Behold the Camera Porn!!

[Tom Lowe]

My friend James Niehouse ("Hubble 3D") is in Texas right now testing all the latest cameras for an upcoming IMAX project. This is camera porn at its finest. Feast your eyes! :drool5:

Larger: http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/7533/cameraporn1920.jpg

James: https://twitter.com/70mmDP

 

[Zeb B]

No iPhone 4gs?

 

[Jonathan Stevenson]

So sexy.

 

[Michael Dalton]

love how small these cameras are getting. Someone should get these guys a dragon to test!

 

[Kemalettin Sert]

i ll pick the smallest one..

 

[Bob Gundu]

Cool. I had the pleasure of being a senior compositor on Hubble 3D.

 

[Demetri Zuev]

That Alexa M is so funny.

At first you think — "wow, that's so small, just like Epic", then you looking down following the cord and "OMG, what the hell is that?" :biggrin:

 

[Steve Sherrick]

The tops in digital cinema right now. F65, IMAX(hehe), Phantom, Alexa, C300, and Epic. Would love to see the results.

 

[Andreas Mendritzki]

Wowzas.

Tom: it would be great if you can keep us all up to date on what/why they end up shooting with.

 

[Kwan Khan]

Nice

 

[Ketch Rossi]

Well, this shows that your buddy James, not having the knowledge of the best camera, is trying it for himself, exactly what I have always telling people to do... Good on him... My take is that He will sure not choose Alexa, nor will He choose IMAX monster camera either...

Epic or Sony F65...

That Alexa M is so funny.

At first you think — "wow, that's so small, just like Epic", then you looking down following the cord and "OMG, what the hell is that?" :biggrin:

My tough exactly...

 

[Ryan De Franco]

It is so nice to be a Scarlet owner, ducking beneath all these price points. It allows you to realize that the Alexa, F65 etc are all incredible cameras, each with strengths and weaknesses that may suit a particular project, all while owning the sensor good enough for Fincher, Jackson and Ridley Scott.

I would of course love to test all these side-by-side. And go right back to Scarlet-X 436.

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

At first you think — "wow, that's so small, just like Epic", then you looking down following the cord and "OMG, what the hell is that?" :biggrin:

...We'll see if they hide that part under the counter at NAB. Hehe.

 

[Dustin Cross]

WTF is the C300 doing in this group?


Dusty

 

[DCC Erickson]

Is this the money shot, or just the warmup?

 

[Ryan De Franco]

Dustin... if you shoot documentary... perhaps you need a camera that can record constantly, for weeks, without generating 4 terabytes of data per camera, per day... perhaps you understand that if you use IMAX, F65 or Epic for your transcendent moments and C300 for your interviews and verité footage, the contrast will make each feel stronger, more alive... perhaps the crew plans extreme low light exposures, perhaps multiple bodies with replaceable Canon glass would allow them to take the risks their shot ideas call for...

The most interesting part about documentary work, and new media work in general, is that the mentality of "choose a camera, a stock, a lens package" is turned on its head. Throw a whirlwind of options into the mix and see what comes out. Variation becomes more interesting then stagnation. Maybe it works for narrative--"did you like 127 hours? no?"--maybe it doesn't. For IMAX documentary, I'm willing to bet it does.

 

[Phil Holland]

Neato!

 

[jonathan homer vargas]

the wining is?

 

[Gaston Fazio]

Now my keyboard is sticky for some reason....