Technical stuff

Nikon introduces MRMC’s entry-level Bolt Mini Model Mover

Specialized shooting

The latest high-speed robotic arm from Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC), a Nikon-owned company with over 50years of expertise in motion control robotics for the film & entertainment industry, is a new entry-level machine allowing companies to enter the world of high-end motion control at previously unreachable pricepoints.

A look at the colour grading tools used on “Madame Claude”
By Léo Hinstin, AFC

Laboratories, Post-production, VFX

Now that Madame Claude has been broadcast, I thought it would be interesting to have a look at the postproduction process of this film’s image and at the tools used during it. I reawakened a few memories during discussions with Gilles Granier and Arnaud Caréo, respectively the colorist and technical director at Labo Paris (associate member of the AFC).

New ultra-compact 200 Wh Battery Packs from Bebob

Digital Cameras

In line with the industry trend toward lighter and more powerful devices, Munich-based battery manufacturer Bebob presents its new V200micro and A200micro battery packs. Available as V-Mount (V200micro) and Gold Mount compatible (A200micro) versions, both feature 196Wh and 14.4V (16A maximum discharge current) — combined with the lowest footprint in its class.

Alfonso Parra ADFC’s tests of the Sony FX9 Camera published by Imago

Digital Cameras

The IMAGO Technical Committee invites you to view Alfonso Parra ADFC’s tests of the Sony FX9 Camera. Alfonso is renowned for conducting an honest testing regimen that showcases a camera’s capabilities, demonstrates its strengths, and shows how far he can push the limits of a camera. The Sony FX9 camera tests presented by Alfonso and his colleagues demonstrate the balance of technical and creative artistic performance in the Sony FX9.

Grading and finishing Netflix’s ‘Lupin’ with BaseLight by FilmLight at Mikros
An interview with colourist Aline Conan, Mathieu Leclercq, head of digital cinema at Mikros, and DoP Christophe Nuyens, BSC

Digital Workflow

The French series "Lupin" is a worldwide phenomenon. Ranked number one on Netflix in more than ten countries, the ten-episode series revisits Maurice Leblanc’s French literary character of Arsène Lupin - Gentleman Burglar, but is set in the Paris of today, rather than in1905 when the original stories were written.

Thomas Hardmeier, the universal language
by Ariane Damain-Vergallo for Ernst Leitz Wetzlar

Portraits of cinematographers from the angle of Leica

Born in the mid-1960s in German-speaking Switzerland, Thomas Hardmeier spent his entire youth in a village named Küsnacht, which in German means “night kiss”. The name must have delighted Freud’s disciple Carl Gustav Jung. As almost everyone knows, Jung attached major importance to dreams and, as fewer people know, had lived in Küsnacht and died there a few years before.

Alex Garland’s "Devs" shot on Sony Venice by Rob Hardy, BSC

Digital Cameras

"Devs" is one of 2020’s most critically acclaimed TV shows; a stunningly beautiful 4K HDR production for FX Networks. The eight-part miniseries is a philosophical and intelligent exploration of determinism and individuality or free will—what it is to be alive—and how technology is shaped by humanity’s emotional need and input.