Blog / Resources / Cameras 2019 Camera Comparison Chart Cameras Compiled by Tom Fletcher and Gary Adcock with information gathered from numerous conversations with various cinematographers, colorists, colleagues and manufacturers and reproduced with kind permission from Tom Fletcher Click on the chart to open the full size PDF.Compiled by Tom Fletcher and Gary Adcock with information gathered from numerous conversations with various cinematographers, colorists, colleagues and manufacturers. and reproduced with kind permission from Tom Fletcher Related articles Why I didn’t Realise I Needed PTZ Cameras, Technology We didn’t realise how much the industry could use PTZ until we saw how cinematic the images had become and how full-size cinematic cameras can seamlessly integrate with semi-autonomous PTZ cameras, which independently pan, tilt and focus with AI-assisted control. In short, PTZ cameras can transform productions, making them suited to more programmes than you might think. Do ‘Netflix Approved’ Cameras Really Matter? Cameras, Technology Netflix has established itself as a benchmark for original streaming content, and with that has come a specific set of requirements for the cameras used to capture its 4K Originals. … Read more Is 4K or 6K Enough. Do we even need 8K or more? Cameras, Media, DIT and Streaming This article aims to explore that there are further considerations to make when considering the image size and CODEC, which means more data, more transfer time, more media resource and in post, more render time, ultimately costing production more money. However, there is also a sustainability argument which becomes relevant, since more data also means more energy usage and a greater carbon footprint.
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