Moviecam is a
motion picture equipment company specializing in
movie camera
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systems for
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* 135 film, a type of still photography format commonly referred to as 35 mm film
* 35 mm movie film
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.
History
Originally started in
Vienna
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Austria
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as an in-house project of
Fritz Gabriel Bauer and
Walter Kindler's Moviegroup
film production company in the late 1960s, the amount of research and development needed to create a new and modern motion picture camera system from scratch led to the formal creation of Moviecam as an independent corporate entity in 1976. Although only three camera models (
SuperAmerica,
Compact
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, and
SL) were produced in significant quantities for international usage, the high quality camera design, simplicity of usage compared to the contemporary models of
Arri and
Panavision
Panavision is an American motion picture equipment company founded in 1953 specializing in cameras and lenses, based in Woodland Hills, California. Formed by Robert Gottschalk as a small partnership to create anamorphic projection lenses dur ...
, and integration of modern and pioneering camera features led to widespread usage in the film industry. Arri subsequently bought the company in the 1990s. At Arri, Bauer developed, together with Walter Trauninger and their camera development team, the
Arricam
Arricam is a 35 mm movie camera line manufactured by Arri.
Description
It is Arri's flagship sync-sound camera line, replacing the Arriflex 535 line. The design was developed by Fritz Gabriel Bauer and Walter Trauninger, and is heavily deriv ...
System, which combined the basic movement and design of the Moviecam systems with the precision electronic parts and complement of camera accessories already designed by Arri.
Content
The Arricam cameras were released in 2000 and remain the flagship camera line of Arri's 35 mm products. Despite the fact that Moviecam cameras have not been manufactured for almost ten years, their quality and features have kept them in service to meet their consistent high demand by
feature film
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shoots.
In 2010, Moviecam released a camera focusing tool called
Moviecam EasyFocus, a high precision measuring system with safe laser, for crane shot usage, etc.
Products
Camera lines
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Moviecam 1 (1976)
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Moviecam 2 (1976)
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Moviecam 3N (1980)
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Moviecam Super/SuperAmerica (1984)
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Moviecam Compact
Moviecam Compact is a movie camera product line created by Moviecam in 1990, developed by Fritz Gabriel Bauer with the improvements after developed Moviecam SuperAmerica.
Description
Its potential applications are widespread, and it is regular ...
(1990)
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Moviecam Superlight (1996)
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Moviecam Compact MK2 (2004)
Accessories
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Moviecam EasyFocus (2010)
References
External links
Official website of Moviecam EasyFocus
Austrian brands
Movie camera manufacturers
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