Sony’s F65 digital cinema camera records to SRMemory cards in a variety of formats, recording modes and frame rates. This chart gives the approximate maximum recording time in these various modes on different capacity SRMemory cards. Recording times are given in minutes.
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Today’s cinematographer is constantly switching between a variety of cameras and lenses. For a long time, the professional standard in film and sensor sizes were 16mm, 35mm and 2/3”. Recently the choice of digital cameras has increased, and this has created a lot of confusion concerning sensor size, focal length and field of view. More »

ARRI Digital has created a series of online resources for the ALEXA camera. These tools are designed for operators to get the most out of the camera. ARRI will be creating more of these tools in the future, and we will continue to bring them to you here. More »

Numerous cameras available today feature a “35mm-sized sensor.” How is this defined? They all vary slightly in size, and some are shaped differently so that, when used for HD shooting, the usable size is dramatically reduced. Our clients frequently ask how to compare these different cameras and how sensor size affects field of view and lens coverage. On this topic, words and numbers can be difficult to interpret, so AbelCine decided to produce a graphical chart to better compare areas of coverage.

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This calculator provides estimated recording times for several Phantom camera models. Actual frame rates and record times may vary some from those estimated here. To get the speeds for direct recording to CineMag shown here on a v12.1, v210, v310, v710, you will need firmware level 652 or later.

Select a camera model, then wait a few seconds for the valid bit-depth and memory options to appear. Enter horizontal and vertical resolutions and a desired frame rate. Then click “Calculate” to see the results.

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Raid – RAID (redundant array of independent disks; originally redundant array of inexpensive disks) is a way of storing the same data in different places (thus, redundantly) on multiple hard disks. By placing data on multiple disks, I/O (input/output) operations can overlap in a balanced way, improving performance. Since multiple disks increases the mean time between failures (MTBF), storing data redundantly also increases fault tolerance.

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We have provided this focal length comparison chart for your convenience.

Your might also find our 35mm Digital Sensor Comparison Chart and Field of View Comparator useful.

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