November 2024 – Online and In Print

This is the updated 80-page online and print edition of FDTimes November 2024.

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• Larger Format, Lenses, Lighting
• ARRI Ensō Primes
• Lake Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
• Ensō Tabletop: Extremely Close Focus
• nittoh: from Silk to Cine Lenses
• Ensō Manufacturing
• Tom Fährmann Up Close with Ensō
• LARGER FORMAT
• FUJIFILM GFX ETERNA Camera
• Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65
• Cooke Panchro 65/i Lens Series
• Leitz THALIA for 65mm Format
• Ottoblads for 65mm Format
• BLACKWING7 and EZANA for Larger Format
• Vance Burberry, ASC, ACS on URSA LF & 65
• Blackmagic Camera 9.1.2 Update for URSA Cine 12K LF
• Wooden Camera Elite Accessories for URSA 65 & LF
• SIGMA Prototype Manual / Autofocus Cine Lens
• Canon Firmware Updates
• Wooden Camera Canon EOS C80 Accessories
• Kinefinity SDI e-Viewfinder
• Canon RF Hybrid Auto/Manual Iris and Zoom Lenses
• Sony Firmware Updates
• EL Zone in Sony VENICE 2 Version 4.0
• ZEISS Supreme Zoom Radiance (SZR)
• ZEISS SZR, SPR, SP Specifications
• Markus Förderer, ASC, BVK on SZR
• Lensworks Legacy 1.8x Anamorphic Primes
• Nanlite PavoSlim Series
• Nanlux EVOKE 2400B
• Panasonic LUMIX S5IIX 65
• Litepanels Gemini 2×1 Hard Spacelight
• Adorama Rental Company (ARC)
• Godox KNOWLED MS60R “Inkie”
• Godox KNOWLED Lighting Series
• DJI Ronin RS4 Pro with Focus Pro Hand Unit and LiDAR
• Ronford-Baker Atlas Mini 7

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FDTimes – Cine Gear Edition

FDTimes 64-page Issue 126.
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• New Canon Cinema EOS C400
• Steadicam Volt3 on M-2 Series
• STEADICAM G-70x² Arm
• Steadicam Axis—with 3-Axis Volt Stabilization
• New Tiffen MCS (Mag Control System) Magnetic Filters
• New Preston Cinema Systems MDR-5
• Preston Cinema UK and EU
• SmallHD Quantum 32
• Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K
• Blackmagic PYXIS
• K. Winszewski, Signature Primes and Impression Filters
• Jason Wright: Portrait of a Racing Driver
• Bright Tangerine Prodigy Air Deflector
• Keiji Oishi and Jarred Land on Nikon and RED
• Checco Varese, ASC: Angénieux Optimo Primes, VENICE 2
• Litepanels Astra IP
• Anton/Bauer VCLX LI Battery
• Salty-E Dog News
• OConnor 2575E Platinum Edition
• ZEISS Nano Primes and BURANO on McLaren
• Nanlite PavoSlim 240B, 240C, 60CL
• Lens Cuff
• Markus Förderer’s CINEFLARES
• Prêt À Tourner Lens Charts
• Second Edition BLACKWING7 Binaries
• Infinity Photo-Optical DipR
• Kipon 1.25x CINE Expander
• Ron Sim, CSC — SIMMOD and CINEXYZ
• Coral 1.5x Anamorphic FF from Second Ree
• Krypton OR Lenses
• OFG Customs 65
• SIGMA 28-45 F1.8 DG DN ART
• SIGMA 24-70 F2.8 DG DN II ART

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FDTimes – Next Issue coming June 5

FDTimes 66-page Issue 125. (Print edition is 64 pages.)
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CONTENTS

• Simon Beaufils on Anatomy of a Fall
• DJI RS 4 Pro, DJI RS 4, and DJI Focus Pro
• Cooke Gallery London
• Cooke SP3 Lens Mounts: M, L, RF and E
• Jonathan Ricquebourg, AFC on The Taste of Things
• Baselight 6.0 for DPs, ACs, Directors, Producers
• AJA ColorBox v2.1
• Tiffen MagSafe 58mm Filter System for iPhone
• SHAPE WLB
• Leica SL3
• ARRI ALEXA 35 Live – Multicam System
• Philipp Paulus on Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K
• Nanlux Motorized Fresnel FL-35E for Evoke 2400B
• Fujifilm GFX100 II Larger Format Camera
• Assembling Fujifilm GFX100 II
• Cartoni Encoded E-Lambda 25, E-Maxima 5.0, E-Jibo
• Tilta Khronos System for iPhone 15 Pro / Pro Max
• Funicular Goats
• SIGMA 15mm F1.4 DG DN & 500mm F5.6 DG DN
• SIGMA 50mm F1.2 DG DN | Art
• Godox Knowled P1200R Hard
• Godox Knowled App
• STEADICAM G-70x² Arm
• Easyrig Boom Rig for Sound

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Micro Salon + BSC Expo Edition

FDTimes 108-page Issue 124.

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•         CONTENTS:
• SmallHD Ultra 7 Monitor
• ZEISS Nano Primes (NP) – E-mount
• RED V-RAPTOR [X] & V-RAPTOR XL [X]
• Cooke SP3 on Sony FX3
• Maxime Cointe on Lupin Season 3
• Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K OLPF
• Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K – L Mount
• SIGMA L-Mount DG DN Lenses
• SIGMA Headquarters in Kawasaki, Japan
• Canon CN-R RF Mount Cine Lenses
• Canon RF24-105mm F2.8 L IS USM Z
• Canon EOS R5 C
• ARRI 360 EVO Stabilized Remote
• Nanlux Wired Controller/FL-28 Fresnel
• DJI 8K Inspire 3
• DJI 8K Ronin 4D 8K
• Godox | Knowled MG2400Bi
• Cartoni Spinhead
• Laowa Pro2be
• Nikon Z 9
• Leitz ELSIE Primes
• Nikon Engineers Discuss the Z 8 Camera
• Fujifilm GFX100 II
• C. Kim Miles, ASC, CSC on The Brothers Sun
• Cheng Seng Group
• Band Pro – Passing the Mic
• The Life of Trevor

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Double Issue Sept-Dec 2023

FDTimes 144-page Double Issue 122-123.

Lots of New Products and News.

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• New Cameras: SONY BURANO
• Fujifilm GFX 100II
• RED KOMODO-X
• New Lenses: Cooke SP3
• Angenieux EZ-3
• Canon RF Mount Cine
• Bob Richardson, ASC on “AIR”
• Virginie Verrier on “Marinette”
• Neill Blomkamp on “Gran Turismo”
• Michel Suissa on the Middle Market
• Wooden Camera AKS for BURANO & KOMODO-X
• AJA HDR Image Analyzer 12G v3.0 
• ZEISS CinCraft Scenario
• Infinity Photo-Optical TS-160
• PhotoCineRent FUJINON 25-1000 Mattebox
• Tiffen Rear Filters for Signature Primes
• ARRI Camera Control Monitor CCM-1
• Tilta Nucleus Nano II
• Leitz ELSIE 125mm T2.1
• Ovide Smart Assist Octo & KOKO
• Erkens & van Zuylen buy Camalot
• CVP European Lens Summit
• Wooden Camera 25-1000 Cage
• Tilta Nucleus Nano II
• Bright Tangerine KOMODO-X AKS and Misfit Kick Mk II
• Nanlite FC-500B and FC-300B
• Leica Cine 1 Projector

