cineConference: The importance of lenses in creating a special look

cineConference: The importance of lenses in creating a special look

The more sophisticated the current digital film cameras become, the higher the resolution of the sensors and the more perfect the technical reproduction, the more many DoPs seek to regain their own influence on the film image in order to give it something like “character”. Since the chemical film with its different properties is as good as no longer available to DoPs as an option to achieve a certain look, the focus here increasingly shifts towards lenses. The spectrum ranges from anamorphic lenses to the rehousing of vintage optics and the decoating of lenses to newly developed lens series that deliver controlled and consistent flares across all focal lengths. We discuss these different approaches and find out what demands from the imaging industry are placed on lens manufacturers and how they meet them with their portfolio.

In addition, many filmmakers are faced with the challenge of still delivering above-average quality with increasingly short shooting times. Among other things, this has led to a revival of zoom lenses – not to use zoom drives in a creative way, but to save the time for changing lenses on the set. How do manufacturers see this trend and how do they use their findings in their strategic planning?

With Gerhard Baier (P+S TECHNIK), Christophe Casenave (Carl Zeiss AG), Carey Duffy (Cooke Optics), Thorsten Meywald (ARRI), Arne Stadler (Canon Deutschland) hosted by Uwe Agnes Editor-in-Chief Film & TV Kamera

Apart, Together: Winner, BAFTA Student Film Award for Live Action
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Apart, Together: Winner, BAFTA Student Film Award for Live Action

Apart, Together, the winner of the 2021 BAFTA Student Film Award for Live Action, is directed by Olivia Hang Zhou from the American Film Institute. A Chinese teenage girl travels with her mom to the United States as a translator, in order to find her sister, who was abandoned under the One-child-policy. She’s faced with…

boomsatsuma announce THE FACTORY photography project

boomsatsuma announce THE FACTORY photography project

boomsatsuma are excited to announce a new photographic project in partnership with Heritage Lottery Fund. We are looking for your people aged 12-19, to come and learn new skills in photography and to explore the huge impact that the Tobacco Factory, Bristol, has had on the people, landscape and culture of the area. Our partners…