6 Camera Array for extremely high resolution panoramic VFX plate shots

[Tom Hallman]

With the help of the boys from Red, Pictorvision has developed a 6 Red Epic array for shooting very high resolution Aerial VFX plate shots.
It shot a major film (that of course we can't talk about) over a months time and worked even better than we hoped. Now we're showing it for the first time publicly at an open house / demo next Wednesday Oct 30th from 1-6 PM. The official invite and sign in can be found at:
http://pictorvision.givezooks.com/events/multi-camera-array-demonstration

Key Specs:
6 Red Epics shooting 5K resolution- 3 Epics across x 2 Red Epics high = 15K camera resolution
(12K resolution when overlap is accounted for)


Total resolution is 82 Megapixels
46 Megapixel panoramic images when stitched
Field of view: 140 degrees horizontal, 60 degrees vertical
Overlap is 1650 pixels horizontal and 530 pixels vertical.

Once again Pictorvision is going above and beyond....

 

[Evin Grant]

Wow, sweet!

 

[Louis Maddalena]

That seems pretty awesome! Can't wait to see the shot when its public.

 

[Mike P.]

How does it compensate for vibration? I'd love to see a single still from the rig (with guides showing the 6 different frames).

 

[Tom Hallman]

The 6 camera array is installed in our Eclipse Gyro-stabilized aerial camera system. We basically pull out the single camera, and replace it with 6 that are pin registered on a mounting platform for proper placement. It's a huge payload, but we make it work.

 

[Mike P.]

It's a huge payload, but we make it work.

Ha! Classic.

 

[paulherrin]

dang that's hot. payload indeed...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBzVPXr8SNY

 

[Elias Tejeda]

This is pretty amazing ...

 

[Elias Tejeda]

I know you're probably bound by a confidentiality agreement, but did you guys shoot any test footage that wasnt directly related to the film that we could see?

 

[Kwan Khan]

amazing

 

[Jesse Weiser]

Awesome set up! Also loved the diagrams.

 

[Humberto Rivera]

This is great, would love to see more details! Is it for sale?

Humberto Rivera

 

[Matt Gottshalk]

That is crazy!

 

[Maik Müller]

I always wondered when someone will re-invent cinerama with RED-cameras. Looks like this is it and lot more.
Really cool stuff.

 

[Nathaniel Opgenorth]

Modern day Cinerama? Oh yeah! Hopefully you won't need multiple projectors setup like the old Cinerama though :O Very cool! Don't have the budget for this but am planning on giving this a go with some GoPro's or DSLR's when I get the chance just for fun of course.

EDIT: Guy above me beat me to it...well I guess one way to put it is great minds think alike?