Hello! When I discovered cinematography it became my passion and goal to succeed in it (I was quite manic about it). 7 years after I managed to become professional and pay my living with it. I have no

Sounds like you're on the edge of burn-out. I've been there a few times at various stages of my careers. Many say do one for the wallet, and one for the soul. But cinematography is cinematography rega

Hi, I'm involved in a slightly unusual pilot which is being shot in Taiwan and San Francisco. The vast majority of the work is in Taiwan where I will be and due to the limited budget we only have a no

Hello list, I am helping a friend shooting in Northern Iraq-Kurdistan and we need some rental companies to budget and plan the film like 100 shooting days. A moderate list of lighting and some camera

Insta360 ONE https://store.insta360.com/product/one Is this where GoPro should have gone? Cya Steve Steve Morton FRPS Scientific Imaging Monash University Melbourne Australia

Not only did Aretha Franklin pass away yesterday, so did perhaps THE TOP Focus Puller in the World. Zoran Veselic. Both from Pancreatic cancer. Zoran was diagnosed about 8 months ago, but as late as M

Looking for a list of camera and codec requirements for streaming venues any help appreciated I have searched on line but only found Netflix. thanks rich lerner dp usa

Is there anyone in the Dumfries (Scotland) area that can supply an SDI monitor for a shoot tomorrow? We’ve had an Amira Viewfinder fail on us and this seems to be the only viable option to make the ca

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180223-claire-foy-and-matt-damon-in-a-film-shot-on-a-smartphone Mobile phone film-making must be going mainstream when Matt Damon has a cameo in a feature film shot

I got the news things are not looking good for Meyer Optik. I had backed their indegogo promotion for a PrimoPlan 75 II. The lens makes some crazy bokeh wide open. Certainly a classic vintage look rig

Out of interest who out in CML world is shooting actual 35mm film for clients? Here in Australia there is no full time lab although I understand Neglab will open for processing if there is enough foot

Hi fellows, I have a short Film shooting next week in wich I need to shoot a macro of fish scales of an alive fish in the water. Our fish (wich is a caracther of the film) is a Kinguyo. For this macro

By Cinematography Mailing List I've been involved in another of those wonderful Twitter/Facebook threads about exposure and again I keep getting told that you don't need a meter and using a waveform i

Greetings! For DPs here with experience with film rigs, I have a battery question for old-school 24v cameras (specifically SL MKI and Compact MKI); is there any reason not to run 2 deep-cycle 12v 'mar

Does anyone have experience bringing gear in and out of Panama? From what I can tell it doesn’t seem to be a carnet country. I would like to bring real kit, but going with a dslr or something in a bac

In case anyone is unaware of Shinobo Hashimoto’s passing. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/movies/shinobu-hashimoto-dead-screenwriter-for-kurosawa.html Brian Heller IA 600 DP

At the moment I'm creating simple sets on Google Sketchup just as a rough guide. It does have a camera tool in which you can define angle of view. However I don't trust it completely (unless I'm missi

One thing I learned two weeks ago is that NiCads are still on the game because they offer twice the recharge cycles than Li-Ions. They use them on safety lights for this reason. Interesting ..........

Just started watching The Fourth Estate on Showtime and I must say, it's compelling and slightly addictive. I was expecting a more gritty look but even as it is a long form doc, it is very well shot a

Panasonic has just launched the VariCam LUT Library. Working with Local 600 DITs, we developed 35 looks that can be used for the VariCam Cinema Cameras as well as the EVA1. And best of all, these LUTs