[Konvas] Camera Clones

[Peter Haas]

On Oct 11, 2008, at 11:50 AM, olivier satnet wrote:

> and what about chineses ????
>
> Arriflex made in China ?
>

Probably a Cameflex knock-off.

In 1962, with Techniscope's introduction, Cameflex went back into new  
production for a thankfully brief period, turning out 2-perf cameras  
and 2-perf conversions for existing, old Cameflexes, then it shut its  
doors.

Perhaps the Cameflex tooling and remaining parts inventory went to  
China, just as Technicolor's old dye-transfer printing equipment went  
to China.

Techniscope, in its original incarnation, was dependent upon  
Technicolor's proprietary "direct to matrix" printing process, which  
effectively saved at least two generations in the final product.

Heretofore, "direct to matrix" was reserved for the printing of "wide  
gauge" titles (VistaVision, Technirama, etcetera).