{"id":1576,"date":"2014-01-31T19:17:57","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T14:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2014-01-31T19:17:57","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T14:47:57","slug":"if-you-like-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/?p=1576","title":{"rendered":"If you like color . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next big thing in video cameras is mono. The sensor development that have made the ARRI and RED cameras so marvelous is now working magic with monochrome. Nofilmschool.com has posted notes on the Arriflex Alexa XT that show it to be a very impressive instrument.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nofilmschool.com\/2014\/01\/arri-alexa-xt-b-w-monochrome-2000-iso-15-stops-dynamic-range\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0. . . . . . .\u00a0 Native 2000 ISO &amp; Has 15 Stops of Dynamic Range<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Let me add a clip of some of those specs;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sensor Modes:<\/strong> 16:9, 14:3<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maximum number of sensor photo sites:<\/strong> 2880\u00d72160<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exposure latitude (stops):<\/strong> 15<\/li>\n<li><strong>Base sensitivity (EI):<\/strong> 2000<\/li>\n<li><strong>White balance (fixed):<\/strong> 2000<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exposure Index (EI):<\/strong> 160 \u2013 3200<\/li>\n<li><strong>Frame rate: 16:9:<\/strong> 0.75 \u2013 120fps<\/li>\n<li><strong>Frame rate 4:3:<\/strong> 0.75 \u2013 90fps<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sound level:<\/strong> &lt; 19 db (A)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Electronic shutter angle (degrees):<\/strong> 5 \u2013 358\u00b0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weight:<\/strong> 8.7kg\/19.2lbs<\/li>\n<li><strong>Electronic viewfinder:<\/strong> Yes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Optical viewfinder:<\/strong> No<\/li>\n<li><strong>In-camera recording to SxS PRO cards:<\/strong> No<\/li>\n<li><strong>In-camera recording to XR Capture Drives:<\/strong> Yes<\/li>\n<li><strong>In-camera recording to CFast 2.0 cards:<\/strong> No<\/li>\n<li><strong>ARRIRAW recording:<\/strong> In-camera<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The notes on the ARRI mono camera follow notes on the RED EPIC-M monochrome camera. The headline stirs strong memories of Tri-X reversal film but the RED mono camera, like the ARRI, has a native ISO of 2000.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nofilmschool.com\/2012\/10\/red-epic-m-monochrome-footage\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">First RED EPIC-M Monochrome Footage Might Be the Beginning of a Black and White Resurgence<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Just as &#8216;moving pictures&#8217; did not mark an end to still photographs, color motion pictures do not necessarily obsolete black and white. I certainly hope that these new tools will make for some renewed interest in creating cinema in monochrome.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next big thing in video cameras is mono. The sensor development that have made the ARRI and RED cameras so marvelous is now working magic with monochrome. 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