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June 2023 – Cine Gear Edition

FDTimes 64-page June 2023 Issue 121.
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• Salt-E Dog from Anton/Bauer Sodium BESS “E-Generator”
• AbelCine and Lux Lighting
• Canon Flex Zooms
• Setting up Frame.io for Camera to Cloud
• Fujifilm X-H2S and Frame.io Camera to Cloud
• Grant Petty, CEO of Blackmagic Design
• URSA Mini Pro 12K OLPF – Netflix Approval
• Grading “Avatar: The Way of Water”
• Sony FX3 and Wooden Camera Accessories
• Jarred Land on new RED KOMODO-X
• Pierre Angénieux Tribute at Cannes to Barry Ackroyd, BSC
• Preston All-Points Lens Mapping
• Nikon Z 8 Cine & Stills
• Nanlux Evoke 900C
• Matt Sakatani Roe, VENICE 2 Rialto, “Tonight We Ride”
• DJI Ronin 4D Flex
• Ben Affleck on “Air”

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NAB & Worldwide Edition: April 2023

FDTimes 64-page March 2023 Issue 119.

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• DJI Inspire 3
• Claudio Miranda, ASC on DJI Inspire 3
• RED V-RAPTOR XL 8K VV
• Frame.io Camera to Cloud (C2C) 
• Wooden Camera Elite AKS for Sony VENICE 2
• Canon Flex Zooms
• Tiffen Night Fog and Black Fog
• Sony FR7 Tutorial with AbelCine
• NODO Inertia Wheels, Chrosziel CDM-SFR
• BMD with BMW in Japan
• Blackmagic Cameras on Nokian Tyres 
• AJA ColorBox v2.0
•  AJA FS-HDR v4.2
• Tilta China, Tilta USA, Hydra Arm Mini
• VENICE 2, Rialto 2, Optimo Primes, Stargate, Band Pro
• and lots more

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BSC Expo + Worldwide Edition

FDTimes 64-page March 2023 Issue 119.

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• SmallHD Design, Development, Manufacturing in NC
• Greg Smokler, Blake Johnson, Mike Claes
• EL Zone on SmallHD Cine 24 Monitor
• EL Zone on SmallHD Cine 7
• SIGMA fp and fp L: mirrorless with EL Zone
• Geoffrey Haley, SOC on Steadicam VOLT
• Utsi Martin on Grading ALEXA 35 in DaVinci Resolve
• DaVinci Resolve for iPad
• New Lowel TOTA LED XL
• Canon CINE-SERVO 15-120mm T2.95-3.95 EF/PL
• Nanlite PavoTube II & Forza II
• Blackmagic Ultimatte 12
• ARRI Impression V Filters for Signature Primes
• Thorsten Meywald & Art Adams on IMP Filters
• and lots more

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Latest Edition

FDTimes 80-page January 2023 Issue 118.

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Happy New Year and new, new year’s resolutions.

Some of these new resolutions are in  VENICE 2 Version 2.00 Firmware Update, available now, with new imager modes, higher frame rates, Rialto 2, LUTs and lots more. But this is not just a story about Sony VENICE cameras. It is a broad discussion of technique and technology, art and tools—our favorite themes—by the people who use them and make them.

Discussions by:

• Joshua Pines on LUTS, CDLs, Looks, Transforms, VENICE 2
• Jason Fabbro on Grading VENICE 2.
• Nobutatsu Takahashi, GM of Sony Cinema Line
• Autumn D. Arkapaw, ASC on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Rob McLachlan, ASC, CSC on American Gigolo.
• Claudio Miranda, ASC on Top Gun: Maverick.
• Russell Carpenter, ASC on Avatar: The Way of Water
• Adriano Goldman, ASC, BSC, ABC on Andor and The Crown
• Geoffrey Haley, SOC, on The Gray Man
• Taylor Matheson, 1st AC on The Gray Man
• Chris Teague on Only Murders in the Building
• Chayse Irvin, ASC, CSC on Blonde
• Arnau Valls Colomer, AEC on The English
• Carlos Caba, DIT on The English
• Aidan Farell, Senior Colorist, Picture Shop on The English
• Jonny Mass and Pete Konczal on Cowboy Currency
• Jon Chema, Cinematographer

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November 16, 2022

FDTimes 96-page November 16, 2022 Issue 117. Final edition, proofed and updated.

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• Leitz Park Tour, Leitz Cine Confab
• Leitz Lens Lines Compared
• Leitz LPL Mount for Sony VENICE
• Leitz Hugo Prime Lenses
• Leitz Hugo and Elsie
• Leitz LPL Mount for VENICE
• HUGO 75mm and 90mm: Eyes Wide Open at T1.5
• Cooke Varotal/i FF T2.9 Full Frame Spherical Zooms
• Cooke Varotal/i FF 19-40, 30-95, 80-215
• Cooke Looks at Industry City
• Mike Prickett on 100 Foot Wave, 50-1000mm Zooms
• Top Chef Buddha Lo seen through a Nikon Z 9
• Nikon Z 9
• Michael Cioni on Frame.io C2C and Partners
• Fujifilm X-H2S + FT-XH + C2C with Frame.io
• FUJINON 25-1000 F2.8-5.0 PL Mount Zoom
• Naomi Kawase, Director of TOKYO 2020
• Masaya Suzuki, Principal DP of TOKYO 2020
• Live Under Covid
• Ji-Sun Yoo, DP of D.P.
• SIGMA Classics on D.P.
• Fabian Weston, Protists and Pocket Cinema Cameras
• Francisco Campos-Lopez on DamBusters
• Darren Lew on The Car Stage
• Chrosziel  Meta Mount (E to PL with Metadata)
• New ARRI Rental North America HQ in LIC
• Angénieux Optimo Ultra Compact FF & U35 Full Pack
• Aymeric Colas, Steadicamer on Athena

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ALEXA 35 Camera Report – 96 pages

FDT SUP June 6. Some typos fixed.

The new ALEXA 35 is like a film lab inside a digital camera. A film lab is an alchemy of permutations: chemicals, water, temperature, light and human temperament. ALEXA 35 offers many hitherto unobtainable digital possibilities that are reminiscent of an analog film process: textures, contrast, grain, sharpness. The digital camera is no longer just a lens onto which you put all kinds of different lenses to achieve unique looks. Now this Super35 camera itself returns as an instigator of looks, along with your good looks created by lighting, lenses, composition, art, planning and happy accidents. 

