While the new Mission Impossible movie was mostly shot on IMAX cameras, several action scenes were captured using a Z CAM E2-F6. This compact 6K camera out of China is not only performant, but costs just $3,000.
Z CAM isn’t a new name in filmmaking, but it is new to acceptance among high-end productions. The company launched in 2015 and put significant emphasis on virtual reality cameras for its first three years. But in 2018, it launched the Z CAM E2 as a low-cost, 4K camera that could shoot at 160 frames per second with 10-bit color. Following that camera’s success, it launched follow-ups including the Z CAM E2-F8 which can shoot full-frame 8K.
While independent filmmakers have been using Z CAM cameras for a few years now, the company got a major feather in its cap since its E2-F6 camera was used to shoot several of the action scenes in, the crew employed the compact and affordable Z CAM as what is known as a “crash cam,” or camera that is put into somewhat compromising situations that would be either far too risky or impractical for an expensive system for an IMAX camera.
Theoretically, the Mission Impossible team could have chosen a RED Komodo since it is similar in size, but YM Cinema reports that the crew wanted a full-frame system — the Komodo is Super35. Since the E2-F6 is full frame, small, and affordable, it fits right into the demands of the filmmaking crew. “The main model of Z CAM utilized on MI7 is Z CAM E2-F6. The E2-F6 was used on car pursuits, real train crashes, and the famous motocross skydiving stunts. These are very tricky stunts, which Tom Cruise rehearsed over 500 skydives, and over 13,000 motocross jumps, to accurately perform,”The base model E2-F6 costs $3,000 and can shoot full-frame 12-bit ProRes RAW via HDMI out to an Atomos Ninja V monitor recorder.
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