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is our original web site, please go to our new web site at:
www.hdcinema.com
Note: this URL does not have the hyphen -
recent
projects: ......Feature Films......Documentaries
for scheduling and pricing for HD camera rentals + HD vtr rentals
and HD post services
call HD Cinema LA 310-434-9500........CT 203-221-0233 ........or
NY 212 691-3561 full contact info see bottom of this page
HD Cinema
now is providing 3D Stereo production and post services.
As of April 17, 2009 HD Cinema is in production on a feature
length comedy shooting in 3D stereo with a mirror rig with two
Sony XDCAM EX3 cameras recording in full 10 bit 422 1080/24p to a
dual input HDCAM SR vtr. This rig will accomodate RED, SI 2K and
other HD digital video cameras.
On set 3D stereo monitoring is real time with a special processor
which flips the image from the mirrored camera, then times the
other camera for 3D display on 24" 3D LCD monitors both live
and with playback from the SR deck.
A wireless dual follow focus system synchronizes the standard
Fuji 14x lenses, but the Sony EX3 has an interchangeable lens
mount that allows 1/2" and 2/3" B4 lenses to be used as
well.
Post production is currently using standard 2D editorial decision
making techniques, with a separate Stereo Player but will very
soon be available using Final Cut Pro with the new Cineform Neo3D
editorial workflow. This software allows display support for 3D
monitors, Real Time Convergence adjustment, and individual
channel or dual stereo color adjustment.
Angenieux 24-290mm T 2.8 PL Mount zoom lens for 35mm and RED cameras - available now!
special May 2009
promotion $350 per day, $ 1,000 per week for Angenieux Optimo
rental
Teranex VC300 for Multi-format HD and SD conversions.
This unit handles difficult challenges of upconverting and cross
converting virtually all formats of digital video.
The Teranex has award winning technology providing the best in
DTV, including challenging 1080/60i (59.94) to 1080/24p (23.98)
conversions.
Sony
SRW-5500 HDCAM SR vtr
rental now offered in addition to our Sony SRW-5800 model which plays 1080/60p tapes
We are offering special end of the year weekly rental pricing on
our HDCAM SR, HDCAM and DVCPro HD vtrs.
new
pricing $ 450/day for RED ONE cameras with
RED EVF color viewfinders, 320GBdrives, RED LCDs.
The
RED is an amazing new camera that starts with a Super 35mm sized
4K CMOS sensor and delivers 4K, 2K or HD images in a RAW format.
Numerous feature films, commercials and music videos have been
shot with this camera. With the newest software builds this is an
established and respected camera in the production community.
Call or email for detailed RED camera rental package pricing.
Base price RED ONE 4K camera, RED EVF color viewfinder, RED 5.6
LCD .........without lenses now $ 450 per day!
RED camera rental equipment packages
RED post workflow
Background on Jim Jannard and the RED
ONE camera.....
....lWired
magazine article 8.18.08
We will be gathering DPs,1st ACs, DITs and Editors who we know to
spend time with these systems so that we may refer a pool of
talent who can operate this gear.
HD Cinema is a small boutique operation with HD camera rentals as
well as HD post production. We are in a unique position to
provide expertise for this new technology.
Sony XDCAM EX3
camera rental ......$250 per day $ 750 per week
Barely six months after the EX1 was shippingSony is now shipping
the EX3! The Sony PMW-EX3 camera has all the same specs as the
EX1, but also has genlock and the ability to slave time code for
multi-camera shoots.
The EX3 also has an interchangeable lens mount using a 1/2"
B4 type adapter. We now have the Fujinon ACM 21 adapter which
allows all our 2/3"Lenses to be used.
Sony
EX3 features interchangeable lenses 
Fujinon ACM21 2/3" and ACM18
1/2" B4 mounts
Sony XDCAM EX1
camera rental $175 per day $ 525 per week. These new cameras are amazing . The Sony PMW-EX1
cameras record 1920x1080 on SxS flash cards, the performance of
this camera totally blows away the Panasonic HVX200 with P2 cards
for about the same cost. (3) 1/2" CMOS imagers give a more
filmic shallower depth of field than the smaller 1/3 CCDs on the
HVX200.