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April 2022

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• Cooke S8/i T1.4 Full Frame Primes
• Kees van Oostrum, Cooke Chairman
• Iain Neil, Cooke Chief Optics Advisor
• RED V-RAPTOR Design
• Creative Solutions Accessories Design
• DSMC3 RED Touch / SmallHD 7.0″ LCD Monitor
• Vocas Support for RED V-RAPTOR & Level
• John Brawley, ACS on The Desperate Hour
• Rawlite OLPF for Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K
• Atlas Lens Co. Orion Anamorphic Primes
• ARRI TRINITY 2, ARTEMIS 2, PCA for Sony VENICE 2
• ZEISS Supreme Prime 15 mm T1.8
• SP15 Rectilinear in Grand Central Station
• SIGMA 20mm F2 DG DN Contemporary I series Prime
• Leitz HENRI DP/Director’s Finder
• Kazuto Yamaki, CEO of SIGMA Corporation, on Supply Chain
• Steadicam M-2 Core Kit
• LEE Lighting and Camera Filters
• MYT Works Optiglide Reticle & PAT-ACC Charts
• Band Pro Lens Service
• Angénieux Integrated Optical Palette in Optimo Primes
• Swapping Optimo Prime IOP elements
• Sony a7 IV Focus Mapping. Breathing Compensation
• Breathless Sony 16-35 F4 Zoom
• Nanlux Evoke 1200, Nanlite PavoTube T8-7X
• Canon EOS R5 C
• Bright Tangerine KASBAH System, Rangefinder Bracket
• AJA Io X3, Desktop Software v16.2
• Chrosziel Servo for Fujinon Premista
• DZOFILM FF 35-80 & 70-135 T2.9
• IDX V-Mount and Gold Mount Batteries
• Tilta Mirage Lightweight Mattebox with Wireless VND
• CINEPADS 7 Monitor
• Carstage in New York
• Preston Diopter, Dolly-Zoom, Expander, Updates
• Loumasystems News
• EMIT 40th Anniversary

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Feb 2022

FDTimes 64-page February 2022 Edition. Paper Edition shipping soon.

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• Leitz HENRI DP/Director’s Finder
• Leitz HENRI with Leica SL2-S
• Leitz HENRI with SIGMA fp L
• Claudia Raschke on Fauci
• Canon EOS R5 C
• Cooke Varotal 30-95 FF Zoom
• Si Bell on A Very British Scandal
• Alice Brooks, ASC on tick, tick…BOOM!
• Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Cameras on Swiss Air Rescue
• Easyrig’s new STABIL Light
• Inside Angénieux Optimo Ultra Compact Zooms
• Estelle McGechie, ATOMOS CEO
• Musashi Optical Expanders and Extenders
• Sachtler aktiv 10, 12 and 14 fluid heads
• Quasar Science
• DJI Mavic 3 Cine
• Tiffen DJI and Warm Diffusion Filters

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December 2021

FDTimes 64-page December 2021 Edition:

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This 64-page December edition is all about Sony VENICE 2. It’s a updated version of our Nov 15 Report. You may ask, is this a Venetian monopoly?  Blame supply chain. They rationed paper, limited page count. Computer chips, cars and cream cheese are not the only things in short supply. 

Not to worry: the excised 64 pages, and maybe more, will print in January. FDTimes still pretends to be bimonthly even if seven issues were issued this year—precipitated by a trickle of trade shows and an overflow of new equipment launches. 

But this December edition is not only Sony. A camera is only as good as the lenses in front and the essential accessories all around it. Many of these are covered. read more…

November 2021

FDTimes 64-page November 2021 Edition:

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• DJI Ronin 4D — Expanded Details
• ARRI Rental Moviecam and ALFA Primes
• Jarred Land Interview on RED V-RAPTOR
• Greg Smokler Interview on V-RAPTOR Accessories
• Lowel Blender XL LED Light
• AJA T-TAP Pro
• LUMIX BS1H Full-Frame L-Mount Cine Camera
• LEE Elements Filters
• Michael Liman & LVRUSA Cine & Lighting Rentals

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September 2021

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• Elsie Kühn-Leitz
• Rainer Hercher introduces ELSIE lenses from Leitz
• Oliver Nass and Wolfgang Kisselbach remember Elsie Kühn-Leitz
• Dr. Andreas Kaufmann at Leica
• Tim Pugh at Cooke
• Dominick Aiello at Creative Solutions
• Rob McLachlan, ASC, CSC, ZEISS Supreme, Radiance, VENICE
• RED V-Raptor
• “Race to the Center of the Earth”
• Atomos Ninja V+ with Canon R5
• Canon R3 and new RF lenses
• Angenieux Optimo Ultra Compact Zoom USA Launch
• SIGMA DG DN 150-600 Sports and I-Series Contemporary
• Atlas Lens Co. Orion Series and Silver Edition
• ARRI ALEXA Mini LF SUP 7.1 and 1:1 Sensor Mode
• Full Look Fashion Shows with LR2
• CantarX3, Chrosziel Zoomer, Tilta Cooling, and more

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August 2021

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• Angénieux Tribute at Cannes to Agnès Godard, AFC
• Interview with Agnès Godard, AFC
• Business of the Business at ARRI
• Interviews with Michael Neuhaeuser, Markus Zeiler, Stephan Schenk
• ARRI Hi-5 Hand Unit
• AJA Pak Dock Pro
• Configuring RED KOMODO
• RED KOMODO and SmallHD Monitor Control
• Wooden Camera Battery Slide Pro for KOMODO
• VOCAS, Bright Tangerine and RED AKS for KOMODO
• Sony FX9, FX6, FX3, Airpeak S1 Drone
• URSA Mini Pro 12K and Cooke 35-140 Anamorphic
• Takimoto, Shigemori, Dupuis and Wilson w/ URSA Mini Pro 12K
• Teradek Bolt 4K LT MAX, Monitor Module TX
• Larry Thorpe Takes Off
• artemis anniversary 20
• SIGMA 60-600 mm Full Frame Zoom
• Blackwing7, AbelCine, Second Reef, CVP
• and more

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May-June 2021

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• Kazuto Yamaki, SIGMA CEO, on fp L camera
• SIGMA fp L as DP Finder
• Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro
• 4 New ZEISS Supreme Prime Radiance
• Ben Smithard, BSC on The Father
• Tillmann Brothers’ The Old World
• Ed Lachman, ASC and his EL Zone System
• News of the World: EZ Zooms, Steadicam Volt, LR2
• Angénieux Optimo Prime Silver, Gold and Platinum Sets
• Band Pro Optimo Prime Case and PAT-ACC Chart
• FUJIFILM GFX100S Larger Format 
• DJI Mavic Air 2s & FPV @ MIT
• Sony G Master 14mm F1.8 Rectilinear
• Panasonic LUMIX Updates
• The Business of the Business: Lensrentals
• and lots more

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Updated March 2021 Edition v1.02

Updated Version 1.02 — typos corrected.

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• Matty Libatique, ASC on The Prom
• Chris Menges, ASC, BSC on Waiting for the Barbarians
• Steven Meizler on The Queen’s Gambit
• Joshua James Richards on Nomadland
• Vance Burberry: Five Blackmagic Cameras, No Waiting
• Teradek and Amimon Sci-Tech Awards
• The Business of the Business: Jon Fry, MD CVP
• Sony FX3
• AJA T-TAP Pro
• Gods of Focus: Richie Masino
• AbelCine and Motion Impossible’s AGITO
• Louma 2 Stories
• Chrosziel Motor for Angenieux EZ 1 & EZ 2
• and lots more

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Updated Jan 3, 2021

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• Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K
• Sony FX6
• Sony F EC 16-35mm T3.1 G Zoom
• Remote Production Using AJA Products
• Canon Sumire Primes — Episode 2
• Larry Thorpe on Sumire Primes
• Leica SL2-S
• Leitz Henri
• Panasonic DC-BGH1
• BGH1 on DJI Ronin RS 2
• SIGMA fp on DJI Ronin RSC 2

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Latest Edition: November 2020

