- New Products:
- Canon CINE-SERVO 40-1200mm T5.0-10.8 Zoom
- NANLUX Evoke 5C LED mini “Inkie”
- AJA BRIDGE LIVE IP with SMPTE ST 2110 I/O
- AJA IP25-R v2.0 Firmware Update
- AJA OG-GEN10 HD/SD Sync Generator
- NIPROS OLED EVF.
- Angenieux 0.75x Wide Angle Adapter
- Easyrig STABIL Medium for Vario 6
- J.M.W Turner
- BSC Expo, Tate, Turner, Constable
- Tim Sidell, BSC on “The Night Manager”
- VENICE 2, Leitz Hugo, Mamiya 645, Optimo Zooms
- Blake McClure, ASC on “Rooster” with URSA Cine 17K 65
- Claudia Raschke, ASC — Dancing with Camera
- Takuro Ishizaka, JSC on “Rental Family”
- Natasha Leonnet on Grading “Rental Family”
- Chris Field on Macro and Laowa Probe Zoom
- Christophe Casenave of ZEISS on Character & Change
April 2026 NAB Edition
April 2026: Issue 135
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News
- ARRI acquired by Riedel
- Tim Sidell, BSC on “The Night Manager”
This is a shortened version of the April FDTimes cover story -- publishing soon on paper, online and at NAB 2026.
Tim Sidell, BSC was the sole cinematographer of all 6 episodes of "The Night Manager" Season 2: "A key thing that we wanted to do on 'Night Manager' was to articulate what is in the script, which is an exploration of identity. In Season One, Jonathan Pine is more of an action hero. Here, in Season Two, he has questions—he’s less sure of himself."
Read full interview: fdtimes.us/night-manager read more... - Mark Patten, BSC on “Young Sherlock”
Mark Patten, BSC was the cinematographer on all 8 episodes of Young Sherlock. In this interview, Mark talks about VENICE 2 cameras, Nanlux Evoke 5K lighting, locations, lenses, Cooke SP3 Ronin 4D, Inspire 3, getting into film, etc. The Amazon Prime Video series was developed by Guy Ritchie and Peter Harness, with a great cast that includes Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Dónal Finn, Colin Firth, Zine Tseng, Max Irons and many more. The game's afoot with 19-year old Sherlock and young Moriarty as friends at Oxford getting into and out of trouble. read more... - FDT at NAB C6348
Mizumi doesn't have a pop-up teppanyaki grill in the Las Vegas Convention Center. Wouldn't that be nice?
But Film and Digital Times will be there, in Central Hall, both C 6348. Pick up a copy of FDTimes and the NAB Special Edition. You can also find them at our Publication Bin in the lobby of Central Hall.
read more... - Sigma Photo, Asia Week, The Met, Pop-Up
New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrated Asia Week with a reception on March 25. In opening remarks, Margi Gristina, Chair of AWNY, thanked Sigma, a sponsor and partner of the event. Meanwhile, the Sigma's NYC Pop-Up 2026 Space is open until April 4, from 10am - 6pm daily at 21 Spring Street. Meet the Full Frame, brilliantly fun, "beautifully foolish" BF camera from Sigma — designed for intuitive and direct engagement with the art of seeing. Sigma's latest line of Art, Sports and Contemporary lenses are also there to try. read more... - Cine Gear LA 2026 is at Universal
Cine Gear Expo Los Angeles 2026 returns to the Universal Studios lot. Hurray!
This is Cine Gear’s 30th Anniversary. And the 21st birthday of Film and Digital Times. FDTimes is now grown up and old enough to drink. The adventure began at Cine Gear 2005.
Reserve flights, hotels and space early because the FIFA 2026 World Cup begins on June 11 at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, near LAX airport.
See you at Cine Gear. read more... - Pacific Northwest Lens Summit 2026
Koerner Camera Systems hosts The Pacific Northwest Lens Summit again in Portland, Oregon.
