Technical stuff

In 1935, Benoît Delhomme’s grandfather Georges helped create Lancôme, a fragrance house for which he designed bottles or, more accurately, glass sculptures that were at once ethereal, bright and fanciful. "Magie", "Trésor", "Peut-être", "Joyeux Été" were the scents these bottles contained, the aim of which was to help women overcome the traumas of World War2.

On July 20, 2019 in the US, July 21 in France, the world celebrates the 50^th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. The retransmission of the incredible images of the success of this mission remains one of the most significant broadcast events of all time. To create these images, NASA selected, among other equipment, the lenses of a small French company: Angenieux optics. The Angenieux 6x25 zoom mounted on a Westinghouse camera and Angenieux 75mm prime lens on a Maurer 16mm camera were on-board the command module of Apollo 11.

Following up on the article published on our website about the tests of the Fujifilm XT-3 camera body with the new Fujinon MK 18-55mm and MK 50-135mm lenses, Eric Guichard, AFC, and I would like to share the video of these tests followed by my comments. As a reminder, they were presented at the CST Pavillion at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Fujifilm allowed AFC to test out its new Fujifilm X-T3 camera body with two new Fujinon MK 18-55mm T:2.9 and Fujinon MK 50-135mm T:2.9 zoom lenses. Eric Guichard, AFC, Maryline Touret (assistant camera), Léa Charnier (intern), and I tested out the video capacities of this camera body. Panavision supplied the accessories we needed for the tests.

In the latest news from ACS France, the release in theatres of three movies – one photographed by Denis Rouden, AFC, –shot from helicopters with our Shotover K1.

In the July news from Panasonic, save money on buying a VariCam LT ! Focus on three feature films shot on VariCam.

On a specific day in September 1984 (a year George Orwell definitively made famous), in a small courtyard off the Rue Rollin in Paris, the final results are – at last! - to be posted of the competitive exam to enter (or not) the Louis Lumière Film School’s prestigious Camera Dept. Myriam Vinocour has been waiting all summer for this moment because, mere months ago, right after she took the exam, she ranked twenty-fifth… but only the top twenty-four were taken. But who knows? Perhaps Lady Luck is in a good mood and one of the twenty-four stood down?

Irvine, CA — June 4, 2019. RED Digital Cinema today introduced a new DSMC2 Gemini Kit offering a comprehensive solution for cinematographers who shoot in a variety of environments.

Coming soon, HDR Image Analyzer v1.1 is a free firmware update for AJA’s powerful, real-time HDR waveform, histogram and vectorscope monitoring and analysis solution. Developed in partnership with Colorfront, HDR Image Analyzer v1.1 introduces feature updates that help high dynamic range (HDR) productions deliver more engaging content with deeper color and greater luminosity.

Boling’s P1, bi-color and Full RGB LED light panel, will be available June 10, 2019 at Cartoni. You can pre-order it now.

The idea for the Technovision Classic lenses goes back to the iconic Technovision Lenses from the 70’s of last century that had been used for hundreds of impressive widescreen feature films like Leon (DoP Thierry Arbogast, AFC), Subway (DoP Carlo Varini, AFC), Evita (DoP Darius Khondji, AFC, ASC), Apocalypse now (DoP Vittorio Storaro, ASC, AIC) and many more. Due to the change to digital and scalable modern sensor technology a full frame version is the desired achievement. Coverage the larger sensors of cameras such as the Sony Venice, RED Monstro and the Arri Alexa LF was a design key element to offer a future proofed creative product.

New Website, Carry rack for Sony Venice extension, the shooting of three feature lengths and three TV series (one photographed by an AFC member), and one movie on screen (photographed by an AFC member), are in the latest news from Next Shot.

Grenoble is a town in the French Alps surrounded by high mountains that prevent you from ever seeing the horizon. In the cold season, the sun may appear then suddenly disappear several times a day.

In addition to all StarliteHD+ functionalities, the StarliteHD-m, with metadata aggregator is really an electronic toolbox; this small monitor can provide the necessary tools, whatever the job or the requirement.

While previous versions of LiteMat changed the way we light, LiteMat Spectrum changes everything, from pre-production planning to post-production workflow, allowing a filmmaker’s true vision to become a reality… all while maintaining the great features of the over ten thousand LiteMats in use globally.

In the latest news from ACS France, the release in theatres of Nous finirons ensemble, by Guillaume Canet and photographed by Christophe Offenstein, shot with our Russian Arm on a boat. This month, we are talking aerial coordination, with all types of aircrafts, used on big budget films and films shot by AFC members.

Michael B. Chait, director of Evolution Wolf Hound, a World War II Action Movie photographed by Westley Gathright, speaks about the shooting with P+S Technik‘s Evolution 2X anamorphic lenses.

In May at Cartoni France, the announcement of two new camera supports : the C3 VacuMount system and the new stabilizing arm Idea Vision Hybris’s Shock Absorber.