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Movie Making Manual/Cinematography/Cameras and Formats/Technical Qualities of the Capture Medium
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Technical qualities of the capture medium
Latitude / Dynamic Range
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
Signal to noise ratio / SNR / grain
Speed / sensitivity
Contrast
Colour balance
WikiPedia article on colour temperature
Look up tables / LUTs
Colour saturation