ARRI ARRIFLEX D-21 HD Film Camera User Manual


 
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Mscope
TM
– A New and Unique Output Format
A new and unique feature of both D-21 and D-21 HD is the patented Mscope
TM
process, which combines for the rst time the use of anamorphic lenses with the
economy of HD acquisition.
Filmmakers and audiences alike have grown up with the uniquely cinematic ana-
morphic look and associate it with the emotional impact of big-screen movies. The
sheer width and clarity of the format, its shallow depth of eld, the way it handles out
of focus backgrounds and ares, all of these have been burned into the subconscious
of cinema-goers for over half a century.
Both D-21 and D-21 HD are uniquely positioned to allow the use of anamorphic
lenses through their 4:3 format sensor, which captures the whole image projected by
anamorphic lenses. Most other digital cameras with their 16:9 sensors are less than
ideal for anamorphic lenses; the Mscope
TM
frames contain approximately 80% more
scanning lines than equivalent 2.40:1 scope images derived from ordinary 16:9 HD.
TRUE ANAMORPHIC IN HD
The anamorphically squeezed image as it
appears on the D-21 or D-21 HD 4:3 sensor
(2880 x 2160 pixels)
After post production the image has been downscaled and cropped to cover a 2.40:1 area
(1920 x 800 pixels for HD distribution or 1728 x 1440 for ARRILASER lm recording)