Oscar nominee cameras

ElDude · 20 Jan 2014 at 19:05

Just saw this and as there's a minimum of cinematography mentioned in here I thought I'd post the link:

http://nofilmschool.com/2014/01/which-cameras-were-used-on-the-oscar-nominated-films-of-2014/

I know virtually nothing about the film side of things, but I expected RED to get a mention. I can honestly say I haven't heard of some of the lens manufacturers either!

GTRacer · 20 Jan 2014 at 19:25

Good to see film still being used quite widely!

RIZZEE · 20 Jan 2014 at 19:27

Was a tad surprised that RED wasn't on there. Good to see ARRI dominating though, both in film and digital.

Inazuma · 20 Jan 2014 at 20:48

I've heard that RED cameras tend to be quite unreliable (break often). Maybe that's why they're not widely used. Those ARRI cameras do deserve the win though. All the films and TV shows that they're used in look fantastic (though thats not to say the RED can't match it).

Rojin · 20 Jan 2014 at 21:19

The link in the comments to the Red forums is an interesting read.

ElDude · 20 Jan 2014 at 22:31

Rojin said:
The link in the comments to the Red forums is an interesting read.

You're not wrong. I just spent ages reading through that. LOTS more info in there than I expected. Some very good points made and the techy info in there is interesting too.

I like the three trains of thought:

Old boys club (conspiracy)
Waiting for new tech
Coincidental due to scripts/story

It's all good fun and a change from photography forums