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…
Will external recorders become history? Most probably, especially those who are dedicated to recording raw via HDMI. When examining the recent releases, it appears that camera manufacturers make decent efforts to bypass…
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…
During the Q1 2022 IMAX Earning Conference Call, the company’s CEO Richard Gelfond announced a new premium service called IMAX LIVE, which basically will allow broadcasting of live events like concerts and…
The NAB Show has announced the winning products of 2022. The Sony VENICE 2 and the Canon Cinema EOS R5 C are the cinema cameras that took the prize. What’s the main…
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…
Sony has partnered with the USC School of Cinematic Arts and will start providing cinema cameras including the VENICE 2, FX series, Alpha cameras as well as installing Sony’s new Crystal LED…
Netflix has just approved the Sony VENICE 2 8K cinema camera for its original productions. The VENICE 2 is the tenth Sony camera being approved by Netflix. However, it’s an obvious step…