In our first Creative Forces interview of the new year, cinematographer Nate Hurtsellers and director Lance Oppenheim team up to discuss their experiences working together on Ren Faire, a three-part HBO original series that chronicles the succession battle at the Texas Renaissance Festival.

Recently, DP Nicholas DiLullo shared his experience filming two commercials for Cremo Body Wash and Fragrances with the Canon Flex Zooms. The ads were created for Blue Wheel Media, with Creative Director Graham Burns and Creative Producer Richard Tuske. In this blog, Nicholas talks about why the Flex Zooms were the best choice for the project.

When the Aspen Music Festival and School decided to upgrade their camera system to livestream their 75th anniversary season, they chose multiple Canon CR-N700 PTZ and C300 Mark III cameras. Director of Production Kyle Schick discusses why they landed on this solution, and some of the challenges they were able to overcome as a result.

We continue our long-running Creative Forces series with East New York cinematographer Jendra Jarnagin.

For this blog, we go on location in Stockholm, Sweden with U.S. and Europe-based cinematographer Rose Bush to discuss the Canon C500 Mk II full frame digital cinema camera, Sumire Prime lenses, and her most recent project Love Child.

In our latest At the Bench video, Jason Zapata, AbelCine's Director of Integration, and I take a look at Canon's CR-N700 PTZ camera. We discuss the CR-N700's newest firmware capabilities, including auto tracking and the XC protocol support.

Lens testing is like learning – it never stops! Keeping up with the latest technology can be a daunting task, but one that’s important in our field. Back in 2017, I did a Behind the Lens series looking at a wide range of documentary zooms to see how they can achieve specific needs for a project. The options for cinema glass have certainly grown since then, so I decided to add a few more lenses to the list.

Jeff Lee, Director of Education & Product Specialization, and JC Sciacca, AbelCine's Integration Design Engineer, take a closer look at Canon's CR-N500 Camera, discussing its high quality imagery and performance in PTZ integration applications.

Canon recently announced the launch of a new line of full frame (aka full format) zoom lenses as part of their EF Cinema Lens lineup. These new lenses, called the Flex Zoom series, were developed to provide cinema-style productions with a full frame option leading to greater workflow efficiency. The first lenses in the series are the CN-E 20-50mm T2.4 L F/FP wide-angle zoom lens and the CN-E 45-135mm T2.4 L F/FP telephoto zoom lens. Both lenses are available in EF mount (the 'F' versions) or in standard PL mount (denoted 'FP').