Engin Box is an interesting resource, and it’s being touted as a global platform for cinema and photo engineers that was built by ex‑engineers from ARRI, Zeiss, Cooke, RED, and Leica.
The platform offers the following:
Rare Service Manuals with FilterAI Repair AssistantWeekly Repair Video GuidesExpert CommunityParts CatalogDIY ProjectsAcademy
The team behind Engin Box has spent more than 20 years repairing cinema lenses and cameras for rental houses, broadcasters, and filmmakers. They have spent countless hours searching for rare service manuals, reverse engineering parts, building their own tools, and solving problems without documentation. What they found is that valuable knowledge was scattered across hard drives, forums, and private chats. This led to the establishment of Engin Box, so all of this critical information and help could be found in one central place.
Engin Box features an AI Engineering Assistant that helps you scan a database for information relating to any inquiry you may have.
For instance, if you were an engineer in a rental house and you had an issue with an ARRI ALEXA 35 that won’t power on and there was no response from the main board, you can enter these details into Engin Box, and it will search the database (based on real-world cases) and give you possible solutions and fixes.
Engin Box is claimed to have more than 30,000 manuals, guides, and resources available.
Above, you can see the company’s plans for the platform moving forward.
Pricing & Availability
You can get early access to join Engin Box for $39 USD / month, or $360 USD / year. There is also a founding engineer one-time payment of $299 USD available for the first 100 users.
Matthew Allard is a multi-award-winning, ACS accredited freelance Director of Photography with over 35 years’ of experience working in more than 50 countries around the world.
He is the Editor of Newsshooter.com and has been writing on the site since 2010.
Matthew has won 51 ACS Awards, including six prestigious Golden Tripods. In 2016 he won the Award for Best Cinematography at the 21st Asian Television Awards.
Matthew is available to hire as a DP in Japan or for work anywhere else in the world.