Panavision
Camera Formats & Time Code
 
PANAVISION ANAMORPHIC 2.40:1  
 
For more than 40 years, Panavision has stood at the forefront of anamorphic photography. After winning Academy Awards for the patented “Auto Panatar” series of lenses, Panavision continued to develop and improve on its Anamorphic knowledge, designing the “C” and “E” series lenses, culminating in 1990 with the release of the Primo® anamorphics. In 1994 Panavision received a Class I Academy Award for the continued development of anamorphic lenses. Thus the phrase “Filmed in Panavision” has become synonymous with anamorphic photography, appearing on over one thousand films.  
 
3 PERF®
 
3 Perf® cameras pull down 3 perforations per frame rather than the conventional 4 perforations per frame. Some of the advantages of 3 Perf® cameras:
  • Uses 25% less film (25% savings in cost of negative film, processing, etc.)

  • 33.3 % more running/shooting time per magazine
    (14.81 minutes versus 11.11 minutes per 1000'; 29.62 minutes per 2000')

  • 340% larger negative area than 16mm in NTSC

  • Only 26% smaller than 4 perf in NTSC

  • Ideally suited for 1.78:1 (16x9) format
 
PANAVISION SUPER 35®
 
Panavision Super 35® is a format for shooting full aperture, utilizing a greater camera negative area. This format provides the option of releasing a film in any of 3 formats: 70mm, 2x Anamorphic, and 1.85, without cropping any of the sides. The final decision can be made in post-production, as it does require an optical process. Allows the cinematographer to use spherical lenses, while achieving a 2.40 finished product.

For more information on shooting Panavision Super 35®, please contact Panavision directly.

FPSP35          Panavision Super 35®         Available for conversion from standard35mm format to Super 35 format.
 
TIME CODE
 
Panavision/Aaton Time Code system is a tool for automatically syncronizing camera negative and the production soundtrack. Every frame of film is “timestamped” with a computer and human readable code. A small on-set syncronizing clock links the camera time code with the sound recorder timecod. In post-production, sound and picture can then be synched automatically without the necessity of slates. Current panavision productions have voiced a savings on average of up to 8 hours of telecine time per week/episode because of Panavision/Aaton Code.

PDTC-C           Panavision/Aaton CodeClock Syncronizes tme code nagra with time code generator.
PDTG               Panavision/Aaton CodeGenerator Optically writes time code data on film.
 
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