Movie Making Manual/Cinematography/Cameras and Formats/Technical Qualities of the Capture Medium
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Technical qualities of the capture medium[edit | edit source]
Latitude / Dynamic Range[edit | edit source]
Comparison of different cameras[edit | edit source]
- Sony HDV FX1 = 5.5 stops
- Canon XL2 = 6 stops
- Panasonic DVX100a = 7 stops
- Sony F900 / Panasonic Varicam = 5 stops under, 2 stops over - better to underexpose HD
- Dalsa Origin 4k digital = 12 stops
- Negative film = 18 stops (!)
Chroma subsampling[edit | edit source]
Comparison of different formats[edit | edit source]
- DV or MiniDV(NTSC) = 4:1:1
- DV or MiniDV(PAL) = 4:2:0
- HDV = 4:2:0
- DVCPRO = 4:1:1
- DVCPRO50 = 4:2:2
- DVCPRO100 = 4:2:2
- HDCAM = 3:1:1
- HDCAM SR = 4:4:4
- DVD video = 4:2:0
- JPEG = 4:4:4 or 4:2:2 or 4:2:0