CineAlta

CineAlta is a brand name used by Sony to describe various products involved in content creation, production and exhibition process within digital cinema workflow. The first Cinealta camera is Sony HDW-900, and the first camera HD 24p. Now Sony's products branded as CineAlta include camera, camcorder, recorder, cinema server, and projector. "CineAlta" is a portmanteau of Cine, from cinematography, and Alta, an Italian word for "high". The CineAlta logo was updated by Tetsuro Sano and applied for the first time to the F65. == Format ==

CineAlta cameras record onto HDCAM tapes, XDCAM Professional Discs, SRMemory, or SxS flash memory cards. They have the ability to shoot at various frame rates including 24fps and a resolution of up to 8K. The camera can be used with a Miranda DVC 802 converter. This allows the camera to output SDI, DV, and multiple HD outputs. == History and use in motion pictures ==

In June 1999, George Lucas announced that Episode II of the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy would be the first major motion picture to be shot 100% digitally. Sony and Panavision collaborated to develop the High Definition 24p camera that Lucas would use to accomplish this, and thus the first CineAlta camera was born: the Sony HDW-F900 (also called the Panavision HD-900F after being "panavised"). However, the science-fiction film Vidocq was actually the first released feature that was shot entirely with digital cinematography. Lucas held a private screening of Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones for the Atsugi Technology Center staff, and inserted a credit to specifically thank the Sony engineers at Atsugi for the use of the HDW-F900. • Once Upon a Time in Mexico (released in 2003, shot in May 2001) • Burning Annie (released in 2007, shot in February 2002) • Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002) • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) • Dogville (2003) • Scacco pazzo (2003) • Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) • The World (2004) • Zebraman (2004) • Sin City (2005) • Caché (film) (2005) • Crank (2006) • U2 3D (2008) • Cloverfield (2008) • Rachel Getting Married (2008) • Yesterday Was a Lie (2008) • Quantum Of Solace (2008) • Tetro (2009) • Public Enemies (2009) • Avatar (2009) • The Karate Kid (2010 film) • Tron: Legacy (2010) • Real Steel (2011) • Just Go with It (2011) • Shark Night 3D (2011) • The Darkest Hour (2011) • Sanctum (2011) • The Sunset Limited (2011) • Mirror Mirror (2012) • Oblivion (2013) • After Earth (2013) • White House Down (2013) • The Smurfs 2 (2013) • Evil Dead (2013) • Winter Sleep (2014) • Lucy (2014) • 6 Underground (2019) • 21 Bridges (2019) • Downton Abbey (2019) • Harriet (2019) • Two of Us (2019) • ''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' (2020) • The Life Ahead (2020) • Unhinged (2020) • Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020) • Bad Boys for Life (2020) • Tesla (2020) • The Glorias (2020) • I Care a Lot (2020) • Parallel Mothers (2021) • Coda (2021) • Black Widow (2021) • Annette (2021) • Reminiscence (2021) • The Mauritanian (2021) • Cherry (2021) • Wrath of Man (2021) • Tom & Jerry (2021) • Voyagers (2021) • Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021) • Cherry (2021) • Kate (2021) • Top Gun: Maverick (2022) • Hustle (2022) • Spiderhead (2022) • The Man From Toronto (2022) • The Gray Man (2022) • Do Revenge (2022) • Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) • Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) • Matilda the Musical (2022) • Creed III (2023) • Tetris (2023) • Ghosted (2023) • Beau is Afraid (2023) • ''The Pope's Exorcist'' (2023) • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) • Strays (2023) • Gran Turismo (2023) == List of CineAlta cameras ==

All cameras are made by Sony except where noted: • BURANO (2023) • VENICE 2 (2021) The reference cited does not state anything about the HDC-500, nor does it state the camera was part of the CineAlta line, which started in 2000. The HDC-500 was the first CCD HD camera, using 3×1" CCDs, introduced in 1992 according to: The resolution met full-HD resolution (1920×1036), but the frames per second is not stated: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160319100529/http://www.broadcaststore.com/pdf/model/16388/sony_hdc-500.pdf.--> ;Notes == See also ==