DEFINITION’S CAMERA LISTINGS
DJI drones were used to augment the scale and powerful impact conveyed by the rest of the footage the teams obtained for Seven Worlds, One Planet . In particular the Inspire 2, which has a rumoured flight time of up to 33 minutes and integrates a heating system that allows it to fly in -20°C, was used in Antarctica. This drone, alongside the Mavic 2 Pro, was able to capture the holy grail of wildlife filmography: an aggregation of great whales. More than 150 humpback whales feasted on krill off the coast of Elephant Island in one of the biggest feeding frenzies ever caught on camera. The footage is now being used to inform a scientific study. Advances in drone technology also mean that drone image quality now matches that of other high-end production cameras. The Inspire 2 uses the DJI Zenmuse X7 Super35 6K camera, which has a colour profile that is especially close to Arri Alexa LUTs. DJI product manager, Andre Becker, explains: “We didn’t want to create our own camera with our own look, we wanted to have a camera that complements other footage.” Drones were instrumental in capturing unique perspectives and wildlife filming firsts DOCUMENTARY DJI INSPIRE 2 BASED ON:
SPECIFICATION: DJI ZENMUSE X7
SENSOR – FORMAT AND SIZE
23.5x12.5mm (max recording area)
30fps at 6K (full FOV), 59.97fps at 3.9K (narrow FOV) in CinemaDNG and 30fps at 5.2K (full FOV) in ProRes formats
FRAME RATES
DL-Mount
LENS MOUNT
CinemaDNG, ProRes Raw, ProRes Raw HQ, ProRes Raw 422 HQ, ProRes Raw 4444 HQ
RECORDING OPTIONS
±3 (3 stops of light)
EXPOSURE LATITUDE
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