About Electronic and Mechanical Shutters

[Paramvir Singh]

An excellent paper from Thomson Grassvalley Viper

Key Features
- Captures raw data directly from CCDs
- Unique 4:4:4 RGB Dual Link FilmStream output
- Native 16:9 or 2.37:1 aspect ratios without resolution loss using Dynamic Pixel Management™ technology
- Patented Frame Transfer (FT) CCD technology
- Mechanical shutter guarantees no vertical smear
- Multiple format support:
1080p @ 23.98-, 24-, 25-, and 29.97 frames per second (fps)
1080i @ 50 and 59.94 Hz
720p @ 23.98-, 24-, 25-, 29.97-, 50-, and 59.94 fps
- Electronic viewfinder focus assist tools: crawler and zoom

Feature Films (shouldnt they be called feature videos or feature movies?) shot on the Viper

Cloverfield (portions)

Collateral (majority Viper camera)

Domino

Final Days of Planet Earth

Freezerburn (opening sequence Viper camera)

Gray Matters

Highlander: The Source

Korean feature

Noo-Hin The Movie (Thai)

Home of the Brave

Killer Bash

Killer Pad

Le Poulain

Miami Vice (majority Viper camer)

Mirror Mask

Mutant Chronicles

Notebook of Life (Japan)

Nos chères têtes blondes

Oliver Twist (portions)

Prima Classe

Red Riding Hood

Scorpion

Silence Becomes You

What Love Is

Zodiac