[Konvas] Panavision???

[Peter Haas]

On Sep 10, 2009, at 4:01 PM, Speedbirdmgh at aol.com wrote:

> Standard 16mm and Super16mm is still used worldwide.  S16mm  
> accounts for 50% of all TV production in Europe and many other  
> countries too. You cannot beat it for clarity and contrast from  
> such a small light camera even for wildlife where sharpness is a  
> must. That's why Aaton (pronounced 'A'ton) are maintaining 16mm  
> camera production and rental houses have increased the choice of  
> cameras by rebuilding old stock units.
>

BBC has been using S16-converted Panavision *Elaines* for decades,  
and now all *Elaines* are S16.

Lots of relatively high-budget TV shows are produced on S16, yet some  
really poor TV shows adhere to 35, occasionally 3-perf.

Eventually, it WILL come down to Eastman:s T-grain negative, its  
intermediate and its LPP positive print film.

Oh, plus some B'W duplicating films and  B'W variable-area sound  
track negative films.

Not a lot of business for two companies the size of Eastman and Fuji.