDMI connections. These updated models support video formats up to 1080p60 and 2Kp60 DCI, and are designed to work with advanced color spaces such as Rec. ... [ Read: Blackmagic Announces DeckLink Mini Monitor HD & DeckLinkMini Recorder HD to Support up to 1080p60 & Rec. 2020 ]

DCS Founder James Mathers was on hand to help Cooke Optics celebrate the opening of their new Los Angeles area office.  Concurrent with Cine Gear Expo, the Cooke Team, including Cinematographer and Non-Executive Chairman, Kees van Oostrum, Director of Global Sales, Thomas Greiser, Vice President of Sales, Americas, ... [ Read: DCS Helped Celebrate the Opening of Cooke Optics New Los Angeles Area Offices ]