Digital Cinema Society

Video Devices, a division of Sound Devices has announced their new PIX-E5 Compact 4K Recording Monitor is now shipping along with its SpeedDrive a recording and file-delivery accessory.  With an MSRP of $1,395.00US the five-inch, 1920-x1080-resolution unit comes with a full suite of monitoring tools, SDI and HDMI ... [ Read: Video Devices PIX-E5 and SpeedDrive Now Shipping ]

“Fast and Furiouser 27” and “Old Age of Ultron: Avenger 14” coming soon to a Theater Near You by James Mathers Cinematographer and Founder of the Digital Cinema Society (Excerpted from the Digital Cinema Society eNewsletter, July 2015) Ah, summer, the season of superheroes, sequels, and franchise ... [ Read: "Fast and Furiouser 27" and "Old Age of Ultron: Avenger 14" coming soon to a Theater Near You ]

International electronics manufacturer Nokia, best known for their mobile phones has announced OZO, the first commercially available virtual reality (VR) camera designed and built for professional content creators.  Final testing and refinements to OZO are now underway with industry professionals, in advance of the ... [ Read: Nokia announces OZO, a Pro Camera for VR Filmmakers ]

The ubiquitous professional editing and color correction software, DaVinci Resolve has a new version, # 12 which is available now for download as a Public Beta from the Blackmagic Design support website:  https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support DaVinci Resolve 12 includes new features that have not been previously ... [ Read: DaVinci Resolve 12 Public Beta Now Available for Download ]

The Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA) has announced that it will present Leon Silverman with one of the organization’s highest honors, the HPA Lifetime Achievement Award. Given at the discretion of the HPA Board of Directors and a select committee, this award is presented to an individual whose contributions have brought ... [ Read: Leon Silverman to Receive HPA Lifetime Achievement Award ]

Join the Digital Cinema Society for an in-depth look at DPS Cinema’s Enhanced Environments system together with Panasonic's VariCam 35 and the new Codex Raw Recorder on Saturday, August 8th at the DPS Studio/Warehouse in Pacoima. Although extremely impressive, the Enhanced Environments system developed by DPS's ... [ Read: Digital Cinema Society DPS/VariCam/Codex event on August 8th at DPS ]

A recently launched on Kickstarter campaign seeks to fund the creation of a new VR camera that will capture high-quality 360-degree 4K video in a form factor only about the size of a tennis ball.  It will have six built-in 4K lenses to capture 360-degree video at 60fps.  To be known as Sphericam 2, the new camera ... [ Read: New Sphericam 2 Aims to be a 4K 360-Degree VR Camera ]

GoPro’s newest and smallest camera, the “Hero 4 Session”, will be available next week at $399US. It’s cube-shaped and measures less than 1.5 inches a side, shoots 1440p at 30fps, 1080p up to 60fps, and 720p at up to 100fps. It’s waterproof up to 10 meters without any additional housing. Even at it’s ... [ Read: New Hero 4 Session is GoPro's Smallest Camera Ever ]

Friend of DCS, Mole-Richardson has announced they are moving operations from their famous Hollywood location to the Northern San Fernando Valley. The nearly 90-year old company is currently constructing a state-of-the-art production, distribution and administration facility at 12154 Montague St. in Pacoima, Calif ... [ Read: Mole-Richardson Moving to San Fernando Valley ]

To celebrate the 50 year anniversary of Dedo Weigert Film and the 30 year anniversary of Dedolight, the company is sponsoring an International Lighting Competition with over $100,000 in prizes. The competition will run from the beginning of July through the end of September 2015. The competition is structured in such ... [ Read: Dedolight International Lighting Competition 2015 ]