- THE BIGGER PICTURE: 65mm
- ARRI ALEXA 265
- ALEXA 265 compared with ALEXA 65
- Cooke Panchro 65/i
- Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65
- URSA 17K 65 — Formats, Aspect Ratios, Image Sizes
- Blackmagic PYXIS 6K
- Q&A with Kristian Lam
- Leica SL3-S Stills and Cine
- Leica SL3-S Framelines 36
- Leica SL3-S Video Profiles & Framelines
- Leitz ELSIE 15mm T2.1
- Still Moving Pictures: SL3-S & ELSIE 15mm
- A DP Walks into a Museum
- Ralph Gibson
- Leitz THALIA 65 Primes
- New Leitz 20mm THALIA 65
- IB/E Optics Full Frame to 65mm Expanders
- IB/E Optics Full Frame RAPTOR Scope
- Johanna Coelho, DP on THE PITT
- Ronford Atlas Mini 7 Manual & Motorized
- ARRI ALEXA 35 Base
- ALEXA 35 Base Licensing
- Nanlux Evoke 5000B 5kW LED
- Nanlite Rapid Parabolic Softboxes
- A Complete Unknown – Phedon Papamichael, ASC, GSC
- P. Scott Sakamoto, SOC
- Serra on Senna
- Kinefinity HDMI e-Viewfinder
- Kinefinity HDMI e-Viewfinder on SIGMA fp L
- Anton/Bauer EDEN 2.5kWh Power System
- Happy 10th Birthday — Bright Tangerine Misfit Atom
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News
- FDT at BSC
- Johanna Coelho, Cinematographer of THE PITT
THE PITT is a 15-episode series about a 15-hour shift in a Pittsburgh hospital emergency room. It is airing now on MAX. They call it “a realistic examination of the challenges facing healthcare workers in today’s America as seen through the lens of the frontline heroes working in a modern-day hospital.” THE PITT comes from ER and West Wing executive producer John Wells, a graduate of Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in Pittsburgh. It may remind you of ER with West Wing brilliant dialog.
Johanna Coelho is the cinematographer of THE PITT. They were still filming in January when we discussed her work on the series. read more... - Leica SL3-S with Leitz ELSIE 15mm
A DP walks into a museum. What could possibly go wrong? The DP is trying out the new Leica SL3-S camera and new Leitz ELSIE 15mm prime cine lens. In fact, nothing goes wrong in the Parrish Art Museum. hat better place to illustrate the prowess of the wonderfully wide angle 15mm ELSIE than the large and high-ceilinged indoor space of the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill? The DP stumbles upon an interesting exhibit: Ralph Gibson—Nature : Object. He films and photographs the photographs, testing 6K Open Gate SL3-S and ELSIE’s angles of view. https://fdtimes.us/elsie15mm read more... - Serra on SENNA
The 6-hour Netflix series SENNA follows the life of legendary F1 driver Ayrton Senna with white knuckle racing scenes, action, drama and stunning cinematography by Azul Serra, ABC and Kauê Zilli, ABC (Association of Brazilian Cinematographers). It was a huge production in Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina—including six ALEXA 35 cameras, four RED cameras, 266 cases of cameras, lenses and equipment – 2500 kgs of gear.” Here's an interview with Azul Serra, thanks to Michael Keegan at Netflix and Ernesto Musitelli, Managing Director of Musitelli Film and Digital. read more... - P. Scott Sakamoto on A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
P. Scott Sakamoto, SOC talked about operating on A COMPLETE UNKNOWN: “I’ve worked on two movies with director Jim Mangold and he loves having the Steadicam. Often, when we rehearse a scene and he sees me setting up a dance floor for the dolly, he says, ‘I don’t want you to be on the dolly. I want you to be on the Steadicam.’ Because he often improvises the shot and doesn’t want camera moves to be restricted, he just prefers the freedom of a Steadicam. Jim and Phedon Papamichael, ASC, GSC have made several exceptional movies together and have a good rapport with each other. They know how to dance and tell a compelling cinematic story. It is a pleasure to come up with shots to advance that narrative at the right time with the right equipment." read more... - Phedon Papamichael, ASC, GSC, GCA on “A Complete Unknown”
Phedon Papamichael, ASC, GSC, GCA and Sony’s Tanya Lyon were in New York for a pre-release screening of A Complete Unknown. (It opened on Christmas day.) We meet at a favorite restaurant—Sistina, across from the Met Museum. Storaro likes the table in the back corner of the back room where the light is always beautiful. Skylights above make it just... read more... - Band Pro Open House 2024
Band Pro One World Open House 2024 opened on Thursday December 12 from 1 to 8 pm in Burbank, CA.
