Choosing a camera is an important pre-production decision. If you choose something cheap you have more money to spread arround, but the image quality suffers and you have fewer option in the post. If you choose an expensive package you get a stellar image and more option in post, but you have little money for [...]
The number of members in the film camera department depends on the kind of film being shot. Big-budget feature films usually have a larger crew than a low-budget film, TV commercial, or music video. It also depends on whether the production is union or non-union. The typical camera department usually consists of the following crew [...]
When the image makes it through the lens it gets recorded in various ways by a small chip located near the lens, called the charge-coupled device (CCD). There are two sorts, determined by which kind of camera you have:
Single-chip. These dominate the lower, domestic end of the market. It collects over 300 000 pixel bits [...]
Most lighting isn’t neutral. Most light contains a color cast that tints the objects in a shot. Even if you can’t see the tint with your eye, it makes a difference to the camera. Depending on lighting conditions, the light in a location may have a blue or a yellow tint that colors everything you [...]
A camera report must accompany every roll of film that is shot and sent to the lab for processing. The information on the report is used by the lab to make certain the film is processed and returned correctly and is also used by the editor to locate and identify shots during editing.
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The EIA Video Systems Committee set five measurement parameters that would be
evaluated under low light conditions.
1. Luminance level
2. Black level
3. Luminance signal-to-noise ratio
4. Chroma level
5. Resolution
Tests were developed to measure these parameters and minimum limits were set on
the measurement results. To be judged acceptable, the camcorder would have to meet
the minimum limits on all five [...]
