Saturday, April 26, 2025

Why haven't movie cameras gotten smaller and lighter while so many other electronics have throughout the years?

 

Why haven't movie cameras gotten smaller and lighter while so many other electronics have throughout the years?

As we continue to innovate while the years pass, electronic components become smaller and more powerful at the same time. So why do motion picture cameras remain pretty large and pretty heavy?

And when will components get so small and good that smartphones can be used to film full-on movies?

Crossposts:

r/FilmMakers: r/Filmmakers/s/v8BeqtWbru

r/movies: r/movies/s/c6zbEL28FZ

r/Film: r/FIlm/s/9JKz4JQzLx

r/AskTechnology: r/AskTechnology/s/FHjQKrmGNI

r/Smartphones: r/Smartphones/s/OEcAXy8Pgo

 

all 13 comments

[–]flicman 8 points  

Why on earth would you crosspost this nonsense so many places? This isn't an emergency, nor even a very coherent fucking post. Have you ever seen a movie camera? No, wait, what do you define as a "movie" camera? Start there. Any other response is a waste of time.

[–]Mav1cHavoc1st AC 3 points  

you’re telling me you looked at an alexa 65 and alexa 35, arricam lt and sony fx3, red epic dragon and komodo

then came to the conclusion that “movie cameras haven’t gotten smaller”?

what?

[–]shastapeteproducer 2 points  

Physics mostly

[–]Run-And_Gun 1 point  

What are you talking about? Modern digital cinema cameras themselves are pretty darn small. It just depends on how they’re built out and rigged-up after that. They can remain pretty small or become gigantic, just depending on what they need to do, lenses, power, monitoring, lens control, etc.

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