It’s been a busy month. Loads of new products landed.
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• RED KOMODO 6K Cover Story
• Interview with Jarred Land at RED
• AKS for KOMODO from Tilta, Wooden Camera, Vocas
• Canon EOS R5 8K Camera
• Canon EOS C70 S35 Camera
• ARRI Signature Zooms
• Interview with Thorsten Meywald
• Grading “Ford v Ferrari”
• SIGMA 105 mm F2.8 DG DN Macro | Art
• The Business of the Business: CVP
• Fujinon Premista 19-45 mm T2.9
• Panasonic LUMIX S5
• Sony a7S III
• Sony Cinema Line: FX6 teaser
• Innovativ AXIS
• Teradek Bolt 4K LT
• SmallHD Indie 7 Monitor
• Easyrig EASYLOCK
• Chrosziel TP7 Lens Projector
• Pret a Tourner Test Charts
• Cinematography Electronics /i Lens Display
• Tokina 25-75 and Vista One

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August 2020 Edition

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• Getting Back to Work
• Dr. Roger Cicala, MD on Equipment and COVID-19
• Huzzah. John Brawley and The Great
• Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K
• Nicol Verheem on Creativity, Content and Coping
• SmallHD 4K Monitors
• Canon EOS R5 and EOS R6
• Sony α7S III
• Angénieux Optimo Primes
• On-Set Social Distancing Using AJA Products
• LEITZ ZOOM, PRIMES and other lenses
• Michel Suissa, The Studio – B&H
• Innovativ AXIS
• Otto Nemenz Moves
• and lots more

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July 2020 Edition

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• SIGMA fp 2.00 Update
• SIGMA fp gets ProRes RAW with Atomos Ninja V
• Sin-Sin film shot with fp, directed by Yu Yamanaka
• Teradek SERV PRO & VUER
• Sam Nicholson on Virtual Production
• AJA U-Tap Webcam
• Leitz THALIA 1:2 Makros
• Sony VENICE V6.0
• Sony FX9 V2.0
• FX9 & ProRes RAW on Atomos
• Canon EOS R5
• Rotolight Titan X
• Angénieux Optimo Primes
• McCormick on The High Note
• Gods of Focus: Chris Solano
• Gods of Focus: Olga Abramson
• Bouchut joins Band Pro

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ALEXA 10th Annual Reunion

This special edition celebrating ten years of ALEXA started as a few pages and quickly grew to Dickensian proportions. I had been following ARRI’s journey from analog to digital since the beginning. Or so I thought. There were more things in heaven and earth and ARRI’s development department at 89 Türkenstrasse than would ever be shared with any loose-lipped DP. All kinds of planning was underway long before any mysteries would be revealed. I have compiled and condensed (sort-of) most ALEXA articles from FDTimes since 2009. These articles are presented contemporaneously, as they were written at the time, and edited from an original exhaustive, exhausting 325 pages to a mere 220.

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April 2020 Edition

132-page April Edition. Printable 38 MB Hi-Rez PDF download for SUBSCRIBERS. FREE ACCESS 18 MB PDF Edition. (Best with Adobe Acrobat Reader, 2-page view, show cover page.)

• Canon EOS C300 Mark III Super35 Camera
• Canon CINE-SERVO 25-250 mm T2.95-3.95 Zoom
• Teradek Bolt 4K; ARRI EF Mount, ERM
• Panasonic S1H, Apple ProRes RAW, Atomos Ninja V
• Cooke Tour 2020; Gods of Focus
• Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera Reports
• ARRI OCU-1 & Master Grips on Location
• FUJINON Premista Around the World
• ARRI EF Mount; OCU-1; Master Grips
• Hunters, Rexer, SIGMA, RED

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100th Edition

This is the 100th Issue of Film and Digital Times.

It is a quick-look picture book of the past hundred or so covers—a timeline of technique, technology, tools, lighting, art, style, factory tours, practical production, restaurants, life on location and diversions—with a diverse cast of characters and a cavalcade of companies. It’s a fun reunion.

I’m holding off on print editions until paper is not needed for PPE and masks and shipping gets back to normal. Download Adobe Acrobat Reader if you don’t have it. And enjoy the FDT Free Access PDF Edition. Subscribers: you can print high-res PDFs on your home printer. read more…

99 FDTimes

The latest FDTimes 96-page February Edition.
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• Claire Mathon AFC on Portrait of a Lady on Fire
• New Preston LR2-M, HU-4
• Jon Fry’s CVP 2019 Year in Review
• DaVinci for DPs: Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve Editor Keyboard
• ARRI Rental DNA LF
• Si Bell on Peaky Blinders
• RED MONSTRO 8K VV and RED RANGER MONSTRO
• ARRI ALEXA Mini LF
• Steadicam M-2
• Jean-François Hensgens AFC SBC on Osmosis
• Cooke S7/i Full Frame Plus & 85mm Macro FF Anamorphic
• Paul Mignot on All Blood Runs Red: RED RANGER and ZEISS Radiance
• Pieter-Rim de Kroon on Silence of the Tides
• ROSCO MIXBOOK Digital Swatchbook
  Christophe Nuyens SBC, ALEXA Mini LF, Technovision 1.5x Anamorphic
• LEITZ PRIME Lenses Delivered
• Leica SL2 – Cine Menus in 45 Seconds
• and lots more.

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December 2019 Edition

ZEISS Supreme Prime Radiance
and Many Mirrorless Still and Cine Cameras

The latest FDTimes 64-page December Edition.
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• ZEISS Supreme Prime Radiance lenses
• Lawrence Sher, ASC on Joker
• Rodrigo Prieto ASC, AMC on R&R
• Takuro Ishizaka JSC on Metamorphosis
• Leica SL2
• Panasonic S1H
• SIGMA fp
• Kazuto Yamaki and Mark Amir
• Sony α7R IV
• Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K
• Wooden Camera PL Mount Mod

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IBC 2019 Edition

The latest FDTimes 96-page IBC-September Edition.
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• Canon EOS C500 Mark II – Full-Frame 5.9K
• ARRI ALEXA Mini LF
• Sony PXW-FX9
• Teradek Bolt 4K MAX
• Panasonic LUMIX DC-S1H
• Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K
• SIGMA Full-Frame Classic Art Primes
• FUJIFILM GFX100, Premista and ALPA XO
• RED RANGER HELIUM & RANGER GEMINI
• ARRI Orbiter

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New Midsummer 2019 Edition

Here’s the latest FDTimes 64-page Midsummer Edition.
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• Angénieux Optimo Prime Introduction
• Bruno Delbonnel and the Angénieux EcelLens Award at Cannes
• Panasonic S1H Introduction
• SIGMA Full Frame fp Camera and Lens Launch
• SIGMA Full Frame Classic Art Cine Primes
• All Roads Lead to CVP – Episode 2
• EMIT
• KO Film Rentals
• RED on “Innocents of Florence”

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Cine Gear 2019 June

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• FUJINON Premista Full Frame Zooms
• Bruno Delbonnel and the Angénieux Award at Cannes
• FF VENICE at 60 fps & Cooke Anamorphic FF
• ARRI Rental DNA LF
• The First CineMakers
• LEITZ THALIA-T 90mm
• and much more

