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IMAX Next-Gen 65mm Film Cameras: All Details

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2024-05-04

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This was one of the most fascinating sessions during NAB 2024. The lecture titled “The Art and Science of IMAX” sheds light on IMAX filmmaking and the upcoming next-generation of IMAX 65mm film…

Oppenheimer’s Cinematographer: “Shoot film! It’s much easier than you think”

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Yossy Mendelovich

2024-03-13

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As a part of his Oscars 2024 winning speech, Oppenheimer’s cinematographer – Hoyte van Hoytema, advises filmmakers to shoot on film. “It’s much easier than you think,” he says. What do you…

Hoyte van Hoytema Talks About Film, Large Format, and Nolan

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Yossy Mendelovich

2024-02-26

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As a part of his press conversation after winning the BAFTA Best Cinematography Award, Oppenheimer DP Hoyte Van Hoytema NSC FSF ASC elaborated on three fascinating subjects: Film vs. Digital, shooting large…

Hoyte van Hoytema: “Celluloid is alive-and-kicking”

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Yossy Mendelovich

2024-02-20

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“Celluloid is alive-and-kicking”. This is our repeatable sentence, but this time was stated by the acclaimed IMAX cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema NSC FSF ASC as a part of his speech winning the…

Will IMAX Film Win an Oscar?

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Yossy Mendelovich

2024-02-05

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The cameras that shot the 96th Academy Awards’ Best Picture and Cinematography nominees, include for the first time (in the digital era), an IMAX film camera. Will the “Film in IMAX” movie…

96th Academy Awards: The Cameras and Lenses

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Yossy Mendelovich

2024-02-01

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Now, that we have the list of nominees, we can explore the cameras and lenses that shot Best Picture and Cinematography contenders for the 96th Academy Awards. There’s a solid presence of…

Oppenheimer Technical Review: Brilliant Sound Design Combined With Extreme IMAX Closeups

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Yossy Mendelovich

2023-08-06

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So we watched Oppenheimer on IMAX Laser. After writing a vast amount of articles dealing with the cinematography aspects of the film, we didn’t imagine how great the sound is. Indeed, the…

Panavision has Designed a “Wide-Angle Microscope” Lens for IMAX Cameras

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Yossy Mendelovich

2023-08-04

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In a very educating interview held by American Cinematographer, with ASC associate member and Panavision Senior Vice President of Optical Engineering and Lens Strategy Dan Sasaki, the lens behind Oppenheimer is revealed.…

The Lenses Behind Oppenheimer: Modified Panavision and an IMAX Snorkel Lens

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Yossy Mendelovich

2023-07-25

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It appears that Oppenheimer was shot on specially modified fast Panavision Sphero and System 65 lenses. Even more interestingly, a dedicated snorkel lens was made for the IMAX cameras, to capture extreme…

Christopher Nolan: “We came up with some very interesting analog methods of how to shoot Oppenheimer”

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Yossy Mendelovich

2023-07-11

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Another day, another marketing boost for Nolan’s IMAX greatness —Oppenheimer. This time, the video published by Universal Pictures sheds a bit more light on the making and what we can expect from…

Hoyte Van Hoytema

IMAX Next-Gen 65mm Film Cameras: All Details

Oppenheimer’s Cinematographer: “Shoot film! It’s much easier than you think”

Hoyte van Hoytema Talks About Film, Large Format, and Nolan

Hoyte van Hoytema: “Celluloid is alive-and-kicking”

Will IMAX Film Win an Oscar?

96th Academy Awards: The Cameras and Lenses

Oppenheimer Technical Review: Brilliant Sound Design Combined With Extreme IMAX Closeups

Panavision has Designed a “Wide-Angle Microscope” Lens for IMAX Cameras

The Lenses Behind Oppenheimer: Modified Panavision and an IMAX Snorkel Lens

Christopher Nolan: “We came up with some very interesting analog methods of how to shoot Oppenheimer”

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