Whilst virtually all other TV and film production has stopped, news crews are still working hard to keep us informed whilst sticking to the rules of social distancing and social isolation - which is pretty hard!

In the first of a mini series, John Templeton discusses how he and his team are working with the social distancing guidelines shooting lives on the streets of London for a major US broadcaster.

If you are an ENG op, an editor, engineer or producer please get in touch to tell us your story of how you are covering COVID-19.  You can get in touch by emailing [email protected]

Geoff Boyle and his team from CML have recently conducted a series of test comparing thirteen different LED lights and seven different cameras. The results are not always what you would expect.

You can look at the results for yourselves here over on the CML test page.

As well as the lighting tests, we talked about the Cinematographers Mailing list and there is even a short workshop on ACES. You can find more info about ACES here

Enjoy!

In this edition we discuss the Sony FX9 with four owners (Conall Freely, Robin Smith, Paul Ream and Graham Risdon) who have taken the plunge and bought the FX9.

A conversation with three C500MKII owners, Tim Sutton, Owen Scurfield and Patrick Smith on what they think of this remarkable new camera.

So there was no NAB, but manufactures still released an amuse bouche of cameras, lenses and lighting. We couldn’t get hands on so this is just some initial thoughts on the some of the more interesting releases.

Joining me on this episode are DP’s Geoff Boyle and Colin Elves.