Digital cinematography is the process of capturing motion pictures on digital video instead of traditional film.. This is certainly not a new concept: before it was reintroduced as "Digital Cinematography" in the late 1990s it was known for many years as "Electronic Cinematography". Sony had been trying to market this concept using tube-based analog HDTV cameras since the late 1980s, with very little success. It was not until 1998 when they were able to introduce workable 1920 x 1080 pixel CCD cameras with attached HD Digital Betacam recorders that the industry began to take the medium seriously.

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The Sony HDW F900, commonly known as the CineAlta is the first High definition camera and the standard in which more than 450 Feature films and around 3000 commercials and video clips have been shot around the world. The CineAlta has the ability to record progressively at 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97 y 30 frames per second or 50, 59.94 and 60 interlaced frames making it capable of ending in NTSC and PAL.

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