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Cinema camera monitor displaying native 9:16 portrait mode with vertical format metadata including frame rate, ISO, shutter angle and timecode baked into the camera UI on a professional film set

Cinema camera monitor displaying native 9:16 portrait mode with vertical format metadata including frame rate, ISO, shutter angle and timecode baked into the camera UI on a professional film set

Cinema cameras need a native vertical mode — and the workaround isn't good enough anymore

A cinema camera shooting natively in vertical — 9:16 portrait mode declared in camera, metadata baked in from the moment of record.

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Apr 149 min read

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