Sony XDCAM EX rental pricing will start at $ 175 per day for a
camera and built in 14x lens and (1) 8GB SxS card that easily
load into any newer PC or MacBook with the PCExpress card slot to
copy to Firewire drives. Plugins are ready for Final Cut Pro,
Avid, Adobe Premiere, Vegas 8 and other NLEs.
See our detailed RATES for Sony XDCAM EX and
accessories pricing which are as low as $ 575 per week. Sony XDCAM EX camera
rentals are available from HD Cinema in Los Angeles and New York
metro area, and we also ship nationwide.
......
Sony
PMW-EX1 camera details.......
0.8x wide angle adapter
Sony XDCAM post workflow
contact Jeff Blauvelt via email....jeff "at" hd-cinema.com or call 310-434-9500 for all inquiries regarding production or post
Sony HDW-F900R ...the same
performance as the F900/3 CineAlta camera, but lighter weight,
plus built in HDSDI, optional slow shutter, downconverter
...Color viewfinder available,
plus the length of the Sony F900R camera body is 20% shorter
compared to the previous model. The HDW-F900R is also extremely
lightweight - 2.6 kg (5.7 lbs) lighter than the F900/3. With the
viewfinder, battery, cassette, microphone, and a small zoom lens,
the total weight is only 5.4 kg (12 lb). 
Sony HDW-F900/3 ...an
industry standard for high quality broadcast and digital cinema
production,Sony F900 rental is now very affordable. Records to
HDCAM digital videotapes, Sony BCT-40 which last 50 minutes at
24p. With our Miranda DVC800 HDSDI adapters you can feed uncompressed
1920 x 1080 24p and 60i video with 4:2:2 sampling to an
outboard digital recorderand enjoy the security and redundancy of
a high quality HDCAM original videotape.
Capture with an AJA Kona 3 to a eSATA or UltraSCSI RAID for the
highest quality, or use the AJA iO HD unit to record with a
MacPro laptop and inexpensive Firewire drives using the Apple
ProRes 4:2:2 codec. You will be ready to edit on set! 
Compact Flash recording for the Sony F900!
Convergent Designs will soon be shipping their Flash XDR™
onboard recorder. This small onboard device will allow better
than HDCAM recording for a daily rental cost of $150 ! This unit
will record to two hot-swappable CompactFlash cards, which then
can be removied and copied to hard disks at 3x -6x real time. The
Flash XDR™ unit records full I-Frame only 100 Mb/s
MPEG2 4:2:2@HL
profile. This codec is
superior to HDCAM and DVCPro recording, either to tape or to the
older P2 card technology.
Panasonic AJ-HDX900...an excellent alternative to Varicam, see
our special Panasonic HDX-900 rental pricing
the newest Panasonic DVCPro HD
camera the Panasonic HDX900 outperforms the Varicam in many
areas, and costs less!
...shoot 720/24p and up to 60p for slow motion, and also record
1080/24p and 60i ! ...uses all our lenses below [ 2/3" ccd
sensor]; powerful Time Lapse, 8 sec solid state cache recorder,
HDSDI, 4Ch 48KHz audio, 4:2:2 color sampling, Firewire output !
Producers and DP Guides to HD Camera Operations
Panasonic Varicam camera rental - we recently discontinued offering
Varicam rentals as the HDX900 has proven to be a more popular
camera for us to
offer
Canon Lens
Rental.....Canon HD lenses for rent with Sony B4 mount
Canon HD-EC
CineStyle zoom lenses.......
Canon web site link
Canon HJ21x7.5 KLL-SC
(7.5-157mm) T 2.1 and Canon HJ11x4.7 KLL-SC (4.7-52mm) T 2.1
these are
very popular lenses that allow your 1st ACs more precise focus
control with almost no breathing
Canon
HJ11x4.7 IRS and HJ11x4.7 IAS wide angle zoom lenses
Fujinon Lens Rental.....Fujinon HD lenses (ENG style) for rent
with Sony B4 mount
Fujinon Super
Telephoto zoom lens
Fujinon Optical
Stabilizer.............
