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DEEPSEA CHALLENGER - James Cameron - Congrats...Waiting for previews

This from the Deep Sea Challenge site:

CAMERAS
When filming, the pilot will share the pilot sphere with three cameras. The largest is a Red Epic, which will capture IMAX-quality, “5K-raw” images and will be mounted directly in front of the small viewport on the sphere’s hatch. That window—which from the inside is only about the size of a fist and is just below the pilot’s knees—will be awkward for pilots Cameron or Allum to look through on their own. But the window is cone-shaped and is much larger on the side that faces the ocean’s pressure. The curvature of the window also corrects for the 30-percent magnification that water causes. With the camera attached and its image projected onto a high-definition screen at the pilot’s eye level, he’ll get a wide view of his surroundings through this “virtual viewport.”
Inside the sphere, two tiny HD cameras (two are needed to create 3-D video) will also film the pilot himself. Because these cameras will record his “dive log,” they will also help the team understand the context of the footage that the other cameras are gathering at the same time. The sub’s external cameras, the minicams, are tiny HD cameras built specially for this project from the sensor level up and housed in proprietary titanium housings. Enclosed in their titanium pressure housings, these HD cameras are smaller than a soda can. Two of them side by side can create 3-D, as with the cameras on the end of the 6.6-foot (2-meter) camera boom. Another two are side by side on the wrist of the manipulator arm, but in this case one has a wide-angle lens and the other a macro lens for imaging small animals up close, so that they’re both working as separate 2-D cameras. Another single minicam will be carried by the “bot,” a small remotely operated vehicle that the pilot can command from inside the sub.
 
looking forward to seeing that footage. Is Jim on the forum?
 
I wonder why the stereo rig wasn't done in 5k? That would be really sick, and I was hoping the epics would be small enough for whatever stereo rig they were using under water
 
There was a nice CNN special that showed more detail about the sub, and they showed the external cameras. Basically a pair of lenses on the end of a robotic arm. No way to build a housing for that depth and be able to externally control the cams. Hard disc recorders were in the sphere with Cameron, according to the piece. The Epic on board was visible through his "view" port in one shot. This served as his eye to the outside, giving a larger view on a screen than what he could have seen by peering through the tiny port. No doubt that was recording everything as well. More info on cameras here: http://deepseachallenge.com/the-sub/equipment/
 
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