Canon's 4 Million ISO Camera Will Cost $10K Less than Expected | No Film School

In a post the other day, Canon Rumors pointed out that ME20F-SH is not only available for pre-order, but that the price has dropped from $30,000 to $20,000. While I can't imagine many individual shooters or production companies lining up to purchase this camera, it's an exciting development nonetheless, because it should theoretically make the rental rates lower than they would have been otherwise.

In case you need a quick refresher on this camera, here are the specs:

35mm full-frame CMOS sensor (single), effective pixel count: approx. 2.26 million pixels
Minimum subject illumination: Less than 0.0005 lux (at maximum 75 dB gain setting, equivalent to an ISO sensitivity of over four million)
Pixel Pitch: 19 Microns
Lens mount: Canon EF mount (Cinema Lock type)
Optical filters: ND filter with two density levels (motorized manual / auto) IR cut filter (motorized manual)
Frame rates: 59.94P / 59.94i / 50.00P / 50.00i / 29.97P / 25.00P / 23.98P
Gamma: Canon Log, Wide DR, etc.
Two 3G / HD-SDI BNC jacks (1080P / 1080i / 720P)
One HDMI connector
Genlock terminal: BNC jack (input only)
Remote terminal: φ2.5mm stereo mini-mini-jack (Canon-proprietary protocol), Round 8-pin jack (for RS-422, Canon-proprietary protocol)
Microphone terminal: φ3.5mm stereo mini-jack
AF: One-shot AF
Auto-exposure: Combined interlocking (iris / gain / ND / shutter)
White balance: AWB, color-temperature setting (setting range: 2000 to 15000 degrees Kelvin), natural light, light bulb, Setting A, Setting B
Digital teleconverter: 2x, 4x
Power input: 4-pin XLR DC11-17V, Terminal block 2-pin jack DC11-17V
Operating temperature: 32 degrees F (0 degrees C) to 104 degrees F (40 degrees C)
Body dimensions: Approx. 4 inches (102mm) (w) x 4.5 inches (116mm) (h) x 4.4 inches (113mm) (d) (excluding protrusions)
Weight: Approx. 2.4 lbs (1.1 kg) (body only)
Availability: December 2015
Price: $20,000

And some footage:

Again, this is absolutely a specialty camera that you would probably never want to purchase outright. However, for certain extreme low-light shots and sequences, like nighttime exteriors lit only by moonlight or even underwater cinematography, it could make for a compelling rental option.

The Canon ME20F-SH is still expected to begin shipping in December.

Source: B&H

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What's the Hype With 'Interstellar' Revisiting Cinemas After a Decade in 70mm IMAX?

Here's Why You Need to Revisit 'Interstellar' in 70mm IMAX

Celebrate the love and hope at the center of Nolan's space epic in the format it was meant to be seen.

If we know anything about Christopher Nolan, he likes to go big. Nolan started with smaller-scale stories (as many of us do) with early noir adjacent works like Following, Memento, and Insomnia, then started going and staying big with his illusionist drama The Prestige. Since then, the scale has been various degrees of massive, with the biggest scope in his time-and-space sprawling epic, Interstellar.

While Interstellarmight not be everyone's favorite Nolan outing, there's no denying it's an impressive feat of filmmaking and his most emotional—if watching Matthew McConaughey's Cooper desperately try to reach his family through quantum space-time doesn't make you cry at least a little bit, what's going on, dude?

With Interstellar'sIMAX release, it's a great time to shed some tears in a public setting in one of the most prestigious film formats around. As we mentioned in our film gauge piece, Nolan loves shooting on film and utilizes 65mm intentionally to provoke a tone of massive scale. In that regard, Interstellar was made for 70mm IMAX. That goes without saying, dawg. That being said, other factors make Interstellar a perfect movie to revisit in theaters while you can.

Let's break down the release further below.

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