Fujinon web site link
Fujinon HA25x16.5 BERD (16.5-413mm, or to 826mm with 2x
extender)
This is an amazing lens for
especially for Sports, Wildlife, and other documentary
production. The Fujinon TS-P58A stabilizer gets rave reviews.
Much lighter than the
Fujinon HA42x13.5 lens
Fujinon HA13x4.5 BERM ( 4.5mm-58.5mm, or to
117mm with 2x extender) wide angle zoom lens
Fujinon ZA
22x7.6 BERM (7.6mm-167.2mm
or to 334mm with 2x) standard zoom lens
Canon HV20
rental, also Ikelite underwater housing - special rates as low as $
125 per day / $ 375 per week.
now includes WA20 0.56x wide angle adapter
Sony
SRW-5800 HDCAM SR vtr rental; 4K, 2K and HD transfers. This is the
newest model offered by Sony for the mastering of 4:4:4 color
space HDCAM SR tapes. See our Sony SRW-5500 rental notes for
feature set comparison. This is the best quality HD video format
to use to master your RED originated project.
HDCAM SR mastering:
in additon to broadcast HD fomats, this vtr allows data recording
of 2K and up to 4K full aperture (4096 by 3112) images. Also the
12 dighital audio tracks of the SR format allow a single master
tape to have multipleaudio mixes. Transfer your HDCAM or DVCPro
HD edited tapes and you can lay back 5.1 surround sound and still
haveroom for stereo with mix and effects tracks, and other
languages.
The SRW-5800 model is unique among the SRW edit vtrs in that it
has 880 Mbs recording which supports Dual Stream (3D) 1080 modes
as well as the ability to record at 1080/60p and and play
1080/60p tapes recorded by the SRW-1 field recorder allowing the
conversion of the True 60p to 24p for very smooth slow motion.
see Sony SRW 5800 rental rates
AJA Kona 3 and Mac Pro Intel Dual Core for our Final Cut Pro HD systems, available for HDCAM and DVCPro HD online editing and data capture for vfx.
Digital Dailies ....we can capture your HDCAM tapes as Apple ProRes 422 files and deliver them to you on your own firewire drives. Or if you only have have a Mac G5 so you can't utilize ProRes 422 we can capture both HDCAM and DVCPro HD using the DVCPro codec also on your hard drives. Special $ 125 - 150/hr rates
AJA Video Systems Kona 3 rental available now, coming soon AJA iO HD with Apple MacPro laptops for on set capture and post.
Sony SRW-5500
HDCAM SR vtr rental
Sony HDW-F500 and Sony JH3
HDCAM vtr rental,
Panasonic HD1400 vtr rental, Panasonic HD1200A rental,
DVCAM vtr, HD monitor
rentals
Sony F500 rental and Sony JH3 rental for
HDCAM, Panasonic 1400 and Panasonic1200A rental for DVCPro HD-
Besides the camera packages, we also rent and ship these vtrs and
monitors nationwide for editing, cloning camera original tapes,
screening dailies, and proper downconverting to standard video at
your location
see VTR rental rates
Panasonic DVCPro HD via 1394 Firewire - the Panasonic HD1200A vtr has a built in Firewire card allowing capture of the HD video via Final Cut Pro on a Mac G5 and Firewire disks.
HD downconversion to
Digibeta, DV and to disk
For dailies screening and off-line
editing on standard non-linear systems
see TRANSFER RATES
Miranda DVC-800 downconverter: mounts on the F900 or standalone, allows HDSDI single cable output, SDI and DVCAM downconverted outputs, 4 Channel audio record capability with 2 additional AES digital inputs to the camcorder
Panasonic AJ-HD1200A vtr for DVCPro HD downconversion to Digibeta and DVCAM
HD editing and non-linear conform of edls
AJA
Kona 3 HD cards in MacPro Intel Dual Core workstations - the
ultimate uncompressed capture card for SD, HD, and Dual Link
4:4:4 HD. KONA 3 brings you uncompressed video, 8-channel AES and
embedded audio, HD/SD format conversion.
