camera sytems

film, formats, filters

lighting instruments

glossaries

email lists

technical references

magazines

associations

workshop, festivals, shows

production references

US digital TV

en français

benjaminb.com a few articles on cinematography

Reflections:

21 cinematographers at work

The book I wrote on cinematography published by the ASC Press

Table of Contents in pdf

Sample Chapter in pdf (low res images)

camera systems

• Panavision contacts

• Panavision Alga Paris

• Panavision London

• Aaton

• Abel Cine Tech

• Arriflex

• Otto Nemenz

• Steadicam Stop

• historical camera systems

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film, formats & filters

• Kodak

• Fuji

• widescreen museum

• Michael Rogge's superb format history page

• Storaro's Univision page

• Chronology of Kodak stocks

• wide gauge sites

• Tiffen's filter page

• Robert Monaghan's filter page

• Lee Filters

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lighting instruments

• Lighting Dimensions

• Mole-Richardson

• etecny

• Soft Lights

• Lee Filters

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glossaries

• Eastman Kodak's glossary

• Sunset Post's glossary

• Quantel's Digital Fact Book

• SMPTE's Electronic Production Terms

• Computer Acronyms (172K)

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technical references

• Scott Norwood's cinema faq comprehensive

• cinematography.com

• photozone: still camera and lens reference

• cinematography.net

• Shangara Singh's links

• Dayton Taylor's virtual camera system or his movies

• Gamma & Density page

• VFX HQ

• The Steadicam Operator's Manual of Style

wonderfully funny and accurate observations by the late great Ted Churchill

• Java Sun Position Calculator

• Java Depth of Field calculator

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email lists

• cinematography.net good job

• alegria emphasis on telecine

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on-line magazines

• American Cinematographer

• S O C Magazine (UK)

• Scaruffi's list of cinema magazines

• International Photographer

• CSC Magazine (Canada)

• Filmmaker magazine

• Widescreen review

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associations & dps

• ASC

• IMAGO

• AFC

• Local 600 IATSE

• SOC

• Steadicam Operators

• ACS

• Jack Cardiff

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workshop, festivals, shows

• Maine photogaphic workshops

• Camerimage Festival in Torun

• Showbiz Expo

• Cinec

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production references

• New York Film production resources

• Mandy's Film & TV directory

• Euroguide production resources

• CML's links

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US digital TV standard

• ATSC Advanced Television documents

• FCC Digital Television documents

• FCC ATV Order in ASCII or in word perfect format

• Wired: the great HDTV swindle

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en français

• AFC

• Philippe Pavans, chef op

• CNC

• Commission Supérieure Technique de l'Image et du Son

• La Page Steadicam de Pierre Mainville

• FITCA

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