Two entrepreneurs have at the SxSW film festival, a digital version of the Bolex-16mm-film camera announced. The Digital Bolex D16 can optionally be equipped with a pistoolgrip and 2k-raw format-video recording.
The Digital Bolex D16 has been developed by Joe Rubinstein and Elle Schneider, and features a Kodak ccd image sensor, with a size of 12,85 mm 9,64 mm corresponds to that of Super 16mm analog film. The pixels on the sensor have a size of 5.5 µm.
Particularly is that the camera is not directly a video is being created in which image information by compression is lost, but that there are raw images in up to 2k format included. This offers more possibilities for post processing including controlling the white balance and the zogheten color grading, but it has the disadvantage that more storage space is needed.
The images are stored in Adobe CinemaDNG, tiff, or jpeg format. The camera can be according to specifications at a resolution of 2048×1152 pixels with a frame rate extract of 32fps. With that frame rate, full hd recording, while there’s also a 720/60p and 480/90p-stand.
If lensbevestiging by default, the C-mount used. For this there are enough lenses available. Optionally, the Digital Bolex D16 also be supplied with a PL mount used by most professional film cameras used. The camera has storage two cf slots and an ssd as a buffer. For audio, the Digital Bolex D16, two xlr connectors, and optionally, the camera can be equipped with an hd-sdi-video-out.
The two wanted to with the Digital Bolex D16 is a camera develop for indie filmmakers and amateurfilmmakers. The price of 3299 dollar is relatively low. The A-Cam dll from Ikonoskop is a similar, existing camera, but that costs about the double.
The camera is now only still an early prototype, but the developers have already secured the Bolex name and raise through Kickstarter money in order to the first batch of Digital Bolex D16 cameras to be able to produce.
The developers have already more than 242.000 dollar collected, that the first two milestones have been achieved. This means that the first batch of one hundred cameras in August available should be. A donation of $ 2500 or more offers a warranty on one of the hundred pieces. The well-known cinematographer Philip Bloom has the developers interviewed and is one of the donors for the project.
