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Thanks to Nolan and Eastwood, Large Format Cameras Have Forever Changed Movies

Large format cameras have changed the way we watch and make movies. But how are they changing the medium's language? Cinematographers have spent the last five years easing into large format cameras. They started on blockbuster movies like The Dark Knight and Rogue One, but have since branched out into more accessible and smaller projects using the same cameras. Not since the rise in digital cinematography has the entirety of cinema changed. Now, large format cameras as expanding the screen and our conversation about what we show and the cinematography behind movies and TV. What are large-format cameras? Large format cameras, like the Panavision Millennium DXL, Sony F65, and ARRI LF series, capture images with significantly more detail. They create a clearer picture and a shallower depth of field. That means using a 50mm lens on a 65mm format camera produces a field of vision equivalent to 25mm lens on 35mm format. Read More...

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Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 16 October, 2019

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