Digital Cinema Society

The Digital Cinema Society will again hold our annual Post Expo at the Chaplain Theater on the Raleigh Studios lot in Hollywood.  It will be held this year on the afternoon of Saturday November 19th from 2PM to 5PM We’ll cover a wide variety of Post Production topics including HDR, Storage, Finishing, ACES, and ... [ Read: 2016 DCS Post Production Expo - Saturday November 19th at Raleigh Studios, Hollywood ]

by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter, October 2016) I’ve previously written a little about HDR, and have even, (somewhat reluctantly,) served on a couple of Industry panels, but that certainly does not make me an ... [ Read: Coming At You In Glorious HDR ]

In response to feedback from their partners and customers NOKIA has added a host of new features to both the OZO Camera and the OZO Software suite, which comes bundled with the camera.  Most significantly, OZO Software suite is now available for both the Mac and PC platforms.  The software suite’s multi-platform ... [ Read: Major OZO Camera and Software Updates Announced by NOKIA ]

We are very proud to report that two long time members of the Digital Cinema Society, Ron Garcia, ASC and Nancy Schreiber, ASC have been chosen as honorees for the 31st Annual ASC Awards for Outstanding Achievement.  The Awards given in recognition for their contributions to the art of cinematography will be held ... [ Read: DCS Members Ron Garcia and Nancy Schreiber to be Honored by the ASC ]

Streaming coverage of "The Future of Storytelling in VR," a panel discussion from SIGGRAPH 2016 is now available from NVIDIA.  Moderated by DCS Founder James Mathers, the panel is made up of Industry leading experts including: • TED SCHILOWITZ, Futurist at 20th Century FOX and Chief Creative Officer at Barco • ... [ Read: The Future Of Storytelling In VR Panel from SIGGRAPH Now Streaming on NVIDIA Website ]

Like many of our favorite companies before it, Wooden Camera has now been absorbed into the Vitec Group of companies.  The family of Vitec companies who are supporters of DCS includes Litepanels, OConnor, Teradek, Sachtler, Anton Bauer, and SmallHD. Wooden Camera was founded in 2011 specializing in products for ... [ Read: Wooden Camera Joins the Vitec Group ]

DCS Member content contribution from Cinematographer, Alicia Robbins (Excerpted from the Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter, September 2016) Seeking: DP with camera package. Must own Red or Arri Alexa to be considered. Seeking: DP for low budget indie. Must know how to shoot on Arri Alexa or Red. Seeking: ... [ Read: Have We Lost Our Focus? DPs Should Be Hired For Their Talent...Not Their Camera ]

IBC 2016 was abuzz with several major Cine Lens announcements including new lenses and innovations from Angenieux, Zeiss, Cooke, Leica, and Sigma.  In the case of Angenieux it was a whole range of new zoom lenses known as the Type EZ Series.  This includes two fast and light weight zooms with Interchangeable Rear ... [ Read: Round Up of Lens Announcements at IBC: Angenieux - Zeiss - Cooke - Leica - Sigma ]

      Panasonic and Codex announced at IBC 2016 that they have once again collaborated, this time to create the VariCam Pure production system.  The "Pure" is a RAW-only modular camera solution integrating a new V-RAW recorder that is a smaller and lighter option that still takes full ... [ Read: Panasonic and Codex Announce VariCam Pure ]

Episode VI of the Digital Cinema Show is devoted to an in-depth discussion with renowned Cinematographer Steven Poster, ASC.  A past President of the ASC and current President of the International Cinematographers Guild, he has been responsible for photographing everything from Indie hits like Donnie Darko, and ... [ Read: Digital Cinema Show Episode VI - A Conversation with Steven Poster, ASC ]