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NAB 4/19 Edition

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• The Year of Full Frame/LF/VV
• ARRI ALEXA Mini LF
• Canon Sumire Prime Lenses
• LEITZ PRIME & LEITZ ZOOM Debut
• Dr. Aurelian Dodoc on LEITZ Design
• Shot on Cooke
• Serguei Saldívar, AMC
• Fujinon Premista Large Format Zoom
• AbelCine Accelerator Program
• Don Burgess, ASC, Camera Owner
• Ben Richardson on Yellowstone
• Band Pro Optical Department
• Teradek 4K Wireless Video
• SmallHD FOCUS 7 Monitor
• DJI Master Wheels
• Blackmagic RAW
• Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2
• and lots more

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February 2019

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• Vanja Černjul and Crazy Rich Asians
• Creative Solutions acquires Amimon 
• Still Moving Pictures: The Favourite
• Greig Fraser, VICE, Arricam, Cooke
• Tour of Sony’s Atsugi Tech Center
• Sasaki & Cioni on Large Format
• CVP in the Camera Triangle
• RED Ranger for Rentals
• Tokina Vista Primes
• DJI Ronin-S
• Panther S-Type Dolly
• Louma 2 Point & Plane
• Sekonic C-800 Color Meter
• Preston Cinema Light Ranger 2W
• Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
• Cooke Panchro/i Classics & FF Anamorphics
• Guillermo Granillo, ALEXA LF & ZEISS Supremes 

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November 2018

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• Canon EOS R Mirroless Full Frame System
• Philippe Rousselot, ASC, AFC on Alexa 65 & Thalias
• Daniel Patterson on Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It
• New Leitz Cine Leica Format Primes and Zooms
• Blackmagic RAW: Eats, Shoots & Leaves
• ARRI Stellar App
• AbelCine’s CameoGrip
• Teradek DSMC2 Bolt & ACI for RED DSMC2
• Tilta Camera Cages
• LOUDER! Can’t Hear What You’re Singin’, Wimp!
• ARRI Alexa 65 and Alexa LF

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IBC 2018-Cinec-Worldwide Edition

FDTimes September 2018 issue 89-90 now online and in the mail. Hi-rez for subscribers and a limited time lower rez free preview for all to see for free. The print edition will be distributed free at IBC Amsterdam and Cinec Munich. Visit FDTimes at IBC booth 12.F30. And at Cinec booth 3-A17.

Hi-rez 96 page printable PDF 30 MB download for subscribers. Free, limited time 96 page download, lower rez, 15 MB PDF.

• Leitz Cine Wetzlar factory tour
• Interview with Grant Petty, CEO of Blackmagic Design
• New Cooke Full Frame 1.8x Anamorphic/i
• ARRI Operator Control Unit
• Lunch with Ed Lachman, ASC & Todd Haynes
• RED Report with Jarred Land and Brent Carter
• ARRI Alexa LF Updates
• Sony VENICE Updates
• New Sigma FF Fast Primes
• AJA FS-HDR for DPs and DITs
• New mirrorless cameras from Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm
• and lots more…see Table of Contents

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Cine Gear 2018

FDTimes June 2018 issue 88 is ready to download now: hi-rez for subscribers and a limited time lower rez copy for all to see for free. The print edition will be distributed free at Cine Gear. Visit FDTimes at our booth 207 in the New York Streets backlot at Paramount.  Hi-rez 80 page printable PDF 21 MB download for subscribers. Free, limited time 80 page download, lower rez, 11 MB PDF.

• In-depth look at ZEISS Supreme Primes with factory tour
• Interviews with the designers and teams behind the Supremes
• AJA Video Systems Celebrates 25 Years
• Pierre Angénieux ExcelLens at Cannes
• Ed Lachman, ASC & Cecile Zhang ExcelLens
• RED Simplified: MONSTRO, HELIUM, GEMINI
• Leica at Cannes, Close Focus Thalias
• ARRI Alexa LF & Signature Primes
• Technovision FF 1.5x Anamorphics
• Kramer Morgenthau ASC on Fahrenheit 451
• Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
• and lots more

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Nab 2018

FDTimes April 2018 issue 87 for NAB 2018 is now online and ready to download for subscribers. Full Format is becoming the new standard for high-end production — with  the latest cameras, lenses and accessories on display at NAB 2018. Film and Digital Times covers the major introductions. Hi-rez 96 page printable PDF 26 MB download for subscribers. Free, limited time 96 page download, lower rez, 13 MB PDF.

• Full Frame Canon EOS C700
• Canon CN-E 20mm T1.5 L F Full Frame Prime
• Panavision DXL2
• VENICE in Venice on IMAX
• Leica Thalias on VENICE in Berlin
• Scorpio FFA Full Frame 2x Anamorphic
• Anamorphic Desqueeze Math Class 31
• Anamorphic Desqueezing with DaVinci Resolve
• ARRI Large Format Camera and Lens Launch
• ARRI Signature Prime, Leica Thalia, Cooke S7/i Framegrabs
• Cooke Optics – New Panchro/i Classics and S7/i
• Graeme Nattress, RED Problem Solver 45-47
• Teradek Bolt and RT Updates
• and much more. Download now in advance of NAB.

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February 2018

Free 96 page download, lower rez, 18 MB PDF.
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• ARRI Large Format Camera System
• Full Frame Review
• Sony VENICE
• Panavision DXL
• RED 8K VV MONSTRO
• Hawk Trilogy
• PhotoCineView
• Loumasystems
• Leica M0.8 Lenses
• DaVinci Resolve for DPs
• 703 Bolt Wireless Monitor
• Panasonic EVA1 PL Mount
• Massis, Monstro, Mont Blanc
• Mattias Boucard
• Stephan Massis, AFC
• Guillaume Deffontaines, AFC
• Light Ranger 2: The Gods of Focus 2

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Dec 2017

Holiday Reading — Year-End Dec 2017 – Issue 85.
Paper Edition shipping week of Dec 26.
Ho, ho, ho. Free 64 page download for all.
Hi-rez 64 page printable PDF download for subscribers.

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• Sony’s VENICE launch: Full Frame
• RED WEAPON with MONSTRO 8K VV Sensor
• Factory Tours of IB/E Optics, Manfrotto
• Factory Tours of ARRI Austria, cmotion
• Stephen Goldblatt ASC BSC, Kei Ikeda
• Carl Zeiss Startup Upstart
• Severine Serrano, Angenieux Optimo Ultra 12x
• Daniela Kesselem, Leica Thalias
• Walter Trauninger, Vienna
• Full Frame Anamorphic Scorpiolens 2x
• Oskar Barnack Award
• ARRI 100th Anniversaries

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Sept 2017

Current Edition — Sept 2017 – Issue 84. 96 page hi-rez printable PDF download for subscribers.

• Sony’s VENICE – New Full Frame & S35 Camera
• History of 100 years of ARRI in a Century of Cinema
• New Angenieux Optimo Ultra 12x Zoom
• Full Frame and Large Format Lens Review
• Yves Angelo, AFC, SBC on Leica Thalia and RED 8K VV
• Flowtech Quick Sticks from Sachtler
• Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 4.6K Update
• RED Sensor Swap Program and other News
• Panasonic AU-EVA1 Update
• Gitzo 100th Anniversary
• Dr. Winfried Scherle and 33+ Years at ZEISS

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Latest Edition

Current Edition — Summer 2017 – Issue 83. 80 page hi-rez printable PDF download for subscribers. Limited time lower rez FREE download for all. Paper edition printing now and shipping week of August 9.