This year, the Lens Summit will be located at Portland State University on March 20 - 21, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Registraton is free. Sign up now. https://www.lenssummit.com
More than 40 exhibitors are expected from around the world — providing hands-on time with their latest lenses and cine products: Ancient Optics, Angénieux, ARRI, Atlas Lens Co, Band Pro, Canon, Chrosziel, Cine Lens Manual, Cine Visuals, Cooke Optics, Creative Solutions, Denz, Duclos Lenses, DZOFilm, Film and Digital Times, Fujifilm and Fujinon, Hawk Anamorphic, IB/E Optics, Innerspace Cases, Iron Glass, Khan Optic, Kipon, Laowa / Venus Optics, Leitz Cine Lenses, Lensworks, Lindsey Optics, Nisi, Old Fast Glass, Pixboom, Revar Cine, Schneider-Kreuznach, Second Reef, Sigma, Sony, Tiffen, Tokina, Tribe7, True Lens Services, ZEISS, ZeroOptik. read more... - Blake McClure ASC on “Rooster” with URSA Cine 17K 65
Interview with Blake McClure, ASC about using some of the first Blackmagic URSA Cine 17K 65 cameras on Rooster, the new HBO series. "The 65mm format was chosen because of the nature of this show. It's a comedy and it's mostly about the dialogue. It's about the medium shot. I knew it was going to be a personal, very heartfelt father-daughter story. Even in the first episode, the first page calls out for a New England campus. It's warm, rich, and I thought medium format photography. With the Blackmagic camera, it became affordable. To be realistic, I haven't yet done a television series where we could afford three or four expensive 65mm cameras. read more... - BSC Expo 2026
BSC Expo 2026 began by invitation on Thursday Feb 12 and ran for the next two days. As always, it felt as if the entire UK film industry arrived at the Evolution event space in Battersea Park in London for one the top events of the year — to see the latest products for motion picture production, meet friends and colleagues, and raise a glass or two at the bar and everywhere else.
Hot off the pre-production lines, some still hot from the soldering iron, there were many new items that missed the FDTimes print deadline. Tiffen launched their new Steadicam MAGIC with Volt3 for lighter payloads. NANLUX had a tiny LED tabletop and mini lighting kit. Lots of new lenses, accessories and more. read more...
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NAB 2026 6/5/26 – 6/6/26 
Cine Gear Expo 2026 Los Angeles
View All EventsNAB 2026 exhibits are open from April 19 to 22 in Las Vegas.
June 5 - 6 at Universal Studios Lot
New Products
- Canon CINE-SERVO 40-1200mm T5.0-10.8
- ARRI Hi-5 SmallHD Monitor Overlays
ARRI Hi-5 and Hi-5 SX lens control hand units provide lens data overlays on several SmallHD and ARRI CCM-1 Monitors running PageOS6: SmallHD CINE 5, 7, 13; Ultra 5, 7, 10, 703 Ultrabright, 1303 HDR and ARRI CCM-1.
With the license, Hi‑5 users get monitor overlays of focus scale, iris, zoom, FocusBug CineRT data, and lens information on a compatible SmallHD monitor running Page OS6 connected via USB-C or (soming soon) the Hi‑5 4-pin serial connector. Overlays have adjustable opacity, position, size, light/dark themes and up to three individually customizable pages that can be saved. Overlays can be dragged and dropped to any position on a touchscreen display. read more... - FUJIFILM GFX ETERNA 55 Certified for IMAX
Fujifilm’s first digital cine camera, the GFX ETERNA 55, has joined the list of “Filmed in IMAX” certified digital cameras. It has the tallest digital sensor currently available in the Larger and Large Format category. In Open Gate, the sensor is 43.63 mm wide x 32.71 mm tall. The image diagonal is 54.53 mm—hence the name GFX ETERNA 55. The Open Gate aspect ratio is 4:3 (1.33:1) which is very close to IMAX 1.43:1. Download the free 40-page FDTimes GFX ETERNA 55 Camera Report: fdtimes.us/gfx-eterna-55 read more... - NAB 2026
NAB 2026 exhibits are open from April 19 to 22 in Las Vegas. fdtimes.us/nab2026
Pick up a free copy of our Film and Digital Times NAB Edition with news of the latest new equipment, software, production tales and more. We are in Central Hall, C6348.
