First film to use Panavision Autp Panatar anamorphic Lenses.

[cinemad]

Was it a Hole in the Head(1959) or Green Mansions(1959) or something else?

[Ian Partridge]

Post by cinemad
Was it a Hole in the Head(1959) or Green Mansions(1959) or something else?

The Panavision site says that these lenses were liked by "cinematographers
and actors"

There is a company still hiring out these rare prime lenses for $1500 per
day and say they were the first anamorphics to fix "mumps". Panavision sold
them to studios starting in 1958, and stopped sales in 1964 when they became
a rental-only operation.

Ian

[Scott Dorsey]

Post by Ian Partridge

Post by cinemad
Was it a Hole in the Head(1959) or Green Mansions(1959) or something else?

The Panavision site says that these lenses were liked by "cinematographers
and actors"

They still are. They were basically Panavision's take on the B&L Cinemascope
lenses. Panavision chose to use a prism instead of a cylindrical lens, much
like the Hypergonar design. They added a compensating element to make
the squeeze linear at close distances.

Post by Ian Partridge
There is a company still hiring out these rare prime lenses for $1500 per
day and say they were the first anamorphics to fix "mumps". Panavision sold
them to studios starting in 1958, and stopped sales in 1964 when they became
a rental-only operation.

Nobody pays list price. Nobody. What you see on Panavision's price list is
in every way negotiable. Although these days it's often common to rent lenses
at close to full price and get a fully-prepped film camera thrown in for free.

The "mumps" elimination was the result of that compensating element, and a
similar arrangement has been used by many later lenses.
--scott