The Sony Crystal LED display system comes in two versions – C-series with high contrast and deep blacks, and B-series with high brightness (up to 800 nits) and anti-reflection coating for use on film sets. The system is modular so the LED wall can have any shape and size. Available from summer 2021. There has been a certain trend lately with studio film productions going away from a simple green screen and using giant LED walls. There are multiple benefits of doing so – the actors can better imagine the scene, the reflections on objects and actors in the scene are real, it reduces the cost of VFX post-production, etc. One example of a recent major production that intensively utilized LED walls, is Disney’s series from the Star Wars world – The Mandalorian. Insider made an interesting video about it. In order for this to work, the used LED screen has to have pixels small enough not to be seen on camera. Sony recently announced the new Crystal LED Display System with MicroLED technology. Apart from being used as large screens in malls, and other public areas, this modular system could also be used on modern film sets. Let’s take a short look at it. Sony Crystal LED Display The idea of MicroLED is that individual pixels are very small – much smaller than what regular large LED displays were offering. The new Sony Crystal LED panels include microscopically small LED chips – the size of one chip is only...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 14 January, 2021