Panavision HD-900F
Encyclopedia
The Panavision HD-900F is the first high definition camera
that records in 24 frame per second format. In 1997, Panavision
and Sony
collaborated to develop the first ever high definition movie camera.
, which is entirely redesigned from the old film camera setup, to allow easier controls while filming. The changes were made in order to produce a film friendly system that utilizes many standard camera accessories, such as the follow focus, matte box, heads, etc.
The camera has image quality comparable to industry standards, the lenses utilize state-of-the-art components with the camera itself is still compact and lightweight. The zoom lenses optimize maximum image quality, thus enabling depths of field similar to the 35mm cine formats seen today.
For CGI
filmmakers, a pre-filter is used for better color matching and better enhanced resolution for blue screen effects.
for How High
.
Since that time, the HD-900F has been used in:
Camera
A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...
that records in 24 frame per second format. In 1997, Panavision
Panavision
Panavision is an American motion picture equipment company specializing in cameras and lenses, based in Woodland Hills, California. Formed by Robert Gottschalk as a small partnership to create anamorphic projection lenses during the widescreen boom in the 1950s, Panavision expanded its product...
and Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
collaborated to develop the first ever high definition movie camera.
Technical aspects
Panavision and Sony created a new viewfinderViewfinder
In photography, a viewfinder is what the photographer looks through to compose, and in many cases to focus, the picture. Most viewfinders are separate, and suffer parallax, while the single-lens reflex camera lets the viewfinder use the main optical system. Viewfinders are used in many cameras of...
, which is entirely redesigned from the old film camera setup, to allow easier controls while filming. The changes were made in order to produce a film friendly system that utilizes many standard camera accessories, such as the follow focus, matte box, heads, etc.
The camera has image quality comparable to industry standards, the lenses utilize state-of-the-art components with the camera itself is still compact and lightweight. The zoom lenses optimize maximum image quality, thus enabling depths of field similar to the 35mm cine formats seen today.
For CGI
Computer-generated imagery
Computer-generated imagery is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in art, video games, films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media...
filmmakers, a pre-filter is used for better color matching and better enhanced resolution for blue screen effects.
Cinema history
The HD-900F High Definition Camera System was first used for a feature film by Jesse DylanJesse Dylan
Jesse Dylan is an American film director, and the founder, CEO and creative director of the media production company Wondros.-Personal Life:...
for How High
How High
How High is a 2001 stoner comedy starring Method Man and Redman, written by Dustin Lee Abraham, and director Jesse Dylan's debut feature film. Entertainment Weekly rated it third in their "Best Stoner Movie" top ten list...
.
Since that time, the HD-900F has been used in:
- Yesterday Was a LieYesterday Was a LieYesterday Was a Lie is a 2009 neo-noir film written and directed by James Kerwin and starring Kipleigh Brown, Chase Masterson, John Newton, and Mik Scriba...
(2009) - Corners (2007)
- DexterDexter (TV series)Dexter is an American television drama series, which debuted on Showtime on October 1, 2006. The sixth season premiered on October 2, 2011. The series centers on Dexter Morgan , a bloodstain pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police Department who moonlights as a serial killer...
(2006) - On the Brink (2006)
- All In (2005/I)
- D.E.B.S. (2004)
- Sight for Sore Eyes, A (2004)
- DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003) (TV)
- Exit (2003)
- Long and Short of It, The (2003)
- Night Before, The (2003)
- Raine (2003) (V)
- Dream Hackers (2002) (TV)
- Gåvan (2002)
- Kermit's Swamp Years: The Real Story Behind Kermit the Frog's Early Years (2002) (V)
- Manassas: End of Innocence (2002)
- Osynlige, Den (2002)
- Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams(2002)
- Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the ClonesStar Wars Episode II: Attack of the ClonesStar Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones is a 2002 American epic space opera film directed by George Lucas and written by Lucas and Jonathan Hales. It is the fifth film to be released in the Star Wars saga and the second in terms of the series' internal chronology...
(2002) - Sweet Friggin' Daisies (2002)
- Two Paths (2002)
- Wednesday (2002)
- eMale (2001)
- How High (2001)