Much has been said about Sigma’s new cinema lenses – both good and bad. Particularly their high speed zooms, the 18-35 T2 and 50-100 T2. Sigma recently loaned me a pair of the zooms and so I took the opportunity to get to the bottom of things.
Sony
BSC Expo 2018
Another year, another trip down to London for the BSC Expo. It’s easily the best trade show in the UK for Cinematographers – unlike others, there’s no sound, editing or broadcast stuff – it’s all cameras, lenses, lighting and grip!
Thermal imaging in Film and TV
Thermal imaging was made famous by Predator in 1987. It’s more recently been seen in Sicario and Planet Earth II. I look at the current state of thermal cameras and how viable it is for filmmakers to use this unique technology.
Affordable Cinema Lenses
Some time ago now, I was in the market for a set of high quality lenses for cinema use and investigated the various offerings available.
Weird Science
Digital Filmmaker Magazine interviews director Darren Langlands in a whopping six page article all about Last Man on Earth.