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MillimeterProducts: Genesis
Aug 1, 2004 4:26 PM, By Dan Ochiva
Unique HD Camera
While Panavision developed its “Panavised” version of Sony's CineAlta some four years ago, many cinematographers felt it supported an HD technology still limited in resolution by a smaller CCD target and other constraints.
All that changed with the recent announcement of the Genesis camera system. Co-developed by Panavision and Sony, it offers a single 12.4-megapixel RGB sensor, sized in the familiar Super 35mm format. That allows the camera to use Panavision's existing spherical 35mm lenses, yielding the depth of field of a 35mm film camera.
There's a better recording technology, too. A modified next-generation Sony SRW-1 HD VTR attaches to the body to mimic the look and handling of a Panavision Panaflex, while recording full scan 10-bit signals for each RGB channel. Dual-link 4:4:4 HD-SDI outputs, a 4:2:2 HD-SDI monitor output, and an integrated fiber-optic adapter complete the system.
Genesis — could that name be a tweak of Dalsa's Origin moniker? — will be manufactured at Panavision's facility in Woodland Hills, Calif. Rentals should come by year's end. www.panavision.com
