Movie Making Manual/Cinematography/Cameras and Formats/Technical Qualities of the Capture Medium

=Technical qualities of the capture medium=

Comparison of different cameras

 * Sony HDV FX1 = 5.5 stops
 * Canon XL2 = 6 stops
 * Panasonic DVX100a = 7 stops
 * Sony F900 / Panasonic Varicam = 5 stops under, 2 stops over - better to underexpose HD
 * Dalsa Origin 4k digital = 12 stops
 * Negative film = 18 stops (!)

Chroma subsampling

 * Excellent WikiPedia article on chroma subsampling

Comparison of different formats

 * DV or MiniDV(NTSC) = 4:1:1
 * DV or MiniDV(PAL) = 4:2:0
 * HDV = 4:2:0
 * DVCPRO = 4:1:1
 * DVCPRO50 = 4:2:2
 * DVCPRO100 = 4:2:2
 * HDCAM = 3:1:1
 * HDCAM SR = 4:4:4
 * DVD video = 4:2:0


 * JPEG = 4:4:4 or 4:2:2 or 4:2:0

Colour balance

 * WikiPedia article on colour temperature

Colour saturation
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