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Re:Approved Cameras by dylan604 on Saturday January 08, 2022 @06:24PM (#29857729)
If it were up to me, if the camera doesn't have Global Shutter, it should not be allowed. Nothing more annoying to me than when flash/strobes appear on partial multiple frames. <shudder> Then again, if it were up to me, it would not be allowed to be called cinema unless it used global shutter.
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Re:Approved Cameras by ryandamm on Saturday January 08, 2022 @09:02PM (#29859065)
I agree with you about how ugly the split screen effect is, but that's not strictly a camera issue -- you can sync strobes to your genlock signal. That reflects a production choice not a camera choice.

The quality of global shutter cameras is simply nowhere near the quality of rolling shutter cameras, though there are more acceptable options showing up these days, they still typically have lower dynamic range and generally worse specs.

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Re:Approved Cameras by ancientworldnow on Sunday January 09, 2022 @02:34AM (#29861134)
The Arri Alexa is the camera on which essentially every Oscar winning film and it has been shot on for the past decade has a rolling shutter as do the film cameras before it.
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Re:Approved Cameras by anarayanan31 on Saturday January 08, 2022 @09:29PM (#29859293)
You are aware film cameras use a rolling shutter, too?
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