Browsing: Cinematography

Hi Aidan, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story. Hello, my name is Aidan Kostich. I’m a 22-year-old director of photography from the Inland Empire/Los Angeles region. A little bit about my journey to becoming a filmmaker: Growing up, I always had a strong interest in art. I…

Having left Romania during her doctorate, almost convinced that she would not work as a director of photography in the film industry, after meeting Romanian misogyny full-on, Diana Vidrașcu got to Paris in 2013, studying at Sorbonne, and France gave her the chance to do what she had dreamed of doing.

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The Viltrox AF 75mm F1.8 EVO is a compact telephoto lens, and balanced well on the Fujifilm X-E5. Image credit: Angela Nicholson

Unveiled at Galaxy Unpacked July 2026, Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Z Fold8 series introduces My FanCam — a new feature that lets users focus their edits on a person of their choice — as well as an enhanced Portrait Video that recreates the look of professional camera lenses. While the two features offer different camera experiences, both…

A device costing under $10 has been developed that can turn a smartphone into a hidden camera detector. Using AI-based analysis, it detects camera lenses hidden in objects like clocks and remote controls with 94% accuracy in just 5 seconds.

Cinematographer Bryce Fortner and director Julia Hart wanted to balance emotion and laughs in Don’t Say Good Luck. Together, the longtime filmmaking duo score laughs in showing the makings of a high school musical while also sincerely portraying a family struggling with life’s hardships at home. A story about characters struggling at home is the…

In the two weeks that I had the RX10 V, I started to ask myself the same question with increasing regularity. Why bother with a mirrorless when you have this? The fact is that the Sony RX10 V features a huge focal range from 24 through to 600mm, which pretty much covers every focal length…

L-mount has never had a truly tiny lens. Viltrox has now fixed that: the AF 28mm F4.5 “Chip” has arrived for L-mount at $99, weighing 60g and thin enough to be mistaken for a body cap. Details are on the official Viltrox AF 28mm F4.5 L page.

DZOFilm has released two accessories aimed at a very practical problem: how to use the lenses you already own on the camera you happen to be shooting with. The Octopus II multi-mount adapter and Marlin 1.4x extender are available now, and details are on the DZOFilm website.