This is definitely not production related. It is instead about my trip to New York. It’s here more as a reminder for me than anything else. I won’t write more in this section, but if you care to read about it, I’ll have some words and pictures in the “more…” section.
Cool, new products are afoot at Panavision. They held the first Panafest at their Woodland Hills location to show off and reacquaint the production community to the services available. Here’s a very brief sample of what was shown. If you visit their website, you can watch a webcast outlining all the new products.
: : Panavising Video (left image)
Most likely, as part of the marriage with Plus 8 Digital, Panavision is offering and equipping 2/3″ video with Panavision accessories. Here you see a Sony F23 but they also had a Panasonic 3000 camera equipped.
: : New Millennium (right image)
New film camera. A new Millennium is available, the XL2. It is small! Now available with frame rates of 3-50 frames and a new video assist offering a sharper and more sensitive sensor. Also notice the new battery mount, the XLOB. It also has the new PCZ, T2.8, 19-90mm (4.5 to 1) spherical zoom.
: : New Anamorphic Lenses (left image)
Ta-da. New G-series anamorphic lenses. Short, light wight and with a front anamorphic element. Nice.
Six primes and two zooms are available:
35mm, 40mm, 50mm, 60mm, 75mm, & 100mm – T2.6 – CF: 3′
AWZ2 40-80mm (2:1) (the John Bailey lens) – T2.8 – CF 3 1/4′
ATZ 70-200mm (3:1) T3.5 – CF 5 1/2′
: : New Genesis Tapeless Drive (right image)
Ah, the Genesis, here shown with the new SSR1 tapeless recorder – 4:4:4 (21 min. at 24 fps) or 4:2:2 (43 min. at 24 fps), uncompressed.
2-Perf is also available in a updated Platinum. Personally, I’m hoping to shoot with one of these cameras early next year on a feature. More to come.