• Interview with Grant Petty, CEO of Blackmagic Design
• Interview with Paul Cameron ASC
• “Pirates of the Caribbean” and Johnny Drone
• Christopher Doyle HKSC, Angénieux Award and Interview
• Full Frame Matters of Life and Depth
• Full Frame Grabs with Leica Thalia, Sigma T1.5 FF, Schneider Xenon, IB/E Optics Raptor, ZEISS CP.3, Cooke S7/i on Leica M10
• Canon C200, Panasonic EVA1
• Camalot’s Dyaliscope Anamorphics
• “The Hypothesis” with Hawk V-Lite ‘74 Anamorphics
• ARRI Lightweight Mattebox LMB 4×5
• “Los Desheredados” best short at Cannes
• Lighting with Paint and Pixels and Astrid Preston
• NAB and Cine Gear Reviews

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April-June 2017 Edition

Current Edition — April-June 2017 – Double Issue 81-82. 128 page PDF download for subscribers. 16 page free preview.

• ARRI ALEXA SXT W, Wireless Video
• New Canon 70-200 Compact Servo Zoom
• Leica Thalia Large Format: Playing with Light
• FUJINON Factory Tour, MK 18-55 T2.9 Zoom
• Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro, 4.6K Guide
• ZEISS CP.3 Full Frame Primes
• SIGMA FF High Speed Prime Line
• RED Digital Cinema Factory Visit
• Cooke S7/i Full Frame Plus, Factory Tour
• Cooke 45-450 T4.5 Anamorphic Zoom, Panchro Classics
• Angénieux Optimo Style 48-130 T3.0
• ALEXA Mini SUP5 and Studio Accessories
• Teradek — and lots more.

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NAB 2017 Edition

Current Edition — Feb 2017 Issue 80 — PDF ready to download. 96 pages.

• Full Frame Cine
• Future Camera & Lens Mounts
• H. Edakubo & H. Okawara Interview at Canon
• Dr Michael Kaschke, ZEISS
• Nicol Verheem, Teradek
• Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K
• Leica Portugal Factory Tour
• Teradek & Creative Solutions Tour
• AbelCine Industry City
• Anamorphic: Hawk 1.3x, Underwater, Cooke SF
• New Aaton Digital Cantar Mini
• The Gods of Focus Speak
• Technovision, Mamiya Mediums, Baltars

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Nov 2016

PDF ready to download. 64 pages. Print editions are in the mail.

• Large Format
• ARRI ALEXA at Age 2
• Joerg Pohlman, ARRI Managing Director
• Tour of ARRI Factory, ARRI Rental, ARRI@Bavaria
• New Sony FS7 II and 18-110 zoom
• Machines of Cinema Exhibition at Cinémathèque
• New Angénieux Factory Tour
• RED 8K Super35 and VV Cameras
• Canon Cinema EOS C700 Update
• Panavision DXL 8K Camera
• AJA ROI and Rembrandt
• Fujifilm Mirrorless Medium Format
• Blackmagic Design News
• Carl Zeiss 200th Birthday

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Sept – Latest Edition

Online and on paper. 96 pages Double Issue.

• Angenieux Type EZ Full Frame & S35 Zooms
• FULL FRAME LENSES
• Leica M 0.8 Primes and many more
• NEW CAMERAS
• Canon, Panasonic
• New Lenses, Lights, AKS
• ZEISS LWZ.3, Fujinon 20-120
• Hawk V-Lite 1.3x Vintage ’74
• DaVinci for DPs
• Tour of the Sigma Lens Factory
• Lots more

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Midsummer July-Aug Edition

Now online for subscribers. 96 pages. Paper edition has shipped.

• IMAX NASA Canon 4K film A Beautiful Planet
• Tatara Samurai film shot on film
• Panavision 8K Millenium DXL Camera
• Cannes, Pierre Angenieux Award
• Philippe Rousselot, ASC, AFC on The Nice Guys
• Meeting the Designers and Planners at Sony
• Interview with Tetsushi Hibi and Yasunori Imaoka of Canon
• Midyear Gear Report from NAB and Cine Gear

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NAB 2016 Edition

Now online and on paper for subscribers. 112 pages.

• Passage from Film to Digital: Vittorio Storaro and Woody Allen on “Cafe Society”
• Lens Designers Discuss:
  • Aurelian Dodoc, Leica
  • Dan Sasaki, Panavision
  • Motoyuki Ohtake, Sony
• New lenses from Angenieux, ARRI/ZEISS, Canon, Cooke, Fujinon, Leica, Raptor, Scorpio, Sony, ZEISS
• OConnor Factory Tour in Costa Rica
• Sony Factory Tour in Thailand
• The Rolling Stones Cuba Concert
• Jarred Land, RED
• Sphere, Cube, Color
• Camera Updates
• Lots of lenses, lighting, accessories

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Feb 2016

Online and in print for subscribers.
96 pages – download 15 MB PDF

• Japan Production Report
• Panasonic Lens Tour
• Kyoto Studios and Film History
• Canon Expo 2015
• Still Digital Times: ZEISS Milvus, Leica SL
• Alexa 65 Productions and lots more

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10th Anniversary Edition

The first issue of Film and Digital Times was a 16 page newsletter. Ten years later, Film in the title has mostly evolved from origination to procedure. It’s still filmmaking and it’s still a film even if it’s being shot with digital cameras. What follows is a somewhat opinionated, regrettably not all-inclusive, whirlwind ride that tries to summarize the past 10 years in a few pages. It’s a historical timeline of technique, technology, art, and practical production—with a diverse cast of characters and a cavalcade of companies. It’s a fun reunion. read more…

Issue 71-72

• Double Issue – IBC Special
• Lighting with Paint on a Starry Night
• Van Gogh’s Gaffer
• Starry Nights, No Light, Moonlight, Low Light.
• New no-low/low-light cameras.
• Canon ME20F-SH (C-Impossible)
• NEW SONY FS5
• Aaton-Digital Cantar X3
• Alexa Mini Transvideo Monitor
• Leica Q (Typ 116) Code Name Hemingway
• Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Cameras on Mythbusters
• Tour of the ARRI Lighting Factory
• Interview Winfried Scherle, ZEISS Exec VP
• Tour of ZEISS Factory & Museum
• Interview with Jarred Land, President of RED
• Sony a7RII.
• DaVinci for DPs: Desqueezing Anamorphic
• Cooke 65 mm Macro Anamorphic
• VariCam 35 Anamorphic on “Monolith”
• Garcia’s Guide to Surviving Episodic Focus
• Tiffen Burbank Technical Center
• Tour of Tiffen Steadicam Factory
• Codex V-RAW, Codex VR, Codex Production Suite

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June 2015

Mid Year Cine Gear Big Edition Online, On Paper and at our Cine Gear Expo 2015 Booth 53A.  Cover: Johan Hellsten and his new Vario 5 Easrig.

• Bigger Sensors, FF 24×36, Next Lens Mounts
• Masaya Maeda, Managing Director of Canon
• RED Full Frame (20×40 mm) 8K
• Cine Lenses that Fill Full Frame
• Hawk65 from Vantage Film
• New Cooke Anamorphic at Cine Gear
• Blackmagic URSA Mini, Steadicam M-1
• Dan May, President of Blackmagic Design
• Tour of ARRI Alexa Mini Factory
• Matt Danilowicz, CEO Vitec Videocom
• Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC gets Award at Cannes
• Claudio Miranda, ASC (Tomorrowland), Rob Hardy, BSC (Ex Machina), Gavin Finney, BSC (Wolf Hall)

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April 2015

This is a double issue, online and on paper

• Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of an 18mm)
• ARRI ALEXA Mini
• ARRI ALEXA SXT
• DaVinci for DPs
• George Richmond on Kingsman
• Darius Wolski, ASC on Exodus
• Ben Smithard, BSC on 2nd Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• New lenses, lights, cameras, cranes, NAB gear

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Leica Spring 2015 Special Edition

A limited number of printed copies available. Pay for shipping and handling only. Click “Order Print Edition.”

