Which cameras are used to shoot movies?

The movie industry has evolved in such a fashion as to be shocked by its own reflection from the past. Such has been the journey of the cinema. The entertainment industry is the most profitable, most enticing and the most palpable. The onscreen persona, the camaraderie, the tense back stories, all of this is intriguing. Is this all that is there? What goes on behind the camera? Or more importantly what kind of a camera captures such stunning visuals? That’s a whole new take to the movie industry. Let’s go behind the breathtaking captures and see the integral cog in the wheel of this industry.It started with a bioscope, a kaleidoscope of photos rotated in a box to give the viewer a sense of moving pictures. But even at that time, one couldn’t have succeeded without the photos or the device used to capture those photos i.e. the camera. The cinema has been derived from cinematograph itself, where cinematograph refers to a motion-picture camera. Well, this gives us the real picture with the camera being the heart of the movie industry.

With changing times our very own bulky, black and white camera has also evolved and different variants have found their place in the industry. How do movies now have such breathtaking visuals and scenes giving us goosebumps with their picturesque attributes? It’s all about the kind of camera used to capture and present those visuals to look appealing on the big screen. Let us take a look at the list of top 5 cameras used in the movie industry today. These cameras have been used in the most popular movies of our time. What better way to compile the list than with cameras that have been a part of Oscar nominated movies. So here we go with the list of some of the top notch cameras,

1. ARRICAM LT – it has been incorporated in movies like Taken 3, Fast and Furious 7, The Big Short, Bridge of Spies.
2. ARRICAM ST – this camera has worked wonders in movies such as The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game.
3. SONY CINEALTA F65 – it has shown its potential in top class movies like Lucy, Oblivion, Evil Dead, Save me.
4. PANAVISION GENESIS – Captain America, Get Smart, Zombieland, Robin Hood are some of the movies where this camera has been used to present stunning cinematography.
5. RED EPIC DRAGON – with new age cinema, this new age camera had a greater role.to play in movies like Transformers: Age of Extinction, Gone Girl, The Martian, The Danish Girl etc.

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