Digital Cinema Society

DCS Road Test — PIX-E5 by James Mathers, Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society Working with the large variety of cameras and formats that come my way is both a blessing and a curse. While it’s fun to try new gear and discover different ways of working, it can also be challenging to feel ... [ Read: DCS Road Test -- James Mathers Evaluates the Video Devices PIX-E5 ]

Just returned from our annual jaunt to the desert for the always informative HPA Tech Retreat.  If there was a theme this year, it would be HDR, which we plan to cover extensively for DCS in our next eNewsletter and in upcoming events.  In the meantime, here are some headlines from the Tech Retreat wrapping up this ... [ Read: 2016 HPA Tech Retreat: New Name -- New Logo -- New President ]

Tom Fletcher, author of the very informative and well regarded Camera Comparison Chart has published a new comprehensive reference, the 2016 Anamorphic Prime Lens Chart. While the Camera Comparison Chart offers specs and rental rates, along with the pros and cons of various Digital Cinema cameras available to rent, ... [ Read: Tom Fletcher publishes inaugural 2016 Anamorphic Prime Lens Chart ]

Emmanuel "Chivo" Lubezki, ASC, AMC again visited the winner's circle in the Feature Film category for his beautiful work on The Revenant.  DCS members were also well represented as winners and presenters, including Vanja Cernjul, ASC, HFS, who won the Television Episodic Series Award for 12 Monkeys, “Mentally ... [ Read: 30th Annual ASC Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography ]

At premiere gala at the DGA in Hollywood on the evening of February 10th, Panasonic unveiled the latest edition to their VariCam line of Digital Cinema cameras. The new LT is a smaller, lighter and lower-priced version of the VariCam 35. It features the same impressive Super35 4K sensor with dual native ISOs of 800 ... [ Read: Panasonic Adds Smaller, Lighter, More Affordable LT to VariCam Lineup ]

Join us on Saturday, February 20th at the IATSE Local 80 stage in Burbank for our annual exploration of Motion Picture Lighting and Grip Technology. This event gets bigger and better every year and we will again run a full day with Expo style booths so you can get hands on with the latest Grip and Electric gear. ... [ Read: 2016 DCS Lighting & Grip Technology Event - February 20th, Burbank, CA ]

Episode III of the Digital Cinema Show has now been posted and is available to view from the DCS website. It features interviews recorded at the last Cine Gear Expo including with LightIron’s Michael Cioni discussing such technology trends as Anamorphic and the value of 8K.  We also caught up with renowned Cinematographer ... [ Read: Digital Cinema Show Episode III Now Streaming Interviews with Cioni, Goi, and Daviau ]

by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter, January 2016) The newly named CTA™ (Consumer Technology Association, formerly the Consumer Electronics Association) holds their annual spectacle, still known as CES, (Consumer ... [ Read: CES 2016 - The Only Constant is Change ]

After the passing of Haskell Wexler on the 27th, the Digital Cinema Society is very sad to report the loss of another great Cinematographer in less than a week.  Hungarian-born Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC, the winner of an Oscar for his cinematography on Close Encounters of the Third Kind died on New Years day at the age ... [ Read: Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC Passes Away at 85 on January 1, 2016 ]

DCS supporter, Video Devices has announced their new PIX-E5H in now shipping. It represents the latest in the PIX-E series of 4K recording monitors and offers HDMI-only inputs/outputs for customers that do not need SDI capabilities. In conjunction, Video Devices also announces the release of Firmware Version 1.04 ... [ Read: VIDEO DEVICES PIX-E5H 4K Recording Monitor NOW SHIPPING ]