Creating cinema the DSLR way – with a digital SLR camera
Via dpreview.com:
The D3S delivers a new look and feel to the emerging trend of DSLR movie capture and exploits the creative depth-of-field effects offered by the large FX-format sensor (full-frame/35mm) and the benefits of wide aperture NIKKOR lenses.
This is the second full-frame DSLR on the market, after the Canon EOS 5D MkII. Unfortunately it does not support FullHD/1080p, only 720p24.
via studiodaily.com
It seems Canon was taken by surprise when they saw the enthusiasm in the cinema/movie crowd for the quality and possibilities of the 5D mk II.
Describing the Canon 5D Mark II, Smith (Tim Smith – Canon USA) noted that “we didn’t design this camera for you guys (cinematographers) …we didn’t even think of you guys. (…) He noted that the 5D had been built for AP and Reuters which had asked Canon to build a camera that their still photographers could use to also grab video for the website. “When we saw the 5D footage, it was tough to hold our tongues and to convince the Canon people what would happen to our business once the camera was released,” continued Smith. “Our marketing team expected 3 to 5 percent of the people who bought it would be interested in the video side of the camera. It’s closer to 40 percent, and there are 15,000 5D cameras on back order.”
Read the whole article for a discussion on cinema-quality lenses and how they are being used with HDSLR cameras.
