ARRI Signature Zooms, Irix 150mm Cine Prime, Colorist Guide to DaVinci Resolve
ARRI Signature Zooms, Irix 150mm Cine Prime, Colorist Guide to DaVinci Resolve
Welcome to the latest episode of our weekly roundup of news from the TV and film industry.
This week we are featuring the release of a new featurette by ARRI that showcases their Signature Zooms, innovative lens maker Irix announcing a new and improved version of their 150mm Cine Prime and Blackmagic Design's release of a 400 page 'Colorist Guide to DaVinci Resolve 18' document.
ARRI Signature Zooms featurette
ARRI has just released a new featurette on an exciting project shot with the ARRI Signature Zooms. Going behind the scenes on a high-end Fashion shoot for Dylan George, DoP Bartosz Nalazek worked alongside photographer Kwaku Alston and used the 24-75mm, 45-135mm, and the 65-300mm Signature Zooms to capture the action. He was impressed not only by the consistency and quality of the image out of all three zooms, but also the consistency of sharpness between close and far focus, as well as their ability to keep straight lines and edges in the wide focal lengths. The lenses also performed exceptionally well given the challenging full sun exteriors often in heavy backlight, the Signature Zooms were still able to produce natural-looking skin tones without any issues.
Irix 150mm Cine Prime
Innovative lens maker IRIX has announced a new and improved version of their 150mm T3 Cine Prime. The new Irix Cine 150mm T3.0 Tele covers full-frame sensors and is the twin brother of the Irix Cine 150mm T3.0 Macro lens, however it has been designed specifically for longer focusing distances. It is characterized primarily by a redesigned focusing mechanism allowing much greater precision from 2 meters to infinity. Available in a variety of lens mounts including Canon EF, RF, Sony E Leica L, and ARRI PL, the new lens combines functionality, robust and ergonomic design, exceptional image quality and outstanding performance in all conditions.
Colorist Guide to DaVinci Resolve 18
Blackmagic Design has released a 400 page Colorist Guide to DaVinci Resolve 18 in a PDF format that is free to download from their website. Aimed at editors and colorists who want to dive deeper and gain a better understanding of industry standard workflows in DaVinci Resolve, the mammoth PDF takes you through a series of practical examples and explores various tips and tricks from professional colorists designed to elevate your colour grading and overall cinematic look of your projects. This PDF guide is also highly recommended for anyone who wants to get a better understanding of how to use scopes to analyse images and also balance and match footage among many others.
