Filmmaking cameras
Film cameras and Lens used for
'The Woman King'
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For the film's many night-exterior scenes, which nearly always featured characters’ dark skin tones, DP Polly Morgan consulted with Sasaki to modify a set of Panavision’s T Series anamorphic lenses to reduce the contrast in her images and preserve detail.
For most of the shoot Morgan paired these optics with the Arri Alexa Mini LF. But for location work where sequences such as the opening battle were shot she chose the Arri Rental Alexa 65. When shooting with the 65, Morgan paired the camera with customizedPanavision Panaspeeds, customized to match the T Series.
CAMERAS
Arri Alexa 65
Offering a complete large-format solution for high-end motion pictures, the ALEXA 65 system comprises a 65 mm digital cinema camera, custom-designed prime and zoom lenses, and fast, efficient workflow tools. Interest in the system has spread rapidly, with leading filmmakers pressing to use it on major feature films and IMAX announcing that it has selected the ALEXA 65 platform as its digital option for 2D IMAX productions.
Available exclusively through ARRI Rental, the ALEXA 65 has already been supplied to numerous high-profile projects, some using it as the main unit camera throughout production and others using it as a specialist camera for sequences that require extreme levels of image quality.
"Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," shot by Greig Fraser has been utilizing the ALEXA 65 as its main unit A, B and C-cameras. Before that, Stuart Dryburgh captured with ALEXA 65 on "The Great Wall," using it as his A and B-cameras on main unit.
Behind the ALEXA 65's latest system updates are pioneering technology advances that will also feature in ARRI's new-generation ALEXA SXT cameras. The updated ALEXA 65 now supports 2 TB SXR capture drives, offering over 40 minutes of recording time at the full 6560 x 3100 sensor resolution.
Arri Alexa Mini LF
The go-to camera for drama series, feature films and commercials.
Combining the compact size and low weight of the popular ALEXA Mini with the large-format ALEXA LF sensor, ALEXA Mini LF brings exciting new creative possibilities to ARRI’s large-format camera system. Featuring 16 recording formats, the Mini LF can be universally used for large format and Super 35 productions.
The ARRI ALEXA Mini LF camera native 4K recording, with ARRIRAW or ProRes recording in LF Open Gate, LF 16:9, or LF 2.39:1 mode. It combines large-format resolution with an optimal pixel size for excellent image quality producing vivid, nuanced images with natural skin tones.
LENSES
Panavision Panaspeed
The Panaspeed lens series is a high speed, large-format companion to the Primo-L series of optics. Sharing many of the same traits – such as excellent veiling glare resistance, a blend of technical aberration correction, and the introduction of artistic nuances in the form of select aberration inclusion – the Panaspeeds also incorporate improved features including no blue line, better close focus, anti-breathing control, faster aperture, and greater field illumination. At T/1.4, these lenses are the fastest optics available for large-format cinematography. Panaspeeds are compatible with film and digital 35mm and full-frame cameras equipped with SP70 mounts.