Steps away from the FDTimes booth, plan to attend workshops, screenings, demos, talks, and get hands-on time at CineCentral in Central Hall, C6944.
Sessions include:
Roberto Schaefer, ASC, AIC on Cinematography; Dialing in Exposure: EL Zone, Waveform and False Color with Katie Eleneke; Production on a Tight Budget; The Art & Execution of a Live Stream; Blackmagic Design on Immersive Production and Post; Angles and Lighting; PERG Meeting; The ABC’s of 9:16 Vertical Production.
See you soon. Register now. read more... - LIT Duo 1 — Light Meter
The new LIT DUO 1 from Sweden is the most fun you can have with a light meter. It's intuitive, accurate and has all the functions you could wish for.
About 5 inches long and 2 inches wide, the LIT DUO 1 has a milled aluminum body that reminds you of an iPhone or Sigma BF. You control it with tactile buttons. If you work in cold climates or places where breakfast bagels and greasy donuts make touchscreens difficult to use, this meter is for you. Actually, it's like 7 meters in one: illuminance, Incident exposure for cine, exposure for photo/video, flash exposure, flash duration, color temperature, spectrum and flicker. read more... - Sigma AF Cine 28-105mm T3 FF
The new Sigma AF Cine 28-105mm T3 FF (Full Frame) zoom lens arrives on April 16 at US $3,399. I try to avoid stepping on the hornet's nest of price, taxes and tariffs, but this lens has a look so artistic and a hybrid design so unique that its jaw-dropping affordability is irresistible.
The Sigma AF Cine 28-105mm T3 FF joins its sibling AF Cine 28-45mm T2 FF. Sigma announced both on June 4, 2025 at the Academy Museum in LA. Pre-production models were on display. The AF Cine 28-24 started shipping in December 2025 and demand has been voracious.
These are hybrid autofocus/manual focus, auto iris/ manual iris zoom lenses for stills and cine, for solo cineasts or for camera operators accompanied by focus pullers. read more... - Preston ALC – Anywhere Lens Control
At BSC Expo London on Feb. 12-14, Preston Cinema Systems is exhibiting their new prototype ALC—Anywhere Lens Control.
As the ALC name suggests, it controls the lens and displays real-time settings for the Cinematographer, Camera Operator, DIT or Camera Assistant no matter where they roam (Anywhere) on set.
Certainly, many more scenarios and suggestions will be conjured up by camera crews visiting Preston Cinema and Optical Support at BSC Expo Stand # 305. read more... - Fujifilm GFX ETERNA 55 Camera Report
Here's the 40-page FDTimes Fujifilm GFX ETERNA 55 Camera Report with lots of pictures, details, specs, sensor modes, accessories and more. fdtimes.us/gfx-eterna
- Ovide Koko 10″ Recorder/Mon/Video Assist v1.7
Ovide Koko is a versatile and highly capable 10" 4K HDR video assist monitor/recorder with VAO (Video Assist Operator), Focus Puller and DIT functions.
It is the lighter, smaller, faster and nimble 10" brother of Ovide’s larger 24" Ovide Smart Assist and Smart Assist M-400 models.
Koko is the monitor/recorder/video assist unit to carry handheld as you scramble up a hill for that spectacular sunset sequence. It also fits comfortably on your crowded DIT or VAO cart or mount nicely as an onboard camera monitor or on a Focus Puller’s rolling stand. Attach left and right handgrips to the anti-twist threads on each side and view/record/playback handheld. read more... - Manfrotto ONE Tripod with Quick XCHANGE Top
The Manfrotto ONE is a stylish, lightweight, hybrid tripod system that’s fun, fast and flexible.
It combines the speed of still photography setups with smooth moves for cine. You can swap heads with a quick twist of the wrist. No more fumbling with 3/8-16 threads.
Each tripod leg has 3 sections. The nicely stiff sections lock and unlock simultaneously with XTEND levers comfortably located at the top of each leg. One lever per leg secures all three sections, saving lots of setup time.
Another lever, just below the base and appropriately labeled LVL, instantly loosens or locks the captive ball level.
The center column not only takes your camera higher but also adjusts to horizontal and underslung configurations. read more...
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