Digital Cinema Society

A report in Business Insider magazine lists key factors leading to a significant uptick in Ultra HD/4K TV sales.  Shipments of 4K televisions have reached the milestone of selling over one million per month and are steadily rising with expectations of over 15 million by year end. Meanwhile, the average selling price ... [ Read: Lower Prices Reportedly Lead to Fast Rise in Ultra HD/4K TV Adoption ]

Join the Digital Cinema Society for our 2014 New Lighting Technology event scheduled to take place from 9AM-Noon on Saturday, May 31st on the stage at Hollywood Rentals, Sylmar, CA. Manufacturers invited to participate include, (in Alphabetical order), ARRI, Cineo Lighting, Dadco, Digital Sputnik, K5600, Kino Flo, ... [ Read: DCS New Lighting Technology Event -- Saturday, May 31st at Hollywood Rentals ]

On Sunday, May 18th, we lost legendary Cinematographer Gordon Willis, ASC at age 82. In addition to the Godfather trilogy, Willis’ vast credit list includes several movies with Woody Allen, including Annie Hall, Manhattan, Zelig, Broadway Danny Rose and The Purple Rose of Cairo.  He also photographed Klute, The ... [ Read: DCS Mourns the loss of Gordon Willis, DP on "The Godfather" and many more classics ]

It has been announced that Glendale based VER will acquire production tools innovator, PACE. This is in addition to VER’s recent acquisition of Fletcher Camera & Lenses to create CINEVERSE, a full-service film and digital equipment rental provider. In addition to their widely known CAMERON|PACE Group 3D tool ... [ Read: VER adds PACE to recent Fletcher Camera Acquisition to create: CINEVERSE ]

DCS Member Rick Baumgartner has written a book aimed at indie 3D filmmakers and content creators considering (or in the midst of) posting a 3D project. Available on Amazon in print or as a Kindle edition, the book assumes a basic knowledge of 2D post and creates a structure for understanding and creating an effective ... [ Read: New Rick Baumgartner Book: 3D Postproduction Workflows and Techniques ]

A new storage technology has been announced by Sony that manages to pack 185TB onto magnetic data tape that fits into the form factor of an audio cassette circa 1980's. Sony reportedly accomplished this feat with nano-sized tape tech that stores far more than off-the-shelf hardware. According to an article in Engadget: ... [ Read: New Sony Data Tape Packs 185TB of Storage onto a Small Cassette ]

Sony is upgrading their high-end DSLR lineup with the Alpha a77II DSLR Camera. The new camera is available as a body only with a street price of about $1,200 and also packaged as a kit with a 16-50mm f/2.8 DT lens at about $1,800.  The 77II takes is a high-performance, fast-focusing A-mount APS-C DSLR with improved ... [ Read: New Sony DSLR: Alpha a77II DSLR Camera ]

The Digital Cinema Society comes to Chicago on May 19th to Shoot, Color Correct and Project Sony 4K at VER We bring on the road with us a program first developed for Sony's Digital Motion Picture Center at Sony Studios in Culver City.  Cinematographer and DCS President James Mathers will be joined first by Sony's ... [ Read: DCS Event: Sony 4K End-to-End Demo in Chicago May 19th ]

The Digital Cinema Society comes to New Orleans for our first ever area event on May 13th to Shoot, Color Correct and Project Sony 4K at VER Digital Cinema We bring on the road with us a program first developed for Sony's Digital Motion Picture Center at Sony Studios in Culver City.  Cinematographer and DCS ... [ Read: DCS Event: Sony 4K End-to-End Demo in New Orleans May 13th ]

Challenging the notion of higher and higher resolution is Dolby, with their end to end system called Dolby Vision.  While not opposed to 4-or-More-K, their message with Dolby Vision seems to be about putting the emphasis on the quality of the pixels by increasing brightness, color space, and dynamic range, rather ... [ Read: Dolby Vision Puts Emphasis more on Quality than Quantity of Pixels ]