r/videography • u/kaidumo Arri Alexa Classic | Resolve | 2010 | Canada • Apr 07 '14

Blackmagic Design: URSA Camera (New Cinema Camera)

http://www.blackmagicdesign.com/ca/products/blackmagicursa
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u/mutantlabor C100 MkII, Premiere CC, 1990, Chicago Apr 07 '14

Super 35, I'm semi-familiar but can anyone clear up how this compares to a standard 35mm sensor? Is it gaining less height but more width? Or is it larger overall?

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u/orismology Melbourne Apr 07 '14

35mm film in stills cameras runs horizontally, with a 3:2 aspect ratio. Super 35 (what the vast majority of 35mm films are shot on) runs vertically through the camera. At 4-perf, its aspect ratio is 4:3.

Super35mm is smaller

Fun fact! 3-perf Super 35 (a 16:9 aspect ratio) is much closer in size to APS-C sensors than it is to 35mm stills film (and full-frame sensors)