ARRI ARRIFLEX D-21 Digital Camera User Manual


 
10
A Film Sized Sensor & Film Lenses for a Film Look
Depth of eld is the one of the most powerful creative tools available to cinema-
tographers, and the shallow depth of eld of 35 mm lm cameras has become
associated with cinematic imagery in the minds of movie audiences over the last
100 years. The D-21’s sensor has the same size as a Super 35 mm lm frame to give
cinematographers the same versatility and control of depth of eld.
Having a wide range of lenses available is of immense importance, as it gives
cinematographers the greatest exibility in expressing their vision. The 35 lm
format enjoys the widest variety of prime, zoom and specialty lenses available for
any format, and the D-21 is compatible with all those lenses thanks to its industry
standard PL lens mount. Since the D-21 is the only high-end digital camera with a
4x3 aspect ratio like 35 mm lm, it is also the only digital camera that can take full
advantage of the unique CinemaScope look of anamorphic lenses.
Further enhancing the lm-like quality of D-21 images is the camera’s rotating
mirror shutter, which functions exactly as it does on 35 mm ARRI lm cameras. This
method of progressive image capture results in the most lm-like motion portrayal
possible.
The D-21 PL mount. Inside,
the sensor is visible on the
left, and the half closed
mirror shutter is visible
on the right.
The ARRIFLEX D-21 is the only digital high-end camera that can
make full use of anamorphic lenses for the CinemaScope format.
The image, as recorded by the D-21
with an anamorphic lens.
A simple 2:1 stretch and slight crop of the sides
in post results in a CinemaScope format image.
FOR AN AUTHENTIC CINEMATIC LOOK