Consumer-Level Digital Cinema Cameras

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Consumer-Level Digital Cinema Cameras

Love films? Want to produce one but no money? Here are some of the many consumer level digital motion picture camera brands and models that you can afford.

Canon Cinema EOS Series, The Blackmagic Design Series and The Red Digital Series. Some notable models are the Canon C100, the Blackmagic Cinema Camera and the Red Epic.

Cost of producing film is cheaper on these cameras than on a professional digital cinema camera. They provide professional crystal clear film look despite being made for amateur filmmakers. With the existence of these consumer-level digital cinema cameras, amateur filmmakers now have myriads of brands and models to choose from, according to their taste in film shooting and style.

Most of these gears are lightweight and easy to carry. The Red Epic, which was used in The Amazing Spiderman, was praised by cinematographers to being lightweight and angle friendly, as they managed to shoot complex camera angles using the camera.For example, The Red Epic Dragon which was used in the movie The Martian, captures 4K to 6k cinema with 19MP.

You can either shoot RAW or with the color-corrected ProRes format. These cameras can also shoot under 24fps, the lovable fps for filmmakers who wants their film look to be authentically traditional. There are also many types of shutter speed to choose from for the lighting condition of your preference. Different models captures light in a different way.

The latest digital cinema camera models have eliminated the electronic noise problem from previous generation of digital cinema camera models. This gives a clean look that makes your motion picture look more professional and high resolution with low budget.

So far in terms of price, camera models from Canon and Blackmagic are the cheapest. The latest Blackmagic URSA which cost US$ 3000 has a Super 35mm image sensor size. If you do not have the budget, you could also use a Super 35mm lens to get the film look. Capture more image with a wider dynamic range than your usual digital camera. Pop in a Carl Zeiss lens and professional you go.

Blackmagic has just released their new pro-level Blackmagic URSA and URSA mini. Blackmagic micro and pocket cinema camera can easily be obtained for US$ 995, which has a Super 16 image sensor with 13 stops of dynamic range, plus a RAW or Pro Res recording option

Below are some links to get yourself started with digital cinema cameras.

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