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RED Digital CinemaMakersRED DIGITAL CINEMA TO SHOWCASE the POWERFUL V-RAPTOR [X] AND KOMODO RED DIGITAL CINEMA TO SHOWCASE the POWERFUL V-RAPTOR [X] AND KOMODO-X at BSC EXPO 2025

RED Digital CinemaMakersRED DIGITAL CINEMA REVEALS A NEW PRICE POINT FOR KOMODO RED DIGITAL CINEMA REVEALS A NEW PRICE POINT FOR KOMODO-X AND KOMODO CAMERA SYSTEMS

ProVideo CoalitionCinemaHonor Magic9 Pro Max features ARRI’s iconic three-lens turret The flagship model from the upcoming Magic9 series from Honor, built with ARRI, will feature the “Cinema Triple Camera System” and a wide range of ARRI Cinematic Looks.

PRONEWSJapanキヤノンマーケティングジャパン、EOS C50の「縦横同時記録」を体験。1台のカメラから広がる撮影スタイル Vol.19 [北陸放送機器展2026] EOS C50の縦横同時記録と最大4倍デジタルズームを体験。CR-N400とともに、1台を活用する撮影ワークフローを探る。

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Photo District NewsCultureLight Like a Cinematographer: Building a Narrative With Light Lighting plays a huge role in crafting a beautiful narrative photograph. Jonathan Thorpe approaches much of his work as a cinematographer would.

No Film SchoolCinemaBlackmagic Camera for iOS Adds Support for the New iPhone 18 Pro Models Blackmagic Camera for iOS is getting another update as the popular camera recording app gears up for the latest generation of iPhones that Apple announced last week .

No Film SchoolCinemaGreig Fraser's 5 Rules for Aspiring DPs Earlier this year, Oscar-winning DP Greig Fraser shared some time with Kevin McCarthy on the On Film…

CineDCinemaBlackmagic Camera for iOS 3.5 Released – iPhone 18 Pro Support, Variable Aperture Control, ProRes to Pro Video Storage Blackmagic Design has released Blackmagic Camera for iOS 3.5, adding support for the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, including manual control of the variable aperture on the 48MP Fusion main…

No Film SchoolCinema4 Lessons on Building a Storytelling Life How do you find your creative voice? Actually, what is a creative voice? Simply put, your creative voice is how your perspective and experiences shape the way you tell stories.

Y.M.CinemaCinemaDaVinci Resolve 21.1 Uses MCP to Let AI Assistants Control the Edit Blackmagic Design has published the September 2026 DaVinci Resolve 21.1 Reference Manual, a document extending beyond 4,300 pages.

British CinematographerCinemaORF and ARRI win EBU Excellence in Media Award 2026 The EBU has presented the Austrian public service media organisation ORF with the EBU Excellence in Media Award 2026 for the “advances made in live production quality and workflows” during its…

Y.M.CinemaCinemaVenice 2026 Cameras: ARRI Dominates, but DPs Still Choose Film and Unusual Tools Venice Film Festival 2026 offers a useful snapshot of how leading cinematographers are choosing cameras and lenses today.

Broadcast BeatVideoBlackmagic Unveils UltraStudio Mini 12G for Broadcast Quality Video Blackmagic Design introduces the UltraStudio Mini 12G, a versatile Thunderbolt capture and playback device for high-quality broadcast use, supporting SD, HD, and Ultra HD formats up to 2160p60.

Broadcast BeatVideoGame On Live Studio Streams 750 Matches with Blackmagic Design Game On Live Studio utilized eight ATEM live production switchers and Blackmagic Replay to stream all 750 matches of the 2026 Tropical 7s youth rugby tournament, showcasing the power of…

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The hot shoe is where the flash goes, and the microphone, and the monitor, and whatever the next decade bolts on. Every camera has one and nobody photographs it. This magazine is named after it because that is where the whole business meets: the body, the glass, the light, the sound, and the person holding it.

I shot news in Gothenburg for nine years and documentary for hire after that, then stopped taking assignments to write about the tools. Since 2021 I live in Tokyo, ten minutes from the used-camera shops of Shinjuku, which is not an accident: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Ricoh and Sigma make almost everything worth pointing at a subject, and their own press writes about it first, in Japanese. So this magazine reads it there, and in German, French, Italian and Spanish, and in English from the reviewers who actually put a card in the slot — around eighty sources and thirty channels, counted and plotted so you can see what is moving.

Bodies and lenses, cinema cameras and drones, film and the darkroom, firmware and the software that finishes the picture, the rumours before the launch and the reviews after it, and the photographers and shows the rest of it is for. I test what I write about on a job before a word goes down. I shoot film on Sundays and do not think that makes me interesting.

A story here is a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link to whoever reported it. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the photographer or the maker. A story written in Japanese appears in Japanese, as its author set it down; the link goes to the original.

— Mara Lindqvist, Tokyo