Russian Stereo-70 Cameras for Large Format 3D Filmmaking
Simplify
and reduce the costs of 3D Large Format filmmaking with a
combination of Russian-made 3D cameras and digital conversion
process, such as IMAX DMR™. Stereo?70 cameras capture
stereo-pairs side by side on a 5/70 frame, each eye having an
area of 18.2x26mm, about the size of a standard 35mm frame. This
matches the aspect ratio of 15/70 and with appropriate digital
up-resing (by DMR, for example) provides higher quality results
than shooting on digital 2K camera.
Stereo-70
cameras are considerably lighter, more flexible and better
equipped specifically for 3D shooting than existing 15/70 or 8/70
3D cameras or rigs. The cameras are also well suited to making
3D films intended for 35mm, digital 2K or 3D DVD.
The
prolonged period of return on investments in production is the
main hindrance of the giant-screen 3D cinema development. In
case of 3D, using 70-mm 15-perforation film frames, both
dimensions and weight of film-making and projection
“large-format” technology equipment increase drastically,
more than twice, and they grow in geometrical progression, as
compared with the traditional 35-mm format. The weight of the 3D
film shooting complex reaches almost
3D-film
producers seek new technologies, which would allow reaching the
effect similar to natural. In spite of the fact that some
producers have already declared the production of some projects
with application of the digital technology, no final solution of
this technology has been found as yet. And the reason is not only
insufficient resolution of the existing digital cameras, but also
the fact that the offered two digital cameras junction is
fundamentally unable to accomplish a correctly calculated filming
stereography, which is proved by stereographic faults in the
created films based on this technology, despite of their
creators’ authority. Such faults make the viewer feel
discomfort close to pain.
At
the same time, IMAX presented its new DMR (Digital Mastering
Reconstruction) technology, which stipulates converting the
traditional 35-mm films into 15/70 format through scanning and
digital processing with application of a special program. Results
are impressive: the company has already released commercial
films, including “Apollo-
Along
with the high appreciation of DMR results, StereoKino suggests to
use the idea of this technology directly in production of films
intended for the giant screen, in particular, in production of 3D
films using Russian Stereo-70 system.
The
compatibility of IMAX 3D and Stereo-70 systems by the frame ratio
allows to use the Russian technology at the start, directly in
the shooting process, with the subsequent conversion of a 5/70
format stereo-pair of two adjacent 18.2x26-mm frames into 15/70
format on two films. It will allow essential savings in the
film-making process and permit to solve the problem of mobility
and competitiveness compared to the conventional film production.
The informational capacity of 35-mm frame is much higher than the
contemporary digital format, and the specialized Russian 3D
cameras are most manageable in the sphere of stereography.
Russian
technology for making the motion pictures gives economic
solutions of 3D films promotion not only in IMAX 3D theatres and
in the 3D digital cinema.
To inquire about Stereo-70 equipment rent or purchase,
please, contact:
oskarash@yahoo.com,
713-922-4469 or 713-266-3944