Digital Cinematography

Preface

When I joined the BBC’s film department thirty-six years ago as their youngest trainee, video was a huge machine in an air-conditioned room. By the time I left to go freelance, by which time I had become a Senior Film Cameraman, the BBC was just introducing portable ENG video kits consisting of a camera and a separate U-Matic recorder. Those of us who used film and our colleagues who used video belonged to very different parts of the industry and it was rare, if not unheard of, for someone to cross the invisible divide. Now I have happily used, and written a book about, digital cameras that are roughly the size and weight of the most sophisticated Super 16 mm film cameras. Time has certainly moved on.

With my first book Practical Cinematography ...