Uncouple depth of field from exposure in cinematography

When I heard about the Cinefade, I said, "Oh my god, this is a tool that I can actually control exposure with while keeping the iris position where I want it for storytelling purposes", which in my opinion, is really what it's for. The iris position has an enormous effect on how you tell the story because it controls depth of field. I was really excited to use the tool for that reason.

Televisual article - Live sport: The beautiful game

Live sport is increasingly turning to cinematic cameras usually seen on a film set to add emotion and drama. But blending those shots with rest of the action is no easy feat.

Broadcast, Cinefade, Education, Variable Depth of field, Variable ND filterOliver Janesh ChristiansenJanuary 11, 2023live sport, broadcast, Cinefade, television, football, Televisual magazine, variable ND filterComment

The Love I Give - Sunrise time lapse music video

Director Nano Clow and DP Natasha Duursma challenged themselves to a particularly tricky one-take music video shoot. The idea was to shoot a time lapse with the camera taking an exposure once a second during sunrise. Shooting 16mm film on an ARRI 416 camera, one of the challenges was to maintain a constant exposure during the extreme light change at sunrise.

Education, Filmmaking, Variable ND filter, Cinefade, BTSOliver Janesh ChristiansenJune 7, 2022music video, VariND, variable ND filter, sunrise, exposure compensation, Cinefade, Natasha DuursmaComment

Bruno Delbonnel on playing with depth of field

Bruno had a revelation when he realised that he is able to also play with the depth of field and change it in shot: Starting the scene with a very deep depth of field and as the scene gets more intense he is able to gradually transition to a shallow depth of field.

Cinefade, Cinematography, Director of Photography, Education, Variable Depth of field, Variable ND filterOliver Janesh ChristiansenJanuary 7, 2021depth of field, adjustable depth of field, variable depth of field, VariND, variable ND filter, Bruno Delbonnel Comment

Hire Cinefade VariND in London,Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, England & Edinburgh,Glasgow, Scotland & Wales and Northern Ireland

The Cinefade VariND is available to rent directly from our base in London and from our local rental partners with same-day courier services.

Variable ND filter for film

The cmotion Cinefade VariND is made up of a Motorised Polariser and a Static Polariser which when combined can be used as a motorised variable ND filter that is remotely controlled by a cPRO lens control system to allow for precise and fast exposure changes when the camera is inaccessible or when the creative brief calls for an exact T-stop to maintain a consistent depth-of-field, even in changing lighting conditions.

Hire Cinefade VariND in Paris, France; Madrid, Spain; Warsaw Poland; Helsinki, Finland; Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Vienna, Austria; Oslo, Norway; Stockholm, Sweden and throughout Europe

The Cinefade VariND is available to rent directly from our base in London and from our rental partners throughout Europe.

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Cinefade VariND Verleih in Deutschland

Kameraverleih Firmen in deutschen Städten wie München, Berlin und Köln haben den Cinefade VariND Filter zum Verleih bereit und wir verbinden Sie gerne um ein System zu organisieren.

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Hire Cinefade VariND in Germany

The Cinefade VariND is available to rent directly through us with worldwide shipping and local partners throughout Europe, US and Australasia. In German cities such as Munich, Berlin and Cologne there are several large camera rental houses that stock the Cinefade VariND and we would be happy to put you in touch and arrange a system for you.