I had the opportunity to spend some time at a shoot where the ArriFlex D21 was the chosen weapon. I also spend a good while chatting to the Visual Effects guys providing PreViz for the Director, but best of all was spending time with the Cameraman; Justin – very cool. Justin was one of those guys that was more interesting in the image than the number of Mega Pixels – that was for the Data Guys 
. He also had some interesting things to say about the RED One that he had used – but more of that next week, for now – the ArriFlex …
These cameras, just like the RED One, just don’t have the same visual impact as when armed with a suitable rocket launcher of a lens. So here is my terrible mobile phone picture taken of me when I was on set. lol
| Effective Pixel Resolution |
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| Color Space | 4:2:2 YCbCr 10 bit (4:4:4 in dual link HD-SDI mode) |
| Sensor | Full 35mm |
| FrameRates | Variable frames (up to 60fps in HD 422 mode) |
| Aperture | 23.760 x 13.365 mm/0.9354″ x 0.5262″ in HD Mode 23.760 x 17.820 mm/0.9354″ x 0.7016″ max. in Data Mode & Mscope™ |
It’s not the best looking camera; hard edges and strange angles – but the same can be said of RED’s cameras although they seems to have cooler look about them. The D21′s see quite bulky especially when there is a huge lens attached.
Some great links:
Full Camera Specs
