DEFINITION’S 4K CAMERA LISTINGS
SONY VENICE BASED ON:
For Seasons 1 and 2 of The Crown , set in the fifties and sixties, DOP Adriano Goldman used Cooke Panchro lenses, while Tiffen Glimmerglass filters added glow in the highlights and haze to the atmosphere. “This helped make the visuals less naturalistic, and a bit more romantic,” he says. For Seasons 3 and 4, set in the seventies and eighties, Goldman jumped to Zeiss Super Speeds. He reasons: “They’re still vintage, but are sharper than the Panchros.” For Seasons 1, 2 and 3, the lenses were attached to a Sony F55 camera, rated at ISO 800. “If you went to ISO 1250, it got too noisy,” he says. For Season 4, the Sony Venice was used, rated at ISO 500 for day shots and ISO 1000 for night shots. While not a ‘technical DOP’, Goldman explains: “The ISO 500 base preferred a little underexposure, whereas the ISO 1000 base preferred to be overexposed by a stop and a half to kill any noise.” Despite falling in love with the Sony Venice, Goldman doesn’t get nostalgic about cameras, always ready to embrace something new or vintage. As The Crown’s storyline evolves, so does its tech: DOP Adriano Goldman talks upgrading from Sony F55 to Venice DRAMA
SPECIFICATION
SENSOR – FORMAT AND SIZE
Full-frame 6K 6048x4032, 36x24mm CMOS
24fps 6K, 60fps 4K
FRAME RATES
PL, E
LENS MOUNT
4096x2160 XAVC, ProRes 422, 59.94p, MPEG-4 H.264/AVC
RECORDING OPTIONS
15+ stops
EXPOSURE LATITUDE
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