..and from my experience dust on the sensor is ‘always’ an issue…. Michael Moser DP/DC michael@... 202-293-1780 202-494-4125 (c)

Hello I’m searching for a pinhole lens or attachment that is available for rent https://www.ducloslenses.com/products/35mm-pinhole-lens Phil Byrd 1st AC Oklahoma City

Hi, check for #pinholecinematography on instagram, you’ll find a grab from footage i shot couple of days ago, cinefoil and black masking tape are all u need, they are complicated formulas to calculate

I’ve seen this at shows and basically overlooked it, bad me. https://www.newsshooter.com/2019/09/30/arri-ocu-1-review/ Great review from Matthew Allard ACS cheers Geoff Boyle NSC FBKS EU based cinemat

I've had time to think about lenses I saw at IBC and I have to report there's not a lot new, a lot promised, but not there. So... ARRI Signature new 12mm, wow! I want one, it's just gorgeous. It made

I went to see Ad Astra yesterday; I had intended to compare the Dolby version with the Imax but seeing it once was one time too many! Anyway, obviously a lot of it was CG and they love lens flares. It

I have a question about a lens and need some advice. A bit of background information on me first. I currently shoot with M4/3 sensor cameras and have been happy with them. I have also found that I muc

Good Afternoon Brain-trust. I had a perplexing issue arise this week and was looking for some guidance. We were working with the Canon cine zooms, 50-1000 and 17-120 on Arri Amiras. When plugging the

Another lens like the Optimo that is a about a year away from delivery. In this case it looks like a well designed non gimmicky approach to anamorphic design. The basic lens doesn't flare or give you

Hi CML, I hope you are well? I have a commercial coming up which has a fair amount of abstract macro work. I wanted to offer to the director more magnification than the usual 1:1 in most macro cine le

Hi Art. We have never spoken or chatted but I have been a long time follower of your CML posts. Your extensive knowledge has been a great help to me in my quest to learn anything optical . So thanks f

Hi all, Getting a lot of questions about these so I thought I'd post this here. It took a year and a half and various copies to put this set together but here it is: The Mamiya 645 lens set consists o

I thought there would be a flood of messages about this but no… My first reaction was one of horror, not Cooke! But it’s not a problem 😊 Les Zellan (Chairman), Robert Howard (Chief Executive Officer)

Hi CML Group, I have a job coming up that we are shooting with the Canon CN-E Primes We need a pair of zoom lenses for a few shots that need to match the Primes. We are considering these 3 Canon Zooms

Info from an article just read.. Perhaps this may add to the solution.. Physicists solve 2,000-year-old optical problem by Bob Yirka , Phys.org (a) Geometry of the problem and notation used for the di

A Mexican scientist has found a solution to the spherical aberration problem, that even Newton (or Wasserman & Wolf) couldn't figure out: https://petapixel.com/2019/07/05/goodbye-aberration-physicist-

Hello everyone. The other day I was asked if I know the proper pronunciation of the Hoge Lens. I have never heard of this before much less know how to pronounce it. I can't find much information about

It's finally here! Long nights and hours of screening are finally done! Marco Werner and I created a unique lens shootout between modern glass and famous vintage lenses, shot on our RED DSMC2 MONSTRO

Hi all, I'm having conversations with a director for shooting a series of dream sequences. I've suggested that one of the elements we can rely on is tilt-shift lenses. I will do tests with him, howeve

Hi All, I’ve got some old split Diopters that have got 1-2mm chips on the critical dividing edges that I hoped I might have taken out by grinding the whole edge down by 2mm or so. Does anyone have exp