'‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Cinematographer Pushed Camera Technology Limits to
Cinematographer Pushed Camera Technology Limits to
“I feel
like what we gave is, you’re on IMAX-quality cameras – we worked hard to be
“I feel
like it was – I mean it made it a lot of work for the editors
The shoot,
which also made use of the Naval Air Station Lemoore in Central California, was committed
Getting Sony
cameras adapted to fit into a fighter was central to the plan, he says – allowing
“I helped
design the original camera too – I went to Japan and there were a bunch of
And then
it was still kind of too big for us so we worked on it and
It was
actually originally for the chase jet and we wanted to get a bigger lens in
Of the
special 6K Sony mini camera, Miranda says, “Originally, they gave us one
“But I
was there constantly, saying, ‘What’s this?’ I found an old version of an F-18
I was
very attracted to that because it had a glare shield that was flat
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