Stereovision, the frontrunner of technology for providing the
equipment and tools that are currently used in the international
film making community to film makers in India, recently launched
Phantom Flex which is the world's most flexible digital cinema
camera. Phantom Flex by Vision Research is based on the Phantom
imaging technology used by NASA, American Sports Medicine and
more. The launch function of the camera was recently held in Chennai.
Celebrities who attended the function included DOPs Ravi. K Chandran,
Arvind Krishna, Gopinath, Vijay, Ekambaram, Directors Vishnuvardhan,
Venkat Prabhu, Dharani, Actors Nakul, Krishna, Silambarasan, VTV
Ganesh, Prashanth, Premji, Vaibhav.
The camera, which has got rave reviews from leading engineers
from across the globe, is also seen as a tool to fight global
warming. With a capacity of shooting upto 13,000 frames per second,
the Phantom was recently used in the Football world cup in South
Africa. The images captured goes beyond HD and shoots 4k.
The three most important aspects are as follows:
• Records 1455 fps @4K resolution (2650 X 1600)
• The digital cine magazine allows one to record and transfer
infinitely thus saving lot of money spent on film stock
• An immediate playback of the shot can be viewed on the set thus
saving time for corrections.
Other Features of this Camera are:
• 1000 ISO (measured using ISO 12232 SAT method)
• 12-bit pixel depth
• Flexible lens options: choose between 35mm (PL, Canon EOS, Nikon
F, Panavision), Super 16mm, and 2/3" lenses
• Global, electronic shutter down to one-microsecond
• Select raw digital workflow, video workflow, or combine both
for maximum control and flexibility
• Internal mechanical shutter for hands-free and remote Current
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• Dual HD-SDI outputs: 2 x 4:2:2 HD-SDI ports can be configured
as dual-link 4:4:4 video
• On-camera controls for mode selection, settings, playback, edit
& save
• Frame synchronization to external signals allows multiple cameras
to be synchronized, essential for stereo 3D recording
• 16GB or 32GB of high-performance built-in dynamic RAM
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