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Contender – Cinematographer, Mandy Walker, ACS, Australia

November 8, 2008 Jack Egan 0

Australia, director Baz Luhrmann’s two-hour and 40-minute epic tribute to his homeland, is a feast for the eyes. Credit for the film’s succession of visual highpoints goes to director of photography Mandy Walker, who is also Australian. Filming lasted five months. It combines panoramic location shots, numerous scenes on sets in Sydney and significant use of CGI. Some 2.7 million feet of film was shot. The story, which takes place […]

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A Tale of Two Cameras

November 8, 2008 Scott Lehane 0

RED Ramps Up RED recently unveiled plans for its upcoming Epic and Scarlet camera lines, along with a product roadmap leading up to 2010. Scarlet and Epic will form the basis of RED’s new DSMC (Digital Stills and Motion Camera) systems. With these lines of cameras, the company is going after both the high-end photography and cinematography markets. Due to its modular design, users will be able to configure a […]

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Panavision to Offer Panavised Phantom HD High-Speed Digital Cameras

October 8, 2008 Scott Lehane 0

Panavision announced an agreement with Abel Cine Tech and Vision Research to acquire Phantom HD high-speed digital cameras for its rental operations around the world. The contract means that the Phantom HD cameras and custom accessories will be available for rent in a complete Panavised system along with Panavision’s inventory of industry leading optics, including anamorphic lenses. Abel Cine Tech, the exclusive North American agent for Vision Research’s Phantom HD […]

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Manufacturers Line Up for RED SDK

October 8, 2008 Scott Lehane 0

Since August, when RED announced the release of a Software Developer Kit (SDK) that would enable other manufacturers to work with the company’s Redcode RAW (.R3D) file format natively, there has been a rush of postproduction equipment manufacturers signing up for the SDK—namely those with editing and grading systems. It’s not surprising, since there are over 4,000 cameras out there in the market, as well as a huge pool of […]

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NAB’s Hot Items: Mobile Video, 3D and 4K

April 8, 2008 Scott Lehane 0

As we approach NAB This year, the industry faces different kinds of challenges. The effects of the prolonged writers’ strike, the threat of an upcoming actors’ strike, combined with general economic malaise are taking their toll. But as they say in show business, the show must go on. And it’s not all bad news. For broadcasters, there’s a new big thing on the horizon: mobile video. The show organizers are […]

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Thomson Ships Infinity

March 8, 2008 Scott Lehane 0

Thomson announced that it has shipped its first Grass Valley Infinity Digital Media Camcorders, almost two-and- a-half years after the company first unveiled the camera at IBC 2005. The camera, originally scheduled to ship in early 2006, has seen a number of engineering delays, but Las Vegas-based NBC affiliate KVBC recently took delivery of 18 cameras–the first shipped in North America. According to Mark Chiolis, senior marketing manager of Thomson […]

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3D: The New Sundance Star

March 8, 2008 Bob Bayless 0

This year at Sundance, the festival’s Technology Center showcased the latest and greatest in technology from Hewlett Packard and Avid, along with several filmmakers discussing the benefits of cutting on the Avid— including its Script Sync feature. Sony showed all its latest HD camcorders, including the new PMW-EX1 that records to SxS Pro solid-state cards with no moving parts. But the biggest buzz at Sundance came from the debut of […]