Our eyes perceive brightness differently than an electronic sensor does. Video monitors are locked into a standard for color and contrast, but now Digital Cinema camera systems are being used to capture images that are used and displayed in media that can see well beyond those limitations.
The new Phantom Miro line and its flagship M320S are the latest groundbreaking high-speed cameras from Vision Research. With a small form factor, affordable price point, uncompromised image quality and ultra high-speed capability, they make high quality high-speed accessible to more professional image-makers than ever before.
The Aaton Penelope is finally here, and this latest 35mm motion picture camera to be introduced to the industry was definitely worth the wait. The Penelope is the first camera in the world designed from the ground up as a switchable 2-perf or 3-perf shooting solution. Incorporating an innovative design, as well as many of the classic Aaton features, Penelope is a versatile creative tool ideally suited to today’s production realities.
The specialized tools required to analyze and calibrate high-quality professional lenses are a combination of precision optics and mechanics, as well as computer hardware and software. Each of these tools, as well as the experience and skill to use them properly, are what make up a department dedicated to world-class optics service at AbelCine.
Introduced at NAB 2011, the Phantom 65-Z3D system is built on a unique design concept and offers several advantages for creating uncompromised, high quality, user-comfortable 3D content, as well as significant production, workflow and post benefits. The system uses a single Phantom 65 Digital Cinema camera and Zepar Stereo 3D Prime Lenses to record two 35mm film-sized images side-by-side within the Phantom 65’s single 65mm sensor.
Sony’s new PMW-F3 camera is a full-featured video camcorder with a Super-35mm size sensor. The F3 is suitable for many different styles of production and can be customized with lenses and accessories to make it an even more versatile solution. In this article, we present the many different lenses and accessories that can be used with the camera.
Canon’s much anticipated EOS C300 is a modular Super-35 sized sensor camera available in both PL and EOS (EF) mount. The modular nature and size of the C300 means the camera can live in many configurations – from the fully decked out studio camera to a light-weight run-&-gun setup.
