Aaton Penelope Delta super 35 sensor with 7K option

Ted Ramasola

Ted Ramasola

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"Possible 16 stops of DR" according to the article.

Link to FDtimes
http://www.fdtimes.com/2012/09/11/aaton-penelope-delta/

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if you're distributing just a single frame, why would you choose one with such weird color??
 
Samuel H said:
if you're distributing just a single frame, why would you choose one with such weird color??
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LOL! Well at least Jon apologized in the article, he probably had to rush it to press. ;)
"Racing from IBC hall 11 to Marquise technologies in hall 7, we looked at the dailies. Filmic and gorgeous. An available-light scene in a cafe held noiseless detail in deep dark shadows under the chair (below, left) while highlights in the silver espresso machine did not burn out (right). Apologies to Caroline–my graded jpeg below doesn’t do full justice to the original DNG file."

Now if only he will post THAT DNG file he was talking about.
 
Colour grade aside, this looks like an incredible sensor.

Way, way out of my league... But I always like these guys, mainly for the "cat on a shoulder" tagline... cracks me up.
 
I've been waiting on Penelope since NAB 2008 when she was going to have interchangeable film and digital capacities. Still really eager to see some footage. Interestingly, I read that it's going cost around 90,000 Euros - which puts it right up there.
 
16 stops, CCD, 7K/3.5K RAW, Optical VF (?), 100 and 800 swappable base ISO, built in media and battery.

Immense, I hope they manage to get it out.
 
I wonder why they went with such odd (literally) resolutions? 3.5k and 7K.

I mean they put all that effort into creating a sensor, Why not go the extra step and make it true 4k and then 8k?

Just seemed a little strange to me, but resolution aside, 16 stops of DR is pretty damn impressive.
 
Tim Nitsch said:
I wonder why they went with such odd (literally) resolutions? 3.5k and 7K.

I mean they put all that effort into creating a sensor, Why not go the extra step and make it true 4k and then 8k?

Just seemed a little strange to me, but resolution aside, 16 stops of DR is pretty damn impressive.
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I'm no engineer but less pixels on the sensor means larger photosites which helps with light sensitivity. 3.5K and 7K are still more than enough for a nice debayer and effects work with a 2K or 4K master so it seems like a smart tradeoff. This of course is all me talking out my arse.
 
Are we sure they developed the sensor? I've read it's a Teledyne-DALSA sensor. Maybe it was designed with a different primary use in mind.
 
It is a dalsa sensor, but more importantly ccd. This will surely be a hot commodity for big budget hand held action movies. If only they would mass produce that sensor and make it available for more modest camera systems, Like maybe a future BlackMagic model.
 
Jay Birch said:
16 stops, CCD, 7K/3.5K RAW, Optical VF (?), 100 and 800 swappable base ISO, built in media and battery.

Immense, I hope they manage to get it out.
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They've rated it at 14 stops themselves, I imagine the "16 stops" is similar to the "14 stops" Adam Wilt found the FS700 to have (i.e. if it's there, you can't see it)
 
Grug said:
It plays the soothing sound of film running through the gate, so that camera ops feel right at home.
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:beer:

That is a beautiful camera. I never shot with an Aaton, but I always wanted to. I always thought that the Aaton 35mm camera would be THE film camera for fast shoot, run and gun, guerrilla low budget 35mm feature. Oh well..... But this camera... If they get it out, in decent numbers, it could be a contender!

That optical viewfinder, CCD chip and mechanical shutter, along with great image quality (More images are needed to seal the deal on that though) is so very enticing. It is out of my price range of course, but I look forward to some big time Cinematographers, especially in Europe, giving us some great images with this camera. I hope.
 
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