圣丹斯电影节全世界首屈一指的独立制片电影节。圣丹斯电影节是专为没有名气的电影人和影片设立的电影节。由罗伯特·雷德福于1984年一手创办，经过这些年的积累，这个美国本土的小电影节已成为独立制片业的重要精神支柱，许多好莱坞的新锐导演都视其为执导主流商业大片的跳板。而好莱坞大制片公司要找新秀，“圣丹斯电影节”又是不容错过的人力资源库。

2013年圣丹斯电影节颁奖已经结束，indiewire.com网站对于参赛影片拍摄设备进行了抽样调查，发现这次电影节影片中使用比较多的拍摄设备有：Canon 5D:(转载补充说明：5D没有视频功能，这里制作人没有指明是5D2还是5D3，这项数据应假定为5D2+5D3)、ARRI Alexa、Red EPIC、Canon 7D、Sony F3、Sony EX3。
下面是详细清单：
Apple iPhone: "American Promise"
ARRI Alexa:
"Blue Caprice"
"Emanuel and The Truth About Fishes"
"Hell Baby"
"Il Futuro"
"In Fear"
"I Used to Be Darker"
"The Lifeguard"
"The Rambler"
"There Will Come a Day"
ARRICAM Lite:
"Circles"
"Houston"
ARRICAM Studio:
"Houston"
ARRIFLEX 235:
"Houston"
ARRIFLEX 416:
"Shopping"
ARRI film camera (unspecified):
"Austenland"
Canon 1D:
"The Summit"
Canon 5D:(转载补充说明：5D没有视频功能，这里制作人没有指明是5D2还是5D3，这项数据应假定为5D2+5D3)
"American Promise"
"Blackfish"
"Blood Brother"
"God Loves Uganda"
"Google and the World Brain"
"Inequality for All"
"In Fear"
"Life According to Sam"
"Narco Cultura"
"A River Changes Course"
"The Square"
"Valentine Road"
"What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About Love"
Canon 5D (Specifically designated Mark II): 特别指明是5D2
"99 Percent: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film"
"After Tiller"
"Escape from Tomorrow"
"Jiseul"
Canon 5D (Specifically designated  Mark III):特别指明是5D3
"99 Percent: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film"
Canon 7D:
"After Tiller"
"American Promise"
"Blood Brother"
"Cutie and the Boxer"
"Inequality for All"
"In Fear"
Canon C300:
"Inequality for All"
"Life According to Sam"
"Twenty Feet from Stardom"
Canon T2i:
"American Promise"
Canon XA10:
"Blackfish"
Canon handycam (unspecified):
"99 Percent: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film"
Cineflex (unspecified):
"The Summit"
Flip Cam:
"American Promise"
GoPro:
"American Promise"
"Google and the World Brain"
"In Fear"
"S-VHS"
JVC GY-HM700U:
"99 Percent: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film"
JVC HD110:
"The Moo Man"
JVC consumer camcorder (unspecified):
"American Promise"
Panasonic AF100:
"Blackfish"
"Soldate Jeannette"
Panasonic DVX100:
"American Promise"
Panasonic DX100A:
"American Promise"
Panasonic HVX:
"Blackfish"
Panasonic P2:
"Fallen City"
Panasonic VariCam:
"Life According to Sam"
Panavision Millenium XL:
"The Spectacular Now"
Panavision Platinum:
"The Spectacular Now"
Red EPIC:
"C.O.G." (with Vintage Panavision Anamorphic lenses)
"Concussion"
"It Felt Like Love"
"Milkshake"
"The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear"
"A Teacher" (with anamorphic lenses)
"Twenty Feet from Stardom"
"S-VHS"
"We Are What We Are"
Red ONE:
"Pit Stop"
"Virtually Heroes"
Red ONE MX:
"Escape from Tomorrow"
"Jiseul" (with Zeiss Ultra Prime lens)
"Newlyweeds"
"This is Martin Bonner"
Sony DSR-PD100:
"American Promise"
Sony EX1:
"Cutie and the Boxer" (with 35mm Letus adapter)
"Fire in the Blood"
"The Summit"
Sony EX3:
"After Tiller" (with a Letus Prime lens adapter)
"Fire in the Blood"
"kink"
"The Moo Man" (with a nanoflash)
"The Summit"
"Twenty Feet from Stardom" (with a Letus Prime lens adapter)
"Valentine Road"
Sony F3:
"Cutie and the Boxer"
"Google and the World Brain"
"Inequality for All"
"Manhunt"
"Touchy Feely"
"What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About Love"
Sony F900 CineAlta:
"Fire in the Blood"
Sony FS100:
"Google and the World Brain"
Sony FS700:
"God Loves Uganda"
Sony HD800:
"Salma"
Sony HD Camera (unspecified):
"99 Percent: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film"
"American Promise"
Vixia handheld camera (unspecified):
"American Promise"
Unspecified 35 mm Camera:
"Ain't Them Bodies Saints"
Unspecified 8 mm Camera:
"Blood Brother"
Unspecified DSLR and smaller cameras:
"Pussy Riot - A Punk Prayer"