BB&S Lighting, maker of advanced LED studio lighting, is pleased to announce that Tom Yuhas has joined their team as the new Sales Manager, serving the Americas.

At NAB 2022 ZEISS will show their high-end cine optics including the US introduction of the new wide 15mm T1.8 lens which completes the 14 lens Supreme Prime set. Attendees can also experience the Supreme Prime Radiance family, known for its ability to produce stunning blue flares. Glass enthusiasts can also check out the CZ.2 full-frame Cinema Zooms and CP.3 cinematography lenses as well as an array of optics for videography. 

SMPTE®, the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, today announced a lineup of 12 educational sessions supported by SMPTE at the 2022 NAB Show.

Blackmagic Design today announced that the feature film “Single Mother by Choice,” currently streaming on HBO Max, was shot using the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K digital film camera and was finished using DaVinci Resolve Studio editing, color grading, visual effects (VFX) and audio post production software.

Tracking a real life pregnancy, the fictional film tells the story of Eva, a Latinx workaholic who is determined to have a baby on her own terms and gets more than she bargained for when she gets pregnant in the year 2020.

Blackmagic Design congratulates the production and post professionals whose creativity helped bring the 2022 Oscar® nominated films to audiences around the globe. Blackmagic Design’s Pocket Cinema Camera line of digital film cameras, DaVinci Resolve Studio editing, color grading, visual effects (VFX) and audio post production software, and more were used on a variety of the films nominated for the 94th Academy Awards, such as “The Power of the Dog,” “Belfast” and “Spider-Man™: No Way Home.”

Blackmagic Design today announced Hartstone-Kitney Productions (HKP) streamed more than 30 percent of the recent Adelaide Fringe festival’s digital program using Blackmagic Studio Camera 4K Plus, ATEM Mini Extreme ISO live production switchers and its existing line of Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Cameras. HKP has also used its multi camera streaming setup to broadcast a number of smaller regional theatre productions, which will soon include an upcoming multi camera livestream of Lewis Major’s Satori and Unfolding dance production from the Hopgood Theatre in South Australia.

Blackmagic Design today announced that production company Fortress Entertainment used Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K digital film cameras and ATEM Constellation 8K live production switchers, along with a host of additional Blackmagic Design gear, for image capture and live streaming at two of the world’s highest grossing music festivals, Life Is Beautiful and Outside Lands.

ZEISS Cinema Americas and Women in Media celebrate Women's History Month with the new Altitude Awards. These Awards honor the technical and artistic achievements of creatives who are making meaningful, well-crafted stories in the camera and lighting departments. The competition is open to professional and student WIM members working as cinematographers, camera operators and gaffers. First prize is $3000 cash and a full week use of ZEISS Supreme Prime or Supreme Prime Radiance lenses.

ZEISS introduces the Supreme Prime 15mm T1.8 to complete the successful Supreme Prime lens set, renowned for outstanding quality, light weight, and cinematic look. The 14-piece cine lens series ranges from 15 to 200mm with maximum apertures of T1.5 to T2.2. ZEISS covers a full range of focal lengths in demand by cinematographers from around the world.

Sonnet Technologies today announced the Allegro™ Pro USB-C® 8-Port PCIe® Card, the latest offering in the company's popular line of USB PCIe adapter cards. The new Allegro card features eight external USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) Type-C® ports and fits neatly inside a single-width card space. The Sonnet card is compatible with Mac®, Windows®, and Linux® computers with an available x16 PCIe slot, and Mac and Windows computers with Thunderbolt™ ports when installed in a Thunderbolt to PCIe card expansion system with an available x16 PCIe slot.