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DANCE FEVER Decode’s Samuel Martin on how the form factor of the EX3 and F3 helped him create an affordable 3d rig
One of the issues with 3d production is the size and cost of stereoscopic kit. It’s an issue which hire company Decode has been trying to address with its new range of 3d mirror rigs – one of which has been developed for cameras such as the PMW-EX3 and PMW-F3. As Decode managing director Samuel Martin
explains: “We have developed these D-Raptor rigs over the last 15 months for affordable 3d rentals.” Martin has found his role as director of 3d cinema
doc Streetdance Choreographer to be a useful ways of honing rig designs. Shot on a range of high end camera formats, the documentary focuses on dancer and choreographer Sisco Gomez’s search for a new generation of streetdancers. Says Martin: “The film has to look as good as
possible but we don’t have a massive Hollywood- style budget so we looked at using the highest
quality, smallest HD camera we had – the EX3 – for sections where maneuvreability, weight and size were key. 3d rigs can become very very heavy and if you are following dancers moving across a wide range of locations in a day you need a rig based around cameras such as the EX3 which are small and more manoeuvrable. Synching images with timecode is another big issue with 3d and we found that the EX3s were fantastic at that. There were no issues with images going out of sync and it meant that we didn’t have to use a lot of extra expensive kit to sync the images together.” The rig can also be adapted to accommodate the
F3, which Martin describes as a fantastic camera for 3d. “The F3 has everything the EX3 has plus the 35mm sensor with a PL mount – so you have the option of using film lenses to get a cinematic look.”
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