Tools and resources.
A fixture-match lighting tool, a database of 3,413 cinema lens records, and the co-producer manifesto. Free to use, no account required.
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Fixture Match
Set a camera target (T-stop, ISO, shutter, distance) and rank 251 of 295 fixtures by how their output meets it. The 44 whose makers publish no usable figures are listed apart, each with the reason.
Open LiveLens Database
3,413 cinema lens and optical-system records from 139 manufacturers, spherical and anamorphic, 16mm to 65mm. Mount data on 2,820 of them, 967 buy links where they exist.
Open PublishedThe Manifesto
Cinematographers as Co-Producers: a reference document on recognizing and compensating the cinematographer's expanded role on independent films.
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