Digital Cinema Society

DTC Winners Need Quality, Quantity, Focus DCS Member Content Contribution from Andy Marken of Marken Communications   Live together, die together, works when you have to keep on fighting. Totally sucks in real life." – Nolan, "Defiance," 2013–2015, Five and Dime Productions People learn ... [ Read: DTC Winners Need Quality, Quantity, Focus - Member Content Contribution from Andy Marken ]

While prepping for an out-of-town shoot, James Mathers, Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society discusses packing equipment for travel and gives a quick demo of the Tenba Cineluxe 24 camera bag.  View it on Vimeo here: https://vimeo.com/297137695 [ Read: Demo and Review of Tenba Cineluxe 24 Camera Bag by James Mathers ]

The annual DCS Post Production Expo was held this year at Canon Burbank on Saturday, October 20th.  The coverage includes a wide variety of Post Production topics such as How to Identify and Handle Various File Formats, Lens Metadata for VFX and the new Netflix Post Technology Alliance.  Presentations include (in ... [ Read: Now Streaming: Coverage of 2018 DCS Post Production Expo ]

Come see the latest from Canon along with key support and accessories necessary to create a complete camera package at Canon’s technical service and support center in Burbank. There are many components in addition to the camera that are necessary to assembling a successful Digital Cinema acquisition package.  ... [ Read: 2018 DCS Camera Support and Accessories Expo, November 28 at Canon Burbank ]

The Digital Cinema Society will hold our annual Post Production Expo this year at Canon Burbank on Saturday, October 20th from 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm. We’ll cover a wide variety of Post Production topics including: RAW Workflows - Taking Advantage of Lens Metadata for VFX - Cloud for Post Collaboration and Distribution. ... [ Read: DCS Post Production Expo 2018 - October 20th at Canon Burbank ]

A Banker, a Distributor, and a Lawyer walk into a bar... It's not a joke; it's a Digital Cinema Society educational panel discussion on Indie Film Finance and Distribution. The event was sponsored by KitSplit and held at Hot Rod Cameras on September 26, 2018. These three experts tell it like it is and give insight ... [ Read: Now Streaming: DCS Indie Film Finance & Distribution Event ]

Legendary TV/Film production equipment rental house Birns & Sawyer is being offered in a turnkey sale by a sealed bid auction to be held on October 16, 2018.  The sale will include Birns & Sawyer's cameras, lenses, accessories, production vans, IP, and more.   The company has a rich history, founded in ... [ Read: Cinema Equipment Rental House Birns & Sawyer on the Auction Block ]

by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the September 2018 Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter) I returned recently from the IBC convention in Amsterdam, and although I’ve reported on some new technology debuting at the show, I also wanted to tell you about ... [ Read: DCS Tours Europe: ISC, Vitec, Zeiss, ARRI, P+S Technik, and IBC 2018 ]

Leitz Cine, (formerly known as CW Sonderoptic), used the occasion of IBC to announce the development of a new set of twelve prime lenses designed for Full Frame/Vista Vision format as well as a new pair of cinema zoom lenses also designed for large format cinematography.  The prime set will feature twelve lenses ranging ... [ Read: Leitz Cine Announces New Full Frame Cine Primes and Zooms ]

Zeiss used the occasion of Photokina, an exposition covering all things photographic that is held every two years in Cologne, Germany to announce a new full frame camera. The ZX1 is a stills and motion camera that shoots 4K video at 30fps and 1080P up to 60fps. It has 512GB of built-in storage which is said to provide ... [ Read: Zeiss Announces the Full Frame ZX1 Camera with Built-in Adobe Lightroom CC ]