PanaFlex:
Panaflex, is a camera which was manufactured by Panavision. It is a lightweight camera, which was first created in 1972. It was a 35mm motion picture camera, which was said to revolutionise the film industry and the filming of major motion picture films.
Benefits: Those, whom are hired to use are specialists, so the created imagery with the cinematography will be of the best quality, as they are trained. There is the benefit of it being a lightweight camera, which becomes easier for the team to operate.
Limitations: The technology within panaflex, is a lot older than other created
The limitations of the Panaflex, is first of all that when using any kind of Panaflex camera, you have to have Panavision technicians, who are trained to be able to use the equipment, with this, this means the price of using the Panaflex is a higher due to having to employee extra people.
RED:
Is the RED Digital camera company, whom manufacture professional cinematography equipment.
RED, (Red Digital Camera) have created several different recording systems which have advanced since the first launch in 2007. Each of the cameras have been used to shoot a number of blockbusters within the film industry.
There newest cameras, the DSMC2 system, has an 8K resolution and was used to shoot scenes within Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Benefits: The benefits of using RED cameras are that they provide high resolution and a number of different lenses with attributed zoom
Limitation: They are expensive, and will be heavy in weight due to them being specialist cameras for the cinematography industry.
HD:
The HD format, which stands for high definition. This is a common format among film and television. There is no standard format for HD, so it can vary within different countries. The standard for the video within American is 480 vertical lines, where as Europe is 576 vertical lines. HD is formed out of the lines, the more lines the higher the quality, as seen the table.
This also feature Ultra-HD which is a higher number of lines on a video, and this is a format which is better than HD and can be paired with the likes of pixel format 4K.
Benefits: It is an accessible formate available to most people when it comes to cinematography. It can
Limitations: Other formats have succeeded it, such as UHD, which can be paired with the 4K Format, it becomes better than standard HD.
4K Format:
The 4K format is a formate which involves the 4000 pixels. It is a format which has since become common for the display of digital cinematography. It allows for deeper colour and more detail of images to be seen.
Benefits: It is an accessible format, which has become and easy standard to follow for the film industry. Additionally the format can be found on many different platforms. The format is widely available on equipment which is of a lower price.
Limitations: There are new formats coming out by different cameras which beat the quality in it., however, that is within highly expensive equipment.
IMAX:
IMAX, is a proprietary system which is of high resolution cameras, film formats, projects. The system can be found throughout numerous cinemas/theatres to show different films. The system was created in the 1960s and developed throughout, to currently it is seen as one of the top elements in film.
IMAX, within cinemas, is to do with increasing the resolution of films, large film such as Disney's Avenger's: Endgame, upcoming films such as No Time To Die, the new James Bond film will be IMAX listed films and be featured within IMAX screens. The increase in resolution of films is done by using a larger frame rate to increase the res of the film. The camera, created by IMAX is also different. "At 24 frames per second, this means that the film moves through the camera at 102.7 metres per minute (just over 6 km/h). In a conventional 65mm camera, the film passes vertically through the camera, five perforations at a time, or 34 metres per minute. In comparison, in a conventional 35mm camera, 35mm film passes vertically through the camera, at four (smaller) perforations at a time, which translates to 27.4 metres per minute" /Film Interview: IMAX Executives Talk 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' and IMAX Misconceptions". Slash Film. December 2, 2013. Retrieved January 23 2020.
Since the first camera was created, they have created more, in 2015, the most recent version was created, which was the camera used by Disney's subsidiary Marvel for Avengers' Infinity War and others. This camera was called ARRI Alexa IMAX Digital Camera.
Benefits:
Allows for the highest quality imagery to be produced. Viewing ability of IMAX films is high, but there must be certain cinemas to watch it in.
Limitations:
The limitations of that the IMAX is a proprietary system which means typically they can usually be used on only one set of software or across only a systems. For example this is common across Adobe products, they hold proprietary files. It is an expensive system and requires skilled professionals to work.
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