15-perforation · 65 mm · 24 fps

The Large-Format Camera

A machine built to capture cinema at its largest scale.

01 — The format

Five and a half feet
every second.

Fifteen-perforation large-format film moves more than five feet every second. Its scale creates extraordinary image detail—and extraordinary mechanical noise.

Frame: 70.4 × 52.6 mm
Pitch: 15 perforations · 71.25 mm
Transport: 1.71 m/s at 24 fps

02 — Assembly

Seven
subassemblies.

Scroll to separate the machine. Scroll back to close it. Hover a label to isolate that part.

03 — The noise problem

412 kilograms
of silence.

Large-format film moves fast, and fast film is loud. The solution is a heavy acoustic enclosure engineered to make dialogue recording possible.

Enclosure: 1100 × 980 × 1580 mm
Mass: 412 kg · lifted at four points
Measured: 18 dB(A) at one metre

04 — The mirror solution

Two mirrors,
one eyeline.

When the acoustic enclosure blocks direct eyelines, a twin-mirror system can redirect the actors’ view while the camera remains between them.

Mirrors: Two, first-surface · 190 mm
Adjustment: ±14° on both axes
Path: Folded twice, length preserved

05 — The problem

The challenge was simple to describe and difficult to solve: build a large-format camera system capable of recording an entire dialogue-driven feature.

0 feet of film

Multiple countries filming locations

One feature captured in large format

1.43 : 1 STBY 1000 FT

Viewfinder — live feed

Rack focus

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