I wanted to get some opinions on a mount option decision. I have three original Baltar lenses that currently have some sort of obscure BNC screw on mount. Getting the lenses rehoused is financially ou

Hello everyone, If you happen to be around Manhattan tomorrow (Tuesday Nov 24), we will have two of the new Signature Zooms to test and demo in our studio for a day. If you are interested, please visi

I've been pondering the efficiencies of filter changes for a long time now. And particularly where ND filtration is concerned - it's still a pain in the arse with most cameras. Sony is the only manufa

Wondering if anyone can share experiences or tests about using Hawk Anamorphic lenses on Alexa Mini LF. I am planning to have some test soon. Here is the Arri White Paper about it, but with examples o

Hi All, I get this looks odd ! But I am just trying to see if anyone knows of any UK rental houses with S16 Cooke Zoom's. Just need it for my records in case customers ask. As one just did. Since they

Greetings! ~ I'm looking to house a 34" super-tele lens (FL 1200mm/5.6) that I purchased sans case. I've looked at keyboard and even rifle cases that meet length and width criteria, but they're just t

hey all, have a job coming up that would benefit from a compact, lightweight zoom lens with some 'character.' ideally with a range somewhere in the 17-35 world, and at least a f/2.8 and (in a perfect

Hey Geoff, what was that you were saying just last week about wanting some small & lightweight primes? https://www.newsshooter.com/2020/10/30/dzofilm-releases-vespid-full-frame-prime-cinema-lenses-in-

Hey everybody! I”m considering purchasing a Zeiss CZ.2 Compact zoom set for my Alexa mini LF. I took a look a them at Band Pro a while back. Build seems solid. Breathing minimal. T2.8 acceptable. seem

I’d like to welcome Tokina Cinema to the CML sponsors. Thank you, these are tough times. cheers Geoff Boyle NSC FBKS EU based cinematographer +31 637155076 www.gboyle.nl www.cinematography.net Become

Hello all, I trust this is the best CML list to pose this question... Does anyone have a circuit diagram or board layout for the Fujinon ERD-22B zoom demand unit? Yes it's pretty old ;-) Fits Fujinon

Hello! I'm diving into the world of DIY anamorphic and I wanted to share the first lens I modified. It's an anamorphic lens for 16mm projectors, built by Bell & Howell. You can find my breakdown here:

This week we’ll be starting off talking about the size of lenses. As cameras get smaller and smaller, lenses get bigger and bigger. Cooke S2, Zeiss Superspeed and standards were small lenses, modern l

I have a DP asking if there's anything like a soft-edge grad, but in a full circle / oval so as to provide a vignette on the whole image. A little web searching turned up some old Lindahl Pro Mesh Vig

Greetings! In pushing COVID social distancing precautions to the extreme, I'm planning a shot with the Canon FL 1200mm/f-11 and need a recommendation for achieving infinity focus with a non-destructiv

I have a shoot this week with an Alexa Mini, NOT a Mimi, that needs to run at 96fps. In order to obtain that frame rate the specs read that we need to shoot using ProRes 2K. I have not used a mini ver

This week we’re back in the Northern hemisphere and will be talking about the results from the production version of the BMD 12k (all previous conversation has been about the pre-prod version) LAX 9am

We've just announced our new Full Spectrum Neutral Density Rota-Grad filters. These are soft edge ND Grads with 50% coverage. The grads are mounted in our 4x5.65 Rota-Frame so it's easy to align the g

A colleague is trying to find out the spherical lenses used on "Brief Encounter" 1945 shot by Australian DP Robert Krasker. thanks in advance Rory Moles Camera Operator London -- Tel: 07973 383 306 H:

Hi I want to ask if you have any experience with servicing Canon / Optex 150-600? Any of you have some documents/schemes that I can use to service this lens? Best regards Marcin Mikołajczyk Rental in