*We can also capture and convert both Sony HDCAM SR, Sony HDCAM
tapes and Panasonic Varicam tapes using Final Cut Pro HD to data
files via the new Apple ProRes 422 codec if you have a MacPro for
your edit workstation, or we can use the Apple/Pansonic DVCPro HD
codec using the built in DVCProHD Hardware Acceleration in the
Kona cards
Developed in close
cooperation with Apple, KONA hardware takes a portion of the
DVCProHD codec processing load off the CPU, allowing more Real
Time effects in Final Cut Pro HD when outputting to HD-SDI.
see HD ONLINE RATES
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HD uncompressed online post with AJA Kona 3 and MacPro workstations
Apple ProRes 422 and DVCPRo HD post
workflow
including
HD capture from tape to hard drives
Producer and intro level DP quick guide to HDTV production
DP notes for Sony HDW-F900 24p CineAlta operation
Shooting tips related to exposure of highlights; dark areas
HD documentary feature
"Morning Light" opens in theaters Oct 17, 2008
Fifteen
young men and women embark on a great adventure on a 52ft high
performance sloop sailing in the Transpac race from California to
Hawaii.
Ski and snowboarding filmmakers converge in Aspen Oct 2008
starting on October
2nd the top extreme sports filmmakers in the US
and overseas will gather in Aspen Colorado for the fourth annual
event organized by the Aspen Skiing Company known as "The Meeting". Jeff Blauvelt will address the group on
Friday Oct 3rd from 3-5PM at the Sky Hotel to discuss the
opportunities to use the latest technology with newest HD cameras
to enhance production value. Lou Dawson's Backcountry skiing blog
at wildsnow.com
Landscapes through Time with David Dunlop now on PBS
Connie
Simmons Directs and Produces HD Cinema provides Sony F900s
shooting a television series in France.
HD feature wins awards at
Cannes
Director Miranda July wins the Gran Prix at Critics Week
and a Camera d'Or for "Me and You and Everyone We Know"
Sundance and Slamdance
HD Cinema and DXD participate on a panel for a HD24p
Case Study and in a High Def Fireside Chat.
HD24p
as Art
"89 Seconds at Alcazar" video installation
selected for the Whitney Museum Biennial 2004
Sony Dreams
"Magic" 2004
HD Cinema and Panavision provide camera equipment for
Tim Godsall of Biscuitworks for "Keep Right"
Park
City 2003
Sundance
2003 Feature Film "White of Winter" shows HD Cinema
tech success
Park City 2001 for Sundance,
Slamdance, Digidance Film Festivals Jan 18-28, 2001
Feature films originated and projected
in High Def digital video
To utilize breakthrough technologies in providing High Definition HD24p digital video and film services for motion picture and television program production, post-production, and theatrical exhibition and broadcast distribution. HD Cinema™ is looking for and working with a variety of partners to provide the foundation for the collaborative efforts required to develop, produce and refine projects designed to engage mass audiences. Please contact us if you are interested in a strategic relationship.
This site is also intended to share and disseminate some necessary technical information. How can you thank us for all these great notes? Refer us to anyone who needs HD camera and vtr rentals, HD24p downconversions, and HD online post production, anywhere in the US and overseas.
HD Cinema™ has at its core a group who have a vision for the creative use of HD24p technology for program production and post. To furthur that interest they have invested in some extremly high tech digital video gear. Since 1998 they have been working in high def with individuals and companies within the independent film community, providing creative and technical services and consulting for a variety of sophisticated clients. These clients are producing brilliant and creative short film and music videos, a range of dramatic narrative, action and suspense, romantic comedy and other genre independent feature films, and dynamic documentary and reality based television programs. These productions are primarily driven by the creative talents of the scriptwriters, directors and actors, but their energy is fueled and supported by the power of how to use these integrated digital production processes. We simplify the HD24p process which can be made overly complicated and more expensive than necessary.
contact Jeff Blauvelt via email....jeff "at" hd-cinema.com for all inquiries regarding production or post
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