Jon Fauer ASC www.fdtimes.com July 2020 Issue 103 Art, Technique and Technology in Motion Picture Production Worldwide SIGMA fp SIGMA fp: le caméra stylo Sin-Sin by Yu Yamanaka SIGMA fp 2.00 Update fp & ProRes RAW on Ninja V Teradek SERV PRO & VUER Nicholson on Virtual Production AJA U-Tap Webcam Leitz THALIA 1:2 Makros Sony VENICE V6.0 Sony FX9 V2.0 FX9 & ProRes RAW on Atomos Canon EOS R5 Rotolight Titan X Angénieux Optimo Primes McCormick on The High Note Gods of Focus: Chris Solano Gods of Focus: Olga Abramson Bouchut joins Band Pro www.fdtimes.com Art, Technique and Technology On Paper, Online, and now on iPad Film and Digital Times is the guide to technique and technology, tools and how-tos for Cinematographers, Photographers, Directors, Producers, Studio Executives, Camera Assistants, Camera Operators, Grips, Gaffers, Crews, Rental Houses, and Manufacturers. Subscribe It’s written, edited, and published by Jon Fauer, ASC, an award-winning Cinematographer and Director. 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Address ____________________________________________ Phone: 1-570-567-1224 City ________________________________________________ Toll-Free (USA): 1-800-796-7431 State or Province ______________________________________ Fax: 1-724-510-0172 Email via website: fdtimes.com/contact Country _____________________________________________ Mailing address: Film and Digital Times Subscriptions Zip or Postal Code______________________________________ PO Box 922 Phone ______________________________________________ Williamsport, PA 17703 USA Fax________________________________________________ Editorial offices in New York City Email_______________________________________________ Contents: July 2020 Issue 103 SIGMA fp: le caméra stylo ............................................4-5 SIGMA fp ...................................................................6-8 SIGMA fp as “A” Camera ................................................9 SIGMA fp as Director’s Viewfinder ...................................9 Yu Yamanaka on Sin-Sin ..........................................10-12 Sin-Sin Framegrabs ................................................13-14 Sin-Sin Production Stills ..........................................15-18 SIGMA fp in Directors Finder Mode ...............................19 SIGMA fp 2.00 Update .................................................20 Apple ProRes RAW for SIGMA fp on Atomos Ninja V .......21 SIGMA 100-400 mm F5-6.3 Zoom ...............................22 Teradek SERV PRO ..................................................23-24 Teradek VUER App ........................................................24 Teradek SERV PRO Start-up ..........................................25 Teradek SERV PRO .......................................................26 Teradek SERV PRO & to VUER app on iPad ...............26-27 Sam Nicholson: Virtual Production .................................28 Sam Nicholson ASC ...............................................29-35 AJA U-Tap Webcam ................................................36-38 Leitz THALIA 1:2 Makro Primes .....................................39 Sony VENICE V6.0 ...................................................40-42 The way .art works .......................................................43 Sony VENICE Version History ....................................44-45 VENICE Full Frame and Super35 Image Areas ................46 VENICE V6.0 Firmware Sensor Modes, Rez, Dims, FPS ...47 New Social Media Framelines in V6.0 ............................47 This edition would have appeared sooner had it not been for countless hours on WebZoFloGoSkyZoom video chats. With inexpensive webcams Sony FX9 V2.0 ........................................................48-49 as scarce as pandemically rationed toilet paper, this over-the-top Sony FX9 V2.0 Full Frame and S35 ...............................50 webcam (above) was assembled with a Sony α7R IV, Cooke S7/i Full Sony FX9 V2.0 Internal and External RAW Recording ......51 Frame 40mm, AJA U-Tap, Preston HU-4, Atomos Shogun 7, and LG 32" Sony FX9 V2.0 Image Areas and Imager Scan Modes .....51 4K Monitor. When would you use something like this, other than for fun? Sony XDCA-FX9 Extension Unit .....................................52 Actually, it is helpful for Cinematographers, Directors, Set Designers and VFX teams to previs and discuss looks, lenses, filters and styles. Oh, and Atomos Shogun 7 Apple ProRes RAW from FX9 .............53 B&H Photo Video now has an inexpensive webcam in stock. Canon EOS R5 ........................................................54-55 Rotolight Titan X2 ....................................................56-57 Screen Test of Optimo Prime 28, 40 and 135 mm ..........58 Optimo Prime 28mm T1.8 ............................................59 Optimo Prime 135mm T1.8 ..........................................60 Optimo Prime 40mm T1.8 ............................................61 Optimo Prime 40mm Flares ..........................................62 Optimo Primes: Actual Size ...........................................63 Angénieux Optimo Primes ............................................64 Angénieux Optimo Primes - Specifications .....................65 Q&A with Remontet, Rouchon & Fuller ......................66-69 Jason McCormick on The High Note .........................70-72 The Gods of Focus: Chris Silano ....................................73 Cover: Seiji Shibuya, sub director and photographer with a SIGMA fp camera on the filmSin-Sin . He is usually a professional photographer The Lion Tamers of Focus: Chris Silano .........................74 working in Modern Art. Director Yu Yamanaka wanted him to advise on The Gods of Focus: Chris Silano ....................................75 the direction of the film and to take still photos for visual references. The Gods of Focus: Olga Abramson ...............................76 Hence the new crew title “sub director and photographer” created by Jean-Marc Bouchut joins Band Pro ...............................77 Director Yamanaka. SIGMA fp: le caméra stylo If the Cannes Film Festival had not been canceled this year, a Truffaut was 27 years old at the time. The 400 Blows was a major beautiful film from Japan would have premiered there. Sin-Sin, coup for the French New Wave (La nouvelle vague). Little wonder. directed by Yu Yamanaka, is the touching story of a young boy Previously, Truffaut had been a film critic at Cahiers du Cinema, navigating a life made tough by grown-ups. espousing a new vocabulary for film students to memorize in the Read the interview with Yu Yamanaka that follows. following years: auteur, the director as author and le caméra stylo, writing with the camera as if it were a pen. You would be right if Antoine Doinel comes to mind in The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups), François Truffaut’s 1959 film that Actually, a lot of this theory was just that: theory. There was, of won Best Director at the Cannes Festival in 1959. course, an entire crew around the camera, behind the author and 4 Issue 103 • July 2020 SIGMA fp: le caméra stylo Sigma fp camera. 2020 Eclair CM3 ca. 1961 the pen. Henri Decaë was the brilliant cinematographer of The 400 Blows. He is remembered for his work in “liberating the cam- era from its fixed tripod.” It has been said,