Digital cinematography

A Panavision Genesis camera.

Digital cinematography is the process of capturing (recording) a motion picture using digital image sensors rather than through film stock. As digital technology has improved in recent years, this practice has become dominant. Since the 2000s, most movies across the world have been captured as well as distributed digitally.

Many vendors have brought products to market, including traditional film camera vendors like Arri and Panavision, as well as new vendors like Red, Blackmagic, Silicon Imaging, Vision Research and companies which have traditionally focused on consumer and broadcast video equipment, like Sony, GoPro, and Panasonic.

As of 2017, professional 4K digital cameras were approximately equal to 35mm film in their resolution and dynamic range capacity; however, digital capture no longer has a different look from film. Some moviemakeres still prefer to use film picture formats to achieve the desired results.[1]

  1. ^ "Film vs. Digital: A Comparison of the Advantages and Disadvantages". PetaPixel. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 2016-06-28.