If you ever want to get serious with lighting, there is no way around the American Cinematographer. A mighty resourceful magazine, full of tips and tricks of the trade. Plus get a glimpse behind the scene of upcoming films. Amazing to see how they managed to get the rain in "Hard Rain". They had probably 50 pages on the shooting of the Titanic, including a centre-fold map of the lighting plan. Wow!
This is the online version which carries articles not featured in the printed mag.

If you are serious about lighting, you might also want to take a look into CML (Cinematography Mailing List, superbly maintained by DP Geoff Boyle) set up especially for lighting people. Usually quite technical, but that is its strength. The site also features an archive as well as a selection of useful threads.
Since January '99 I am one of the Listmums, along with Geoff, Jessica Gallant and Shangara Singh. We also started a list aimed especially at Camera Assistants. Its name? ACML - Assistant Camera Mailing List.
During 2000, a number of new lists have been added to CML, namely lists for colourists, video, HDTV, beginners queries.

Find out how to get started in the camera department.

The Society of Operating Cameramen (and women) has an introduction on how to break into the industry.

Cinematography.com holds a lot of usuful information on its commercial site.

Information on the new Working Time Regulations are here.

If you have to travel by airplane, here are some warnings about the new airport x-ray system CTX5000.

If you are a scipt supervisor, you might be interested in We Win! Studios' Continuity Software.

If you had some broadcast equipment stolen or are offered some equipment that is "too cheap to believe", have a look at the Netpolice.

If you are looking for more information about the K-3, short for the russian made 16mm cheap camera Krasnorsk 3, check their home page.

While I'm at it, Bolex has a home page, as does Arri.

Interesting general Arri info and specific TC info for the camera assistant is available as well.

All types of film toys -  leatherman, t-bars, follow focus, director's viewfinder, bags, rainproof things and more - are available from both US based Filmtools and  Panastore.

I also came across a finnish Site that mainly deals with animation, but includes practical infos on how to convert your Bolex from 16mm to Super 16. There is also an instruction to build your own stop motion motor for a Bolex.

Want to build your own, low budget chinese lantern?

If you are considering to buy your own camcorder, I have put together a list of things to look out for.

Here is a page full of info about conventional flourescent tubes.  It has tubes from GE, Sylvania and Phillips, and has their color temperature in Kelvin and approximate Color Rendering Index, as well as other things.

Ever thought of attaching a camera to a hot baloon? Click Flying Eye. Here's an alternative address.

Or you can visit a site on Kite Aerial Photography, which includes info on wireless  video transmission, camera fixture, radio control, power supply, etc.

If you want to find out airline's rules on certain subjects, 1travel has a very nice site on this.

Info on DV editing solutions are available from Promax (turnkey solutions) and Radius (firewire card and editing software). The latter one also has an EditDV mailing list where you can get info and ask questions about DV. Desktopvideo offers more DV links. You might also want to take a peek at the DV FAQ.

A bunch of 8mm links can be found on this meta site. And if you really want to get into guerrilla film making, why not develop your B/W reversal film at home.

For more info on the Ultra 16 format, look here.

Kay Sievert has put up a web site where one can download utilities that he wrote. It is all freeware - nothing commercial. He wrote an utility for calculating film running time for 16/35mm and speeds from 2 to 60 fps. There is a Win 95/98/NT and a DOS version available.

If you have a Psion 5, you might want to try a free download of Camerad.