Digital Cinema Society

In this event held March 24th at the Canon Hollywood Center, we got to see the latest in rigs and accessories demoed on Canon's C300 Digital Cinema Camera. Presenters include special guest Shane Hurlbut, ASC showing Letus products he helped develop and rents through his company: Hurlbut Visuals. Following Shane in ... [ Read: Don't Forget the Accessories ]

With the phasing out of the popular NLE, FCP 7, Final Cut users have been considering their options. Many choices abound, including the new Final Cut X, Avid Media Composer, or Adobe's Premiere Pro. This meeting, held at Key Code Media, Burbank was designed to explore these options in depth. Experts including Christine ... [ Read: Migrating From Final Cut Pro 7 ]

The HDC-Z10000 is 2D / 3D camcorder with an integrated twin-lens recording 1080p / 1080i AVCHD 3D video, with dual CMOS sensors for a combined resolution of 13.1MP. It also features an autostereoscopic glasses-less 3.5-inch LCD. It is also capable of 3D macros as close as 17.8 inches The parallax-barrier LCD allows ... [ Read: Panasonic Introduces twin-lens 3D camera prototype, HDC-Z10000 3D camcorder ]

We’re trying something new with the web coverage of our last DCS event by offering it as a PodCast. Download the .mp3 audio file at: http://www.digitalcinemasociety.com/downloads/DCS_CineGear_Podcast.mp3 With the current scarcity of SR tape and so many new tapeless solutions coming on the market, The Digital ... [ Read: DCS PodCast: New Digital Field Recording Options ]

Congratulations to Michael Goi for being elected for a third term as President of the American Society of Cinematographers. Other DCS members elected include Vice President Richard Crudo, Secretary Fred Goodich, and Sergeant at Arms Stephen Lighthill. DCS Members elected to the ASC Board of Governors include George ... [ Read: Michael Goi Re-Elected as ASC President ]

Our annual Internet Silent Auction was an unqualified success; it brought in funds to refill the DCS coffers, helped vendor members expose some of their new products, and gave other members a chance to get some great deals. Our sincere thanks to everyone who participated! Featured items included, (in alphabetical ... [ Read: DCS Internet Silent Auction 2011 ]

It's only a small token given the magnitude of the challenges facing our Japanese friends in dealing with their recent tragedies. Nonetheless, the Digital Cinema Society is proud to report that with the help of our members including 1/2 of each annual membership renewal that came in between March 21st and April 15th ... [ Read: DCS and the Japan Earthquake & Pacific Tsunami Relief Effort ]

This event was held October 30th at Big Vision Studios in Burbank and features a presentation by Panasonic's Doug Leighton covering their new integrated 3D camcorder, the AG-3DA1. We also have a special presentation from Polecam's Greg Salman and Steffan Hewitt covering how Polecam can be used with side-by-side ... [ Read: Affordable 3D Solutions - Featuring Panasonic AG-3DA1 ]

DCS Congratulates the Winners of the ATAS Engineering Emmys including: Dolby Laboratories for the Dolby PRM-4200 Professional Reference Monitor, described by the Academy as "a Grade 1 monitor that offers a new standard for critical viewing applications. The monitor renders true black levels, highly accurate dark ... [ Read: Friends of DCS: Dolby, Sony, and Adobe Win Tech Emmys ]

This KODAK application is now available as a free download from the iTunes App Store. The new app helps filmmakers determine the correct settings for achieving desired focus, and easily connects them with Kodak around the world. There are fields for entering known data - such as film format, F-stop, focal length ... [ Read: Kodak Offers New Depth of Field Calculator ]