Along with its name change, as of May 2023, Face-C has become a service oriented company. Our equipment is geared towards catering to the types of projects our team works on. We have slowly assembled a specialized pool of camera equipment, including a wide choice of lenses and accessories. See our online rental catalogue.

DIGITAL CINEMA EQUIPMENT:

We pioneered the digital cinema era in 2006 when we put down a deposit for one of the very first Red One cameras in Switzerland, #500, nicknammed “Stalker”, which we took delivery of in February 2008. It has since been retired. C-Side’s still has one active Red canera, a Scarlet-X. Among our choice of accessories, tripods, folow focuses, monitors, etc. we’ve specialized in vintage lenses including offering from Zeiss, Cooke, Angenieux, Duclos, Canon and CONTAX.

NEW TECHNOLOGIES:

In march 2014, we received one of the first Digital Bolex D16 in Europe, #49. The specifications of this camera include a Super16 2K sensor, with the option to shoot full HD (1920×1080) using a slightly reduced portion of the sensor, which matches the size of a 16mm film frame. It has a CCD sensor, whereas except the Ikonoscope, all the other digital film cameras on the market use CMOS. The advantages of CCD are a “global shutter” avoiding the unwanting side effects of “rolling shutter” inherent to CMOS sensors; the photosites are closer to each other, limiting moiré effects and CCD sensors have a superior color rendition, particulary when it comes to skin tones.
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VIDEO CAMERA EQUIPMENT:

We also have HD and 4K video cameras, including: 2 Sony PXW-FS5 (4K & HD) cameras recording XAVC, 1 Sony EX1R (multi-format HD).