Origin’s Sensor
To get the big picture you need for a big screen, use a big sensor. But DALSA's sensor is not only bigger, it's better. No other sensor, CCD or CMOS, approaches its performance.
“It is amazing what this beautiful 4K sensor can deliver in terms of uncompressed clarity and detail,” Eric Adkins, Cinematographer
Better pixels + more of them = better images.
In this case, bigger is better. Origin's frame-transfer CCD allows you focus your image through real cine lenses onto 8.2 million high performance photosites. In designing Origin's sensor, DALSA drew on its 25+ years of experience developing the world's highest-performance image sensors and cameras. Origin benefits from dozens of patents our designers and our wafer foundry have earned, including our proprietary pigment process, which delivers the most precise, most stable color performance available. Our patented design and fabrication processes let each photosite combine superior charge capacity and lower noise. This gives us more dynamic range, which means much wider exposure latitude than any other cinematography sensor, CCD or CMOS.
Greater exposure latitude allows superior image quality, especially in difficult situations—light-starved night scenes as well as extremely bright scenes such as snow or backlit water. Origin's exposure latitude is comparable to the best film stocks and offers at least 12 stops of linear response for an astonishing range in the whites as well as the blacks. In one shot Origin can handle both the naked flame of a candle and the delicate, nuanced shadows on candlelit faces. It can handle the full glare of the sun reflected from a window and still resolve the subtleties of the shadows below. When you light for profound effects, you'll appreciate Origin's profound advantages.
Sensitivity. The Origin camera is rated at 250 ASA.
Frame rate. While Origin derives so many benefits from size, let's not forget frame rate. Unlike HD, Origin's sensor is not limited to a fixed frame rate. The camera operates at a fully variable 0-30 frames per second.
