For the first time since Charles Clarke's 1980 edition, the AC Manual has been edited by a professional cinematographer.

The completely revised 9th edition offers contributions from experts with more than 100 years of motion-picture experience. Its features include:

• More than 30 new charts, including lighting intensities for more than 90 fixtures.

• A completely revised camera section, rewritten by Jon Fauer, ASC

• A new article on digital intermediates by Bill Feightner and Robert L. Eicholz of EFilm

• Warner Bros. executive Rob Hummel's update of his classic "pros and cons" chapter, which now includes the latest digital postproduction techniques

• A new chapter on hanging miniatures by visual-effects wizard Dan Curry

• "Tak’s tips" from Panavision lens expert Tak Miyagishima

• The most extensive section yet on motion-picture formulas, written by Evans Wetmore, vice president of advanced engineering at 20th Century Fox

• A revised chapter on motion-control by visual-effects legend Richard Edlund, ASC, who has included the latest updates on digital technology

For IMAGO members there is a discount of 25 %. Go to members only to be able to have a reduction off.