OT: Latest offering from Panavision / Sony

farss wrote on 9/25/2004, 4:52 AM
http://www.panavision.com/product_detail.php?imgid=378&id=338&cat=36

Looks a lot easier to use than the Viper, at least you don't need to tow a filing cabinet around behind it. The main thing that caught my eye is it records 10 bit log RGB. I'd always assumed the bits in video were linear or is this a new development?

Oh, it seems they only hire the thing and as the man says if you want to now how much you can't afford it.

Bob.

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mark2929 wrote on 9/25/2004, 5:17 AM
It looks real Mean... reminds me oF THE Evil Robot from Walt Disneys the Black Hole....Possibly Apropriate use of words as it Know doubt swallows up Film Budgets and tERABYtes with Ease !
Coursedesign wrote on 9/25/2004, 3:39 PM
10-bit log is about equivalent to 12-bit linear in picture quality, but takes up less space.

The 4:4:4 color sampling is great, but between that and the 10-bit log you need a very hefty system to edit this properly ($150K+).

Panavision never sold any of their cameras. The F900-based 2/3" predecessor of this camera had a daily rate of US$3,000, with discounts for extended rentals of course.

This is not like getting gear from Joe's Bar & Grill & AV Rentals.
Panavision checks everything REALLY thoroughly, so that what you get is more trustable than an out-of-the-box new camera. It's a great company.

And, across the street from their HQ in Woodland Hills (Los Angeles County) are horses roaming freely in a large meadow...


apit34356 wrote on 9/25/2004, 3:56 PM
Panavision glass,(lens), is worth the cost. At 12 meg resolution, the glass is not loss. The 10 log is design to work with OpenEXR and extended formats like Elin.(16bit color to complex numbers).
farss wrote on 9/26/2004, 5:06 AM
I've never had the pleasure of using any Panavision gear but everything I read about them says thes guys know how to do it right. Of course you pay for it but when the movie's budgets bigger than that of many countries the last thing you want is a shoot ruined by a faulty lens.
I've found it excellent education to read how the big end of town does it and the basic methodologies scale down to the lowest budget movie. I'm still amazed at how many times tapes get left in cameras, there's no shooting schedule or no one has even checked out the location before they rock up to shoot.
Bob.
apit34356 wrote on 9/26/2004, 9:17 AM
I agree with you about checking out the big kids techinques. This last year I've been trying to bring the HDRi approach to some indep.film.projects to add imagery power. But one thing that continues to amaze me is how many "would-be famous" directors fail to understand sound and music impact, let alone planning the two.