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.

Sony’s newest full-frame CineAlta camera, BURANO, came to market earlier this year to great fanfare and robust sales. The combination of an 8.6K sensor, similar to the one found in Sony’s flagship VENICE 2 CineAlta camera, combined with a smaller, lighter body and a compelling complement of codecs, has proven popular with a broad swathe of customers.

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

Recently DPs Bill Winters and Rick Siegel had the opportunity to spend time with the Sony BURANO. After capturing some test footage, they shared their thoughts and images with us.

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.

ARRI recently released SUP 1.2.1 for the ALEXA 35, adding several new features and user requests.

Today RED updated their flagship camera bodies – V-RAPTOR and V-RAPTOR XL – to new ‘[X]’ versions featuring their latest 8K VV sensor and adding a global shutter, the first in a large-format camera system. These new [X] versions combine advancements from across the RED ecosystem to create twin powerhouses of frame rates, low-light performance, and resolution, housed in their battle-tested, modular V-RAPTOR and all-in-one V-RAPTOR XL bodies. Additionally, RED has introduced a new first-party electronic viewfinder for their DSMC3 cameras, which connects with a single cable and provides control of shooting frame rate, shutter, white balance, and ISO directly from the unit.

Recently, we teamed up with Nick Matthews, Los Angeles-based Cinematographer for Saw X, to test the Sony VENICE 2. In this video, he discusses his techniques and impressions of the camera.

Storied optics company Cooke’s latest line of cinema lenses, the compact SP3 Primes, were introduced in Fall 2023. Employing a user-serviceable interchangeable mount system, the full-frame lenses ship in Sony’s E-Mount with Canon RF available as well. Initially, five focal lengths are offered: 25mm, 32mm, 50mm, 75mm, and 100mm. Averaging under 2 pounds and 4 inches in length each, they are Cooke’s most compact Full Frame lenses.