How many of you heard about the “J Cam”? Well, it appears that this was a prototype of the Sony VENICE, which was invented for Avatar 2, according to James Cameron’s demands.…
As YMCinema’s tradition dictates, it is time for the Oscars’ camera segmentation. We made a list of the cameras that shot the Oscars 2023 (95th Academy Awards) prominent films. That means the…
If we can define the Camera of the Year, then the Sony VENICE would be a very solid candidate. This camera shot the top-grossing movies of 2022, which are: Top Gun: Maverick,…
In a recent interview, James Cameron (once again) justifies the necessity of 3D cinematography and says it’s only the beginning of it. Camron expects this complex 3D methodology will be heavily implemented…
Sony has just introduced the VENICE Extension System 2, which increases flexibility with 8K data transmission and extends up to 12 meters away from the camera body. Furthermore, VENICE 2 Version 2.00…
In order to shoot inside the tight space of the F-18 in Top Gun: Maverick, the production chose the tiny but robust Voigtlander lenses. These all-metal lenses were well paired with Sony…
Avatar 2 was shot in unconventional cinematographic methodologies. The camera is the Sony VENICE rigged to a specially made 3D stereoscopic beam splitter system, utilizing the Rialto extension unit. The system is…
Nerdy stuff ahead. The cameras located inside the cockpit in Top Gun: Maverick, captured a relatively inferior format compared to the rest of the film. That format is called XAVC Class 480…
In this article we allow ourselves to look back at a very special camera announced more than a decade ago – The ARRI ALEXA M. With all the new cameras introduced lately…
Here is a very interesting fact about Top Gun: Maverick. It appears that due to Tom Cruise’s instructions, no CGI effects were utilized, and all the crazy aerial shots are real. The…