HBO have their first production underway using the Blackmagic URSA 17K

[Aussie Ash]

Not a very good interview but the short and curly of it is

The URSA Cine 17K 65 retails for approximately US$29,995. In contrast, the Arri Alexa 65 is unavailable for purchase and must be rented, with high-end productions often spending hundreds of thousands on camera packages.

 

[Andrew - EOSHD]

Which 17K displays will HBO customers be watching this on?

[Aussie Ash]

In the interview he says they are not shooting in 17K ( at 3.4 mins) its about the sensor size and focal length and resulting look.

[Andrew - EOSHD]

At this point Blackmagic should just buy ARRI and take over 🙂

[eatstoomuchjam]

2 hours ago, Andrew - EOSHD said:

Which 17K displays will HBO customers be watching this on?

I really wish BMD would stop putting the maximum resolution in the product name!  I make these jokes too about my own UC 12K ("finally, something for you to play on your 12K TV!), but in reality, it's just a really nice 8K/4K camera which has a bonus 12K mode for...  mostly VFX shots.  😅

[Aussie Ash]

At least Red choose some catchy names V-Raptor,Red Raven,Dragon,Helium,Gemini,Monstro,Komodo,Gemini,Red Epic

[eatstoomuchjam]

Indeed, though "Ursa Cine LF" would be a totally fine name.  There's just no need to say "12K" on there.  For the other?  "Ursa Cine 65" since the 65mm sensor is going to be a whole lot more exciting to most people than telling them it has a 17k sensor that they will mostly use in 8K or 4K mode.  Just about the only competition on the market, the rental-only Alexa 65, is a 6.5k camera.

That is, of course, unless you're selling something to be used for projecting on The Sphere in Vegas.  Then I guess there's a single camera that's competing - like literally just one body, as far as I know - that 18K thing with the 75x75mm or so sensor.

I've been a bit tempted a few times now to try to rig up something with a medium format ground glass or a 4x5 GG, similar to an old DOF adapter for camcorders.  I remember Gale had the Forbes70 which worked that way and there have been some 8x10 projects to do the same, like the FZero from Salazar and the one that Media Division put together.  I should probably just go through my pile of project cameras to see if I have a pretty clean GG around and just do it...