Changing the PANAFLEX Reflex System
An additional advantage of PANAVISION’s dual focal plane and mirror shutter system is the possibility it affords to exchange the normal rotating reflex mirror for a fixed pellicle reflex mirror.
Although now superseded by the PANAVISION flicker-free PANAVID CCD video assist system, PANAFLEX and PANASTAR cameras can achieve a greatly enhanced, flicker-free video assist image by replacing the spinning mirror, which reflects light to the reflex viewing system intermittently for only 44% of the exposure/pulldown time with a membrane-thin partial mirror which reflects approximately 33% of the light all of the time. It is particularly advantageous when using a Steadicam floating camera system when an optimum quality ...
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