Newly updated Spring 2015 Edition. This is the free online PDF version of the printed copies handed out at NAB and available in the LA Leica Gallery. (previous edition was Photokina 2014). 126 pages. read more…

Feb 2015

February 2015 Issue 66-67.

• Anthony Dod Mantle’s Customized Gear
• Panasonic VariCam 35 Factory Tour
• Kunihiko Miyagi and Takahiro Mitsui on VariCam 35
• Factory Tour of AJA, Jon Thorn and Nick Rashby on CION
• Hiroshi Kiriyama on Sony Cameras
• Sony Doc Dock and F55/F5 v5.0 Updates
• Fujifilm Fujinon Factory Tour
• Canon 50-1000 T5.0 – 8.9 Zoom Lens
• InterBEE, IBC, Photokina, Cinec
• Leica at Photokina
• and lots more

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Camerimage Edition

This free PDF download is a compilation of articles from our IBC and Cinec Editions. Free paper copies at Camerimage only.

ARRI Factory Tour: Alexa 65 Camera and Lens System. Codex Vault Lab 65. Also: Amira, Alexa, Accessories, ARRI/ZEISS Master Anamorphics, and more. read more…

Alexa 65 Special

65mm Rebooted

ALEXA 65 is a new, large format 65mm digital motion picture camera from ARRI. Imagine an ALEXA (35mm) camera with a sensor that is 3 times larger. It has a familiar ALEXA body style, about the same size and weight, a little bit wider, with a digital 65mm format sensor and new 65mm lenses. Film and Digital Times 36-page special report online.

Paper copies only at Cinec and at local launches of ALEXA 65. read more…

Photokina Leica Report – Online Only

Free Special Report for Photokina 2014. Revised and updated through September 2014: all about Leica, CW Sonderoptic Leica Cine Lenses, Summilux-C, Summicron-C, Still Moving Pictures (stills shot by cinematographers with Leica cameras), Oskar Barnack’s motion picture camera, history, tour of the factory, and a look at the new Leica Headquarters in Wetzlar. 96 pages.

Free Download is 150 dpi. High Rez 300 dpi version for subscribers. Best viewed in Adobe Acrobat with View-Page Display set to Two Page View, and Show Cover Page in Two Page View. Online only. Paper copies at Photokina. read more…

IBC 2014 Edition

Double Issue

Delivered free at IBC on paper and online. Print editions have shipped to subscribers. Online PDF edition for subscribers.

• ARRI AMIRA Factory Tour
• Sony’s New “Minima” PXW-FS7
• Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve 11
• Leica Still Moving Pictures
• Interviews with Stephan Schenk and Walter Trauninger of ARRI,
• Interviews with AJA’s Nick Rashby
• New ZEISS lenses and servo
• New Angénieux 30-72 Anamorphic
• Lucy and the Tiffen Filter Factory
• Tour of Ronford-Baker Factory

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Here: Cine Gear Edition

16 MB PDF Edition Ready to Download Now
Print Edition shipped week of June 1

• Preston Light Ranger 2
• Blackmagic URSA
• AJA CION
• Leica T, Leica Back in Wetzlar
• ARRI Amira
• Sony F55 Doc Dock, Sony a7S
• How to Desqueeze Anamorphic
• Interviews with Blackmagic’s Dan May
• Interview with Canon’s Y. Imaoka and T. Hibi
• Interview with AJA’s Jon Thorn
• Scorpiolens Anamorphics
• Camtec Vintage Prime Lens Test
• Depth of Field in Anamorphic Cinematography

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NAB 2014

96-pages of the best of NAB 2014
Now online and on paper

• ARRI Amira Jumpstart – a Bluffers Guide to staying out of trouble in the ARRI booth
• Visit to Cooke Optics Factory in Leicester, England
• Interviews with the Cooke Anamorphic lens designers
• New lenses from Angenieux, Canon, Leica, Fujinon, and ZEISS
• Sony F5/F55 Updates
• Download free 12-page preview
• Subscribers: Download 15 MB PDF

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Current Issue: Feb 2014

80-page Double Issue

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Year-End Issue Now Online

48 Pages now online. Paper edition ships this week. 

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Double Issue 55-56

Online and on paper. 

96 Page Double Issue: Canon C500 Cover Story, Lots of New Lenses  (anamorphic and spherical), Still Moving Pictures with Leica, Blackmagic 4K Camera, History of Angénieux, Tour of RED Factory, camera updates, rigs, mounts, lens metadata, accessories…

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Angénieux Special Report

ONLINE ONLY.

The Angénieux company has been designing and building motion picture lenses for more than 78 years. This special report follows a time-line of Angénieux’s history, from its founding by Pierre Angénieux in the 1930s to the new lenses that continue to be developed today. 

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Cannes + Cine Gear

Online and On Paper.

FDTimes anamorphic edition, NAB after-party and the Cannes + Cine Gear mid-year celebration of new cameras, lenses, lights and accessories. 

Premiere of Preston Cinema Systems MDR3, Charts of Anamorphic lenses from Angenieux, ARRI/ZEISS, Cooke Optics, Hawk, Panavision, Servicevision Scorpiolens. 

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NAB 2013

On paper and online.

What’s inside? Lots of lenses. New Cameras. More K and 4K. Filters and Facts. Ways to connect cameras, recorders, rigs and accessories. Things to move cameras, to illuminate, and ways to stand out. Rumors revealed. New Angénieux and Cooke Anamorphics. New Phantom 4K Highspeed Camera…

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Micro Salon & BSC Show

February 2013 Film and Digital Times Issue 52 Print Edition shipping and online now for subscribers.

FDTimes On Paper, Online, and now On iPad

•  Cooke Look Defined, French Cinematheque
• Vantage One T1, Master Anamorphic in Paris
• ARRIRAW Inside, Alexa XR, Alexa XT
• The Decisive Moment – Leica M
• Transvideo Rainbow HD, Clairmont In-Camera
• Angénieux 19.5-94 and 28-340 Optimos
• Fujinon PL Premier Cabrio Zooms
• Using Preston with Fujinon Cabrios
• 135 mm Primes, InEmitable, Schneider Primes
• Sony F5-F55 AKS, Nikon D600, Canon 6D
•  Denz, iDC Photo Video,  Easyfocus, Ros Bot
• Cinetech Italiana, Adam Wilt’s Cine Meter
• Darius Khondji, Lighting with Paint, Reflections

Sony F5 – F55 Booklet v5.5

Updated (v5.5) on Feb 27 with latest revisions and software versions of Sony F5 and F55 cameras. This is a free online edition only. We are not printing on paper.

Also available in the Apple Newsstand for iPad and iPhone (but you have to pay for this version).

The Film and Digital Times Sony F5 and F55 Special Report is not an official Sony document. This latest update is an “Unofficial Biography of the F5 and F55 as it is about to ship.”