Alice Brooks, ASC was the guest of honor. She has been flying a lot lately, on the wings of recently released WICKED, directed by Jon Chu. Band Pro’s Open House was packed. Exhibitors included Angénieux, Blackmagic Design, Bright Tangerine, Canon, Fujinon, Ronford Baker, SIGMA, Sony, 16X9 and many more. read more... - ARRI Ensō Primes – Updated Report
This is an updated Special Report about ARRI Ensō Prime Lenses. In time for InterBEE in Japan (Nov 13-15), this report now includes a Factory Tour with new images of manufacturing, full specifications, details, travels in Suwa, Japan with Ensō Primes, and Tom Fährmann's Ensō Launch Film. read more... - FDTimes Nov 2024 Edition Updated
Film and Digital Times November 2024 Issue 128 is updated and expanded from 64 to 80 pages. New articles include: DJI Ronin RS4 Pro with Focus Pro Hand Unit and LiDAR; Ronford-Baker Atlas Mini 7; ARRI Ensō Manufacturing; nittoh: from Silk to Cine Lenses; Tom Fährmann Up Close with Ensō; SIGMA Manual / Autofocus Cine Lens; additions, corrections and more. Download -- https://fdtimes.us/nov24
read more... - ARRI Ensō Prime Lenses
ARRI Ensō Primes are affordable Large Format (Full Frame) lenses, with focal lengths from 10.5mm to 250mm. Most of them have a maximum aperture of T2.1 and they come in LPL mounts with LDS and /i lens metadata. ARRI’s acronym is “EP.”
The initial core set—shipping in November 2024—consists of 18, 24, 32, 47, 75 and 105 mm. It includes an Ensō Vintage Elements Kit of 6 diopters that attach magnetically to the rear of the lens.
Next year, the 10.5, 14, 21, 28, 40, 58, 150 and 250 mm primes will be added, along with a 1.4x and 2x tele extender. read more...
View All NewsFactory Tours
- SmallHD Factory Tour
Imagine the inducements to visit SmallHD in Cary, North Carolina. Haute cuisine and haute technology, not in that order. For sure, we’re here to explore the high technology of SmallHD.
It’s an easy 2-hour flight from New York’s newly renovated La Guardia Airport to Raleigh-Durham. You’re in Research Triangle territory and the campuses of Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, and NC State University. Apple, Google, Toyota, IBM, Cisco, Amazon, Epic Games, Qualcomm and Red Hat are among the many high-tech companies neighboring high-tech SmallHD. read more... - Cooke Tour 2020
This was my 4th tour of Cooke Optics in Leicester, England. The factory has come a long way since previous visits in 2006, 2009 and 2013. It is now a state-of-the-art, modern facility with clean rooms, the latest machines, and many more technicians. As Les Zellan described it, “The glass manufacturing area is cleaner and neater and there are many... read more...
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- ALEXA 35 Base Model with Flexible Licenses
- Leica SL3-S for Cine & Stills Camera
Cinematographers everywhere will appreciate the new Leica SL3-S.
The SL3-3 takes amazing stills for location scouting or for personal use, works not only as a Directors Finder or for pre-viz, but also records full-height (Open Gate) full-frame (Leica Format) moving images.
In a landscape where many cameras crop the sensor to 16:9 or less than full height, the SL3-3 covers the entire 24MP, 3:2 Open Gate sensor area (approx 35.64 x 23.76 mm) to record up to 6K internally and 6K RAW externally. read more... - Kinefinity HDMI e-Viewfinder
Kinefinity continues to impress with great Electronic Viewfinders.They introduced their EAGLE SDI e-Viewfinder last July. Now there’s a wonderful HDMI version. It works with most cinema cameras, DSLRs and mirrorless cameras that have HDMI video outputs.
