Digital Cinema Society

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 ]

At the start of IBC, Blackmagic Design announced availability of a public beta for Blackmagic RAW, a new RAW codec featuring image flexibility in post, but with speed and file sizes of traditional video formats. Customers can download the public beta for use with URSA Mini Pro cameras via the Blackmagic Camera 6.0 ... [ Read: Blackmagic Design Announces New Blackmagic RAW Codec ]

Netflix has announced the launch of a program it is calling the "Post Technology Alliance" to certify post-production products and systems from manufacturers and vendors that meet the streaming service’s technical and content delivery specs.  The program will present a logo that companies can use to demonstrate ... [ Read: Netflix Launches Post Technology Alliance to Certify Manufacturers and Service Providers ]

Saban Capital Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company controlled by Haim Saban, has announced a merger/acquisition of Panavision, Inc., and Sim Video International, Inc..  Panavision and Sim will become wholly-owned subsidiaries of Saban Capital Acquisition Corp.  Immediately following ... [ Read: SABAN CAPITAL to Acquire and Merge PANAVISION AND SIM ]

DCS recently celebrated the launch of our latest effort to be known as Digital Cinema Shorts with a special screening for cast, crew, and interested members at Raleigh Studios in LA.  The two films could not have been more different, but were both very well received.  Union, directed by Micky Levy, is a dark, but ... [ Read: DCS Celebrates the Creation of Digital Cinema Shorts ]

Nikon has announced the long rumored development of two new (Nikon FX-format) mirrorless cameras, the Z6 and Z7. The Z7 is the new flagship, and improves on the popular Nikon D850. The mirrorless design allows for a more compact body size that is much smaller and lighter than its SLR predecessor.  It also improves ... [ Read: Nikon Announces New Z Series Full-Frame Mirrorless Cameras and Lenses ]