SOC Gmrral Membtrship
Meeting
Arri Demos D-20 at Breakfast Meeting
T
he annual SOC-ARRI Brcakfust meeting. held in the
~lotion Picture Tclcvi~ion Fund
Country Hou;c Lounge on February 4th, 2006. """attended by 50 members, applicant> and guests.
Bill Russell of Arri talks to atrcndce-.s at the gcnc:·ral meeting.
Arccnd;incc \\'~ cc-rriflc bcc3usc a large pare of chc 1ncering
was devoted to the proposed IATSEcomract changes and how they \\·ould affect can1cra operators.
On hand was the new ARRI D-20 Hi-Dd1nirion camera {the only D-20 on the West Coast). Arri reprcsenL1ti\'es VP Bill Russell and Technical Services Manager Stephan Ukas·Bradlcy L•lked about the development. testing. fururc and technical capabilirics of the ARRI D-20 digiral camera. A Powcrpoim
\\ith a LUT (Look Up T.•blc) t0 provide the maximum scnsitiviry prcscndy a\'Oilablc {<quivalcnr ro 400 ISO film scoek). The whicc balance """a srandard rungscen setting and the marcrial """recorded to a Sony HDCAM SR port.tble recorder (model SRW.J) in 4:4:4 RGB SQ mode at 23.976 frames per second. The camera used a 180 degree sening for
presentation, demo reel ofD~20 cc.~[$. and hands'"on session anS\vcrcd questions and ga\·c u.s a glimpse into our fururcs.
Many thanks to Bill Russcll and ARRI for this detailed pre· view co Camera Operators of the ARRI 0·20. About the D-20 The D-20 is film sryle digiral camera. Because of its single, Super 35 sized CMOS sensor. the D-20 usc-s che same lenses as 35 mm film cameras and renders the same depth officld. It has an optical viewfinder (left or right side of camera). is capable of'"'riable &ame rares and is compatible with ARRI film camera accessories. h ourpucs cirhc.r an HDTV signal in \lidco ~lode or chc raw sensor daca in
Film ~lode. The AR.RI FLEX D-20 camera used for these rem (picwrcd on screen above and in che phocos ar rhe righc) is one of the Pre Producdon Unics currcncly being cried our by cincnlatog· raphcrs in various Jocarions.. Ir
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up in HD mode
irs 1ncch:an· icaJ shucrcr and n1oni· coring \V:tS
provided in both 4:4:4 and4:2:2 during shooting. The exposure
for the rcsr photos was ser by Russell Carpcnccr using his light mccerexc<pt in the case of the candlelight scene where the level was roo low to rcgiscer-and confirmed with •n HD wavcfom1 monitor.
The lenses used were 40mm and IOOmm T 1.3 Master Primes. The images have been graded using primary correction in Lustre (a post-production color grading program) co provide pleasing flesh tones. f.,:
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