As with the SDI model, the new HDMI e-Viewfinder has a Micro OLED 1080P display. This is one of the most compact and lightweight EVFs on the market. It starts up quickly, has low power consumption and almost zero latency. It connects to video via a full-size HDMI port and is powered via a USB-C. read more... - Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive Camera
Just when we thought Blackmagic was busy enough with their new 12K LF and 17K 65 URSA Cine Cameras, along comes this 2x 8K Stereo 3D camera for Apple Vision Pro. Blackmagic Design announced their new Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive Camera today. Designed to shoot Apple Immersive Video for the Apple Vision Pro — it's expected to ship in 2025. read more... - ARRI ALEXA 265 Camera Report
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ARRI ALEXA 265 is lighter and smaller than predecessors ALEXA 65 and 765. The 265 camera has a 65mm format sensor measuring a familiar 54.12 x 25.58 mm (59.86 mm Ø diagonal. 6560 x 3100 photosites.) The camera body is about the same size as an ALEXA 35--slightly wider to accommodate the bigger sensor, so most ALEA 35 accessories fit. Data wrangling is streamlined. fdtimes.us/alexa265 read more... - Cooke Panchro 65/i Lens Series
Who said there aren’t enough lenses for 65mm format?
November 12, 2024. Cooke Optics announced their Panchro 65/i Lens Series—designed specifically for 65mm Larger Format digital cinema cameras.
The Panchro 65/i series will include six focal lengths:
30mm T2.8, 40mm T2.8, 55mm T2.5, 75mm T2.5, 100mm T2.5, and 152mm T2.9.
They all stop down to T22 and are equipped with Cooke’s latest intelligent /i technology. The Panchro 65/i series is lightweight across the range (1.8 kg to 2.3 kg). read more... - Canon L Lenses with Iris & Zoom Marks
Canon continues an industry trend of hybrid still/cine lenses with manual iris and zoom marks as well as having autofocus and auto iris.
The new RF24mm F1.4 L VCM and RF50mm F1.4 L VCM primes are fast (f/1.4), compact (3.9 inches long) Full Frame RF-mount lenses.
Things get really interesting with Canon’s new RF70-200 F2.8 L IS USM Z zoom lenses. read more... - iodyne Pro Mini: smart drive
If you’re a DIT, DP, AC, creator or crew rushing to download the day’s footage onto an off-the-shelf SSD, you know that heat can also slow transfers down, often to a frustrating crawl.
Now there’s a super fast SSD that can take the heat: iodyne Pro Mini. Incidentally, iodyne is the company that also makes Pro Data Thunderbolt storage (NVMe 12/24/48TB 5 GB/s SSDs.) The name iodyne comes from “i/o” like in/out, and “dyne,” a unit of force, as in dynamic.
Pro Mini is iodyne’s smart drive, about the size of your iPhone, developed specifically for cinema production and photography. Think of it as a Thunderbolt shuttle drive with sophisticated features—speedy, sustained read/write speeds; Passkey authentication, security and encryption, digital labeling and Find My tracking. It comes in 4TB or 8TB capacities. read more... - Canon EOS C80 – RF mount Full Frame
Download 8-page FDTIMES PDF Report on the new Canon Cinema EOS C80 Camera at fdtimes.com
Canon introduces the new Cinema EOS C80 Camera.
Full Frame, RF mount, compact and lightweight, it has a 6K (26.67 Megapixel) sensor that measures 36.0 x 19.0 mm (40.7 mm diagonal). And look—it has a 4K 12G SDI Output BNC!
You could say this is the inevitable successor to the Cinema EOS C70 Camera that came out four years ago—September 2020. The C70 was the first RF mount Cinema EOS Camera. It became a breakthrough success because its Super35 4K sensor was similar to the Canon EOS C300 Mark III and yet it came in a much smaller body, albeit with fewer capabilities. read more...
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