Note–there may be some additions or corrections to SxS Card information…

Free 96-page PDF (14 MB) Download. Best viewed in Acrobat as “2-page view, show cover page.”

IBC & Worldwide Edition

• Making of Taylor Swift Music Video
• Roger Deakins, ASC on Skyfall
• ARRI/ZEISS Anamorphics
• Leica Summilux-C Factory Tour
• Denis Rouden, AFC on Alexa Anamorphic
• A Guide to Hawk Anamorphics
• A Cooke Look Back
• New ZEISS Lenses, and new products from Transvideo, Litepanels, Shape, Aaton, Denz, Dedo, Matthews, bebob, Vocas, Codex, 3ality Technica, Chrosziel, and more

Cine Gear Mid-Year

• Black-and-White: Leica Monochrom M
• New Steadicam Exovest
• New Fujinon Cabrio, New Angénieux Zooms
• 4K Cameras, Monitors, Recorders
• After-NAB Review
• Cine Gear Mid-Year Gear
• Anamorphic Lenses Coming

NAB 2012 Mid-Year Gear Report: 96 Pages

• First Sony F65 Feature: After Earth
  Interviews with Director M. Night Shyamalan and DP Peter Suschitsky, ASC, BSC
• Practical 4K Workflows on Features and Docs
• F65 Jumpstart Guide
• New Cameras, DSLRs, Lenses, Accessories, New Finders, Anamorphic

• The Look of Midnight in Paris
• Jumpstart Guides to the Canon C300, ARRI Alexa, RED Scartlet-X
• Moving Hugo, with Bob Richardson, ASC, Rob Legato, Chris Centrella, Larry McConkey, Demetri Portelli, Gregor Tavenner, Howard Preston, Jean-Marie Lavalou, Laurent Mannoni
• Thirty Years of EMIT.  From Australia: The Shadowcatchers

Special Year-End and IBC Gear Wrap Up

• Cover Story: Canon Cinema EOS System
• Canon C300 35mm Cameras
• EXT. 20,000 ISO – Night
• New ZEISS Anamorphic Lenses, Compact Zoom, CP .2 Primes
• Exclusive Interviews: Angenieux, Leica, Canon

IBC Issue

• Lighting with Paint: Pieter de Hooch and The Green Screen is Always Greener
• Bouquets to Bokehs
• Filming in France, Helsinki, Hollywood, New York, Hogwarts
• Rental Houses: Vantage in Paris, Weiden, Prague; Photo Cine Rent in Paris; FGV Schmidle in Munich and Berlin; Cam-a-lot and Camera Rentals in Amsterdam; Anand Cine Service in India

Mid-Year Gear Report

• NAB2011 Wrap and Wrap-Up
• 4K, More K
• New Cameras, Lenses, Lights, Support, AKS
• Denny Clairmont
• Every Frame a Rembrandt

Journey to Japan

• Tour of Sony. Atsugi Tech Center. Sony Semiconductor Kumamoto Fab
• Sony CineAlta 4K+ Camera. F65 Introduction
• SRMaster SRMemory.
• Sony F3 Updates.
• Sony NXCAM Super35 NEX-FS100, NXCAM Sand and Spray Sony HXR-NX70.
• Fujifilm FinePix X100.

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Made in France

• AFC Micro Salon
• Angénieux 75th Anniversary
• Impressionism
• Birth of Cinematography

Whole FDTimes Catalog

FDTimes Roma

USA Edition

Mid-Year Report

• Cine Gear 2010
• NAB 2010 Review
• Lighting with Paint

Fall Show Previews

• NAB 2010 Preview
• Lighting with Paint
• Oceans
• AFC Micro Salon

Paris

• Paris
• Micro Salon 2010 Report
• The Making of “Oceans”

IBC Wrap-Up Online Edition

IBC Special USA Edition

• 1 Perf, 2 Perf, 3 Perf, 4.  2-Perf Aaton Penelope
• ARRI BLUE One, Two, Three
• Cooke Look 5/i, Panchro/i. Canon EOS 7D, Canon PL Mount 50D
• Hot Rod PL Mount and Lenses. Fujinon 18-85mm T2.0
• Transvideo TitanHD.
• Lighting with Paint

CINE GEAR to New Year Special 2010 Online Report

• Angénieux, Aaton, Abel Cine Tech, Avenger, ARRI, Backpack Journalism,
• Band Pro, 16×9 Inc., Bogen, Canon, Cartoni, Century, Chrosziel, Cooke,
• Dedo Weigert, Focus Optics, Formatt Filters, Fujinon, JVC, Kata,
• Kino Flo, Litepanels, Lowel, Manfrotto, OConnor, P+S TECHNIK, Panasonic,
• Petrol, Sachtler, Schneider, SONY, S.two, Steadicam, Tiffen, Transvideo,
• UniqOptics, Vantage Film, Vision Research, ZEISS

• George Eastman House
• 3D Cinematography
• New PL Mount Lenses. New Cameras
• Accessories. Support. Sci-Tech Awards
• Lighting and More

• Lighting with Paint
• Banjin by Andrew Laszlo, ASC
• Canon Tour in Japan. Canon Vixia HF S10
• Camaras y Luces, Argentina
• Tandem Receiver. Rendezvous Reverse

2008 Year in Review

Double Edition with Cinec 2008 Wrap-up

• ZEISS Cine Lens Day. Visit to ZEISS Factory.
• Lighting with Paint: The Picture Merchant
• P+S Technik Tour
• Vantage and Hawk Tour

NAB, CINE GEAR, MID YEAR

France 2008

Pre-NAB Special

Holiday Double Edition

• Jena Optical Museum 3-5
• Lighting with Paint 6
• Sony EX1 and Z7U 7-11
• Transvideo HD Monitor 12-13
• ASC and Avid on Color 14
• Zeiss PL Still Camera 15
• 16x9inc EX Wide 15
• 12 Days of Bogen 16-17
• Hawk V-Lites 18
• Cooke Sees Red 19
• Panavision G Series 20
• Lentequip SR3 Adapter 21
• NY Pro Tech Expo 22-23
• Oli at ARRI and IBC 24-25
• Primal Streams 26-27
• Canon Confluence 28
• CineBags 29
• Good Books 30

IBC Edition

CineGear Edition

NAB Edition

Sundance Edition

CamerImage Edition

• Lighting with Paint
• ARRIMAX and Maxmover
• Lenses, Light and Grip at Cinec
• Transvideo 4 inch Starlight Monitor
• Zeiss, Digis, Masters, and Ultras
• Cinematographer Style Film & DVD

IBC, CINEC and NYCDES Editon

• Lighting with Paint
• Lighting is Overrated
• Focus Issues with HD and SD
• Panavision Lenses
• Vantage Anamorphics
• Cool Tools
• BrainDrain for Batteries
• Arricam Depth

CineGear Edition

• Cinematographer Style Feature Documentary: 110 Interviews
• Lighting with Paint What’s wrong with this Jan de Hooch Picture?
• Depth of Field in Cinematography
• The Gods of Focus and Preston FI+Z Hand Unit3
• Back Focus and Zeiss Sharpmax
• One Chip or Three Chips?

Special NAB Supplement to American Cinematographer

Sundance Edition

SONY Z1 HDV Jumpstart

Mid Year Gear Report

Premiere Issue