Panavision's Genesis

The 'Genesis' is one of Panavision's higher-end digital movie cameras, which uses a full frame 35mm-width, 1.78 (16:9) aspect ratio, 12.4-megapixel RGB CCD. This is a full bandwidth (4:4:4) HD SDI camera with improved colorimetry and sensitometry-related specs and a Super 35-sized recording area. Thus makes it compatible with regular Cine Primo lenses and 35 mm depth of field. Unlike that 2/3" 3-CCD RGB imaging systemthat was used in the CineAlta, the Genesis uses a single 12 megapixel CCD chip with the same width (but not the same height) as a standard 35mm film frame. The main imaging module of the Genesis is made by Sony, but the exact relationship between the two companies is unclear to me, since that wierd joint partnership was dissolved in 2004 with Panavision's re-purchase of the 8% shareholding Sony bought in 2000.

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