Danny Hiele has been a student of light for most of his life. He began painting in his teens and was set to attend the Royal Academy of Arts in his native Belgium when he discovered cinematography.

I decided to keep the film simple with long takes that allow the eye to rest and judge lens performance. I made sure all important situations were covered: day, night, interior, exterior, artificial ...

When Nicole Hirsch Whitaker, ASC started prepping One Piece, she thought MiniHawk Hybrid Anamorphic lenses would be perfect for the manga-influenced look she envisioned. MiniHawks are actually ...

Our new Underwater Section is online. The section is designed to be easy to navigate while highlighting our large selection of underwater equipment that includes Hydroflex, HydroPar, and Scubacam ...

Perfect simplicity combined with maximum functionality was what we had in mind when we designed our new small and lightweight range of Hawk V‑Lite16 Anamorphics. The challenge we set ourselves was not ...

Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day: Resurgence hit the planet on 24 June, twenty years after the release of the original Independence Day. Cinematographer Markus Förderer, ASC, BVK chose Hawk ...

Shōgun premiered on FX in late February 2024, and the show’s stunning visuals were prominent among the many reasons it met with wide critical acclaim. In July, the Academy of Television Arts and ...

Magdalena Gorka’s impeccable background includes training at the renowned Polish National Film School and apprenticeships on the crews of Polish masters like Janusz Kaminski, Pavel Edelman and Piotr ...

Hawk V‑Lite 2x anamorphic lenses deliver the unique look and reliability of Hawk anamorphic glass in a smaller package. The combination of their optical characteristics, robustness, user-friendliness, ...

The versatile Hawk V‑Lite 1.3x lenses either use the full 16:9 sensor area for wide-screen release or the entire 4:3 sensor for 16:9 television. The Vintage’74 version has certain gentle aberrations ...

The V‑Series line has you covered, extending superior lens quality into very long focal lengths, including an unprecedented 250/350 mm lens and two additional zooms. At the other end of the scale, the ...

The Guilty is an extraordinary project in numerous ways, not least because it was shot without the director’s presence on the set. Due to Covid precautions, director-producer Antoine Fuqua (What’s My ...