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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Panavision DXL-M

And if I am wrong this is game changing
 
Maybe they just need the money... since everybody is switching to ARRI Alexa (65)... for high-end productions.
 
Misha Engel said:
Maybe they just need the money... since everybody is switching to ARRI Alexa (65)... for high-end productions.
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Everybody? Been a while since you've been to Panavision?

Kills me all the time. I mean there's somewhere around 5X more DXLs out there than Alexa 65s. They aren't building a house with them.
 
Phil do you think they will sell or only rent this module? We mortals dare to hope they sell it?!
 
Brian Merlen said:
Phil do you think they will sell or only rent this module? We mortals dare to hope they sell it?!
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I'll let you know tomorrow or after Cine Gear.
 
Phil Holland said:
Everybody? Been a while since you've been to Panavision?

Kills me all the time. I mean there's somewhere around 5X more DXLs out there than Alexa 65s. They aren't building a house with them.
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And they're hard to get, for commercials anyway.
 
Phil Holland said:
I'll let you know tomorrow or after Cine Gear.
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Yeah this info would be super helpful. On one hand I can see it making sense that they sell these units, but if includes their color science, part of me really thinks it's gunna be rental only. Either way, super cool to see so many companies injecting new, interesting modules into DSMC2. Thanks for asking the big guys the important questions for us!
 
Don't know if anyone's noticed but there have been a bunch of new panavision gear announcements

Really progressive stuff
 
Randall Weatherington said:
Years ago Panavision was the subject of a legal action that went all the way to the FTC.
The FTC ruled that if something is offered for rental, it must also be offered for sale, so Panavision put ridiculously high prices on the Panaflex camera that discouraged people buying them.
One might expect the same thing here.
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If I win the lottery I am going to buy the Panavision cameras used in Back to the Future.
 
Phil Holland said:
Everybody? Been a while since you've been to Panavision?

Kills me all the time. I mean there's somewhere around 5X more DXLs out there than Alexa 65s. They aren't building a house with them.
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So 5 times the amount of DXLs vs Alexa65. According to Michael Cioni there were 20 features shot on the DXL in 2017. There were 17 shot on the Alexa65 during the same time period according to Arri's site. That sounds like a lot of DXLs just sitting around on shelves!
 
Juan Melara said:
So 5 times the amount of DXLs vs Alexa65. According to Michael Cioni there were 20 features shot on the DXL in 2017. There were 17 shot on the Alexa65 during the same time period according to Arri's site. That sounds like a lot of DXLs just sitting around on shelves!
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One of those features had 5 DXLs. Can't speak for the other features except for the Pete Berg film shot last year. Although, there might be a little exaggeration for how many DXLs are out there.
 
Juan Melara said:
So 5 times the amount of DXLs vs Alexa65. According to Michael Cioni there were 20 features shot on the DXL in 2017. There were 17 shot on the Alexa65 during the same time period according to Arri's site. That sounds like a lot of DXLs just sitting around on shelves!
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Well Pana sure knows how to keep that quiet and ARRI knows how to scream it around that the Alexa65's (and other Alexa's) are used in (high-end) features.
 
3D films have many cameras though in many cases and that can impact availability significantly id imagine. I think the modular system permits subleased units at panavision to be added quickly when dxl gigs arrive vs custom bodies and that is an asset. I have a red id totally keep at panavision constantly if it meant even a few days a year I can shoot with that color science.. hell I'd buy another red even just to do that
 
What I would love to buy is the DXL viewfinder. It is awesome.... It would cost more than a Monstro body but damn is it sweet
 
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