Cinematography: Large sensor digital film cameras: An Open Learning Guide

What counts as "large sensor"? For the sake of argument, let's define "large sensor" as 2/3" or larger.

frame rate options are 24 and 60 (NTSC countries) or 25 and 50 (PAL countries). The higher frame rates are only available in 720p mode.

Lens: Canon EF lens mount (does not support EF-S lenses), interchangeable. Adapters are available for other mounts.

5,000 euro for 2/3" Kodak CCD camera head and a license of Drama software that operates on a dual core 2.8ghz laptop.

Aptina CMOS bayer-pattern sensor with an optical format of 1/2.5" (5.70mm x 4.28mm) and a resolution of 2592x1944 (5 Megapixels).

It allows a maximum frame rate of around 15 fps @ full resolution, 30fps @ Full HD (1920x1080) or 60 fps @ HD (1280x720).

Aptina claims that the chip has 70db of dynamic range at full resolution and 76db when using 1/2 binning.

Lens Mount: The camera has a standard C-mount but ships with an adapter ring that allows to mount CS-lenses as well.

Dual ASIC Components for real time 12MP Scaling to 1080p 60-30-24 4:2:2 color space with uncompressed 4:4:4 over optional attachment module.

Spec shows CMOS sensor capable of windowed mode for use with large 20x video zooms. 1/3 windowed mode will yield 1080p without binning.

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