According to Netflix, it wants its filmmakers to produce the greatest content possible. They claim that they want their filmmakers to be compelled to adopt the most powerful capture technologies in order to share their ideas.
Although having a better resolution is beneficial, it is not everything. Additionally, Netflix’s camera team tests the following:
- Dynamic Range
- Color Reproduction
- Noise Performance
- Sensor Readout Speed
- Compression
- Chroma Subsampling
- Bit Depth
What cameras does Netflix allow?
The following capture qualities must be followed in order to comply to Netflix’s picture capture standards:
- Resolution: Minimum of 3840 photosite capture width
- Codec: Lightly compressed or uncompressed RAW or Intraframe Based Codec with 4:2:2 Chroma-subsampling or greater
- Bit Depth: 10-Bit or greater
- Data Rate: Minimum 240Mbps at 24FPS
- Color Space: Scene-referred Color Space
- Transfer Function: Scene-referred Transfer Function
- Timecode: System is capable of jamming to an external source. Timecode should be written as metadata
These are the minimum requirements and also other specifications also take into consideration.