DALSA Featured at Toronto International Film Fest.

[Tim Tyler]

DALSA is pleased to announce the much-anticipated screening of clips from Zicatela Films? short ?Le Gant/The Glove?, digitally captured by its Origin digital cinematography camera, at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival. The screening will take place on September 10 at 9am at the Varsity 8 screening room at 55 Bloor St. West. Although this is an ?industry-only? event, a limited number of tickets will be available for purchase at the Varsity Box Office the morning of the screening.

 

The Toronto screening, as part of the film festival?s ?Digital Vanguard Panel?, will be the first opportunity for cinematographers and members of the film community to view a comparison of the resolving power, exposure latitude and color fidelity of DALSA?s revolutionary Origin digital cinematography camera versus a traditional film-based motion picture camera. ?Le Gant/The Glove? was shot simultaneously with the Origin camera and a film camera using Kodak?s® latest 100T (Vision 2) film stock. The screening will present comparison footage from both digital and film formats.

 

?We?re very excited to share this comparison screening with members of the motion picture industry at this year?s Toronto International Film Festival,? remarked Brian Doody, President of DALSA Corporation?s Digital Imaging Business. ?No digital camera has ever demonstrated performance like this?Origin?s extremely wide exposure latitude shows detail in the highlights and shadows never seen before. With the commercial launch of the camera just around the corner in November, the Toronto International Film Festival is an ideal venue for showcasing this material.?

 

Organizers of the Festival are equally excited at the prospect of supporting both Canadian filmmaking and Canadian innovation by showcasing technology that could change the way of motion pictures are made forever. ?We?re very happy to be a part of this technological unveiling? said Kelley Alexander, Director of Industry Programming and Services for the festival. ?If this really is the next step in filmmaking then it?s going to be very exciting indeed. The Festival is about showcasing new ideas and perspectives, so we?re pleased to promote new technology that will have such a significant impact on the future of cinematography.?

 

Designed for cinematographers with 35mm cine lenses and a through-the-lens reflex viewfinder, DALSA?s award winning Origin camera delivers the optical performance professionals demand. No other digital camera provides 4K output, but more importantly for cinematography, no other digital camera comes close to delivering as much exposure latitude. For more information on Origin, visit http://www.dalsa.com/dc .