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British CinematographerCinemaZurich Film Festival reveals Cary Joji Fukunaga and Sine Plambech as jury presidents Zurich Film Festival has revealed Cary Joji Fukunaga and Sine Plambech as its jury presidents. This year, ZFF once again presents 14 films competing for the Golden Eye in each of its Feature Film and…

British CinematographerCinemaScreenSkills appoints Sinéad Rocks as new chief executive officer ScreenSkills has appointed Sinéad Rocks as its new chief executive officer, who will take up the role in November 2026.

British CinematographerCinemaGreenlight West: new £4.5m fund to “boost region’s competitive edge as a production hub” The mayor of the West of England has today launched a new £4.5 million production fund designed to “increase the quantity, range and scale of film and TV productions made in the region”.

British CinematographerCinemaDJI launches SDR Transmission 2 to “surpass video professionals’ needs” DJI has launched the DJI SDR Transmission 2, an all-new video transmission system built on an upgraded software-defined radio (SDR) platform.

British CinematographerCinemaTari Segal ASC / Margo’s Got Money Troubles HITTING THE JACKPOT Tari Segal ASC received an Emmy nomination for her compelling cinematography on the Las Vegas-set Margo’s Got Money Troubles episode “Flamingos” – here, she explains how it came…

British CinematographerCinemaBFI programmer Isabel Moir previews London Film Festival 2026 FRAMING THE FESTIVAL As the 70th BFI London Film Festival approaches, programmer Isabel Moir discusses the enduring appeal of the big-screen experience, the importance of discovering emerging talent…

British CinematographerCinemaUK premiere of A Woman’s Life to launch French Film Festival London 2026 The French Film Festival London will showcase an “expertly curated and exclusive programme of outstanding new films” when it returns to the newly refurbished Ciné Lumière, the home of French cinema…

British CinematographerCinemaRyan J. Smith / Springer: A Dangerous Game SHOOTING WITH PURPOSE Deep in the Scottish countryside, armed only with a spring-powered rifle, a budding game hunter finds himself in a battle for survival when he crosses paths with a ruthless…

British CinematographerCinemaRoger Corman centenary celebration leads Halloween programming at BFI Southbank and IMAX The BFI has announced a programme to mark “spooky season” at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX, leading with details of a centenary celebration of legendary filmmaker Roger Corman featuring his most…

British CinematographerCinemaCanon releases EOS R8 Mark II for “full-frame confidence and stability in a travel-ready size” Canon has unveiled the Canon EOS R8 Mark II, a lightweight full-frame camera that “inspires confidence and offers creative freedom”.

British CinematographerCinemaJohn Matysiak / Motor City MOTORING ON Cinematographer John Matysiak explains how an inventive visual language “carried a huge amount of the storytelling” in action thriller Motor City.

British CinematographerCinemaViltrox unveils new lenses and production solutions at IBC2026 Under the theme “MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SEE”, Viltrox has unveiled an “exciting new range” of products spanning lenses, lighting, and camera monitoring, offering creators new tools to “see, shape, and…

British CinematographerCinemaBFI announces programme highlights for late October and November 2026 The BFI has announced its programme for 19 October to 30 November 2026 at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX, led by a “major two-month celebration of the extraordinary career and legendary wit of one of the…

British CinematographerCinemaDJI Osmo 360 II now available in UK – “delivering 8K 360° flagship imaging” DJI has announced the availability of the DJI Osmo 360 II in the UK. Featuring the company’s latest “flagship panoramic imaging technology”, DJI’s second-generation 360-degree camera incorporates an…

British CinematographerCinemaDJI wins awards for Osmo Pocket 4P and Osmo 360 II at Europe’s IBC 2026 DJI has been recognised with multiple awards at IBC 2026 in Amsterdam. The Osmo Pocket 4P was honoured with Best of Show awards from CineD, TV Tech and ProVideo Coalition.

British CinematographerCinemaTelevision Academy reveals 78th Emmy Awards winners – Widow’s Bay dominates The Television Academy has celebrated the 78th Emmy Awards, recognising “excellence in television programming and individual achievement” for the 2025-2026 television season.

British CinematographerCinemaAward placements revealed at 2026 Student Academy Awards The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has honoured its student winners from colleges and universities around the world at the 53rd Student Academy Awards ceremony.

British CinematographerCinemaAnne Mensah honoured at 2026 Production Guild Awards Production Guild UK has announced the winners of the 2026 Production Guild Awards in association with Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden during a gala event at The Royal Lancaster London.

British CinematographerCinemaMeet the new full and associate BSC members THE FUTURE IN FOCUS The newest full and associate BSC members look back on pivotal moments, influential mentors and the evolving craft while looking confidently towards the future.

British CinematographerCinemaJonny Raja-Flint and Teresa Garratty / Green Grass A VISUAL LANGUAGE WITHIN A VISUAL LANGUAGE: SHOOTING GREEN GRASS DP Jonny Raja-Flint and 1st AC Teresa Garratty discuss the importance of Green Grass, a short film with a strong script that makes…

British CinematographerCinemaORF and ARRI win EBU Excellence in Media Award 2026 The EBU has presented the Austrian public service media organisation ORF with the EBU Excellence in Media Award 2026 for the “advances made in live production quality and workflows” during its…

British CinematographerCinemaProperty Masters Guild’s 3rd MacGuffin Awards announces winners The Property Masters Guild brought together the property community on Saturday 12 September for the 3rd MacGuffin Awards, celebrating the “exceptional artistry, ingenuity and collaboration behind the…

British CinematographerCinema83rd Venice International Film Festival announces official awards winners The 83rd Venice International Film Festival has announced its official awards winners, with May el-Toukhy’s Woman Unknown taking the Golden Lion for best film.

British CinematographerCinemaFilm and TV production spending at Bristol’s Bottle Yard Studios “more than tripled” following expansion A new report shows that overall film and television production spending at The Bottle Yard Studios “more than tripled” following the opening of its expansion facility, TBY2, in 2022, describing the…

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The hot shoe is where the flash goes, and the microphone, and the monitor, and whatever the next decade bolts on. Every camera has one and nobody photographs it. This magazine is named after it because that is where the whole business meets: the body, the glass, the light, the sound, and the person holding it.

I shot news in Gothenburg for nine years and documentary for hire after that, then stopped taking assignments to write about the tools. Since 2021 I live in Tokyo, ten minutes from the used-camera shops of Shinjuku, which is not an accident: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Ricoh and Sigma make almost everything worth pointing at a subject, and their own press writes about it first, in Japanese. So this magazine reads it there, and in German, French, Italian and Spanish, and in English from the reviewers who actually put a card in the slot — around eighty sources and thirty channels, counted and plotted so you can see what is moving.

Bodies and lenses, cinema cameras and drones, film and the darkroom, firmware and the software that finishes the picture, the rumours before the launch and the reviews after it, and the photographers and shows the rest of it is for. I test what I write about on a job before a word goes down. I shoot film on Sundays and do not think that makes me interesting.

A story here is a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link to whoever reported it. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the photographer or the maker. A story written in Japanese appears in Japanese, as its author set it down; the link goes to the original.

— Mara Lindqvist, Tokyo