Meta Camera, a company based out of London, makes proper 360° production cameras. Should you run and get it? Can you?
Not to be confused by the Facebook rebrand (or restructure, whatever), Meta Camera has been around for a lot longer. At the very least in name. The gang from the other side of the pond has used its 360° camera tech to shoot VR films for the likes of Formula 1 to the Red Cross, Google to Facebook, and Audi to the BBC. Funny that Facebook should be on their list.
Starting with the Meta One, the team created a production-level 360° camera that offered reduced stitching issues, an array of ProRes flavors, and high frame rates. All for the low, low price of $30,000.
I bet you can see where the catch is. This was followed up by the cheaper (but not by much) Meta Two, which offered proper low-light capabilities.
Now, the Meta Camera team is releasing the Meta Three. Taking a page from Blackmagic Design, the third iteration of the Meta camera line comes with a 12.5K resolution. How much will that run you?
Author: Yaroslav Altunin
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
