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Panavision is the leading designer and manufacturer of high-precision camera systems, consisting of film and digital cameras, lenses and accessories for the motion picture and television industries.

10/23/2026

Today's AFTER HOURS lesson: crop factors! 🍸🎥 How to calculate them, how they affect your focal length choices, and how the crop factor tool can make it so much quicker to calculate on set. Don't worry – we won't ask you to show your work 😉

10/22/2026

"Be nice and be flexible." Our favorite kind of wisdom is short, sweet, and straight from Stephen Lighthill, ASC.

The cinematographer and American Film Institute Conservatory Cinematography Discipline Head joins us for a PanaSpeed Round to discuss the collaboration of pre-production, reflect on what inspires him, and drop even more cinematography wisdom.

Watch our full interview with Lighthill here: https://pvlink.net/4eqTpdX

“It was one of those jobs that enables you to pull upon so many different skill sets. We're in Nepal, shooting in a mona...
10/19/2026

“It was one of those jobs that enables you to pull upon so many different skill sets. We're in Nepal, shooting in a monastery, and I was able to light and shoot like a normal production. And then, days later, you're on the side of a mountain, a camera on the shoulder and nothing else, and it's all about physicality and instinct. That's what I love about the job: It's so variable, but it's all story-driven.”

Cinematographer Stefan Duscio ACS recounts the adventure of making director Jennifer Peedom's new feature Tenzing, which recreates the first successful climb to the summit of Everest.

“Jennifer's background is in documentary; a lot of her work is about the environment and human endeavor. She was so inspiring to work with, and she kept us all on the right track. Jen's documentary work has been in widescreen, and we couldn't deny how much we loved the widescreen format and how much more negative space we got to play with by putting figures on one side of the frame and landscape on the other. I started talking to Mike Carter and Dan Sasaki at Panavision, as I was finishing Wolf Man in New Zealand on the Ultra Vistas. I was really keen to continue my relationship with that glass. I almost could have shot the whole movie on the 65mm. It's quite a versatile lens. It has a very wide field of view, yet it has beautiful shallow depth of field. It's just the right level of intimacy. I really try to find that sweet spot where it'll render the world truthfully but beautifully.

We shot a lot of Tenzing's early life in Nepal, and all the 1953 climbing sequences in New Zealand. I got a crash course in rappelling down crevasses in New Zealand with a climbing team. Our second-unit director, Renan Ozturk, is a very accomplished mountaineer, filmmaker and climber, and our 12 Sherpa cast, between them, had summited Everest 65 times. So you're surrounded by mountain royalty. I found lifelong friendships with so many of them. It's probably the most emotional film I've ever had the pleasure of being a part of. I'm so proud of it.”

Read the full interview with Duscio here: https://pvlink.net/4dHALOQ

Unit photography by Kirsty Griffin. All images courtesy of Apple.

10/16/2026

"There is nothing casual in every frame." Dig deeper with director Alejandro G. Iñárritu on the cinematography of DIGGER — NOW PLAYING in theaters and IMAX. 🪏🤠

The film was shot by cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki ASC AMC and filmed in the VistaVision 8-perf 35mm format with support from Panavision London and Woodland Hills.

Watch the full interview with Iñárritu & Tom Cruise here: https://pvlink.net/4yuYxVR

Thank you to our production team Image Nova Media 🎥

When we asked cinematographer Todd Banhazl ASC how he’d describe the look of Love of Your Life, he told us: “Large forma...
10/15/2026

When we asked cinematographer Todd Banhazl ASC how he’d describe the look of Love of Your Life, he told us: “Large format portrait photography of faces and places.” A romance like this one deserves a large-format match made in heaven – Banhazl shot the film with both Panavision Panaspeed and Ultra Panatar II lenses alongside director Rachel Morrison.

“We wanted to choreograph Maya's journey falling in and out of love with her life by switching between spherical and anamorphic,” Banhazl adds. “We used the [Panavision] UP2's for when Maya is in beautiful flow with her life. In ‘Duende’, the 1.3x was the perfect way to feel this emotional cue while maintaining our taller open gate Alexa 265 framing. Scouting our 4 cities and 3 countries, and looking at the different qualities of weather and light, were our main inspiration for the look of the film, the style of lighting, and our aspect ratio.

I've been coming to Panavision for most of my career. I know that whatever weird idea I have, Mike Carter and Dan Sasaki will be excited to help me figure it out, and will often bring me surprises beyond my imagination. They just care.”

Stream Love of Your Life now on Amazon Prime 🩵

BTS photography by Chiabella James. Photos courtesy of Amazon.

“I first met Olivia on ‘The Studio.’ She was the lead featured actor on an episode, and I loved working with her. She's ...
10/14/2026

“I first met Olivia on ‘The Studio.’ She was the lead featured actor on an episode, and I loved working with her. She's a filmmaker at heart — she loves to nerd-out on things, she gets the energy of a scene, and she knows what makes something funny or dramatic.”

Cinematographer Adam Newport-Berra reflects on filming ‘The Invite’ on 35mm with director-actor Olivia Wilde.

“We were really lucky that we got to work with Jade Healy, the production designer. As soon as I got hired, Jade was sending me a nearly final draft of the apartment setup. There was a lot to play with, different corners and nooks, and if we left a space and came back to it, there was such dynamism to how it was designed that I could shoot it completely differently. I wanted to treat the apartment like an enormous world and not as a confined space.

Early on I pitched, ‘What if we shot on film?’ We knew we were only going to shoot for 21 days on stage, so we tried to be smart with how much film we used, how much gear we used, and worked really closely with the producers to figure out how to make it work. There's something really classical and nostalgic about this movie, and shooting on film reinforced that. It felt very timeless.

We tested a handful of different lenses. I told Dan [Sasaki, Panavision’s SVP of Optical Engineering] what I was looking for, something fast that could open up to a T1.4 but had really good close focus, with a classic feel, and that wasn’t too soft. And he was like, ‘You’re describing these new lenses.’ They’d been made for One Battle After Another. I tested them, and they turned out to be an incredible set of lenses that I totally fell in love with.

It's really hard to make a movie. So I'm always honored when someone wants me to be their right-hand man and help them film it. Olivia really brought me in as a collaborator, and I loved working with her and Seth and Edward and Penélope. It was really cool how much they trusted me. I was in the mix with them. I felt like a filmmaker, and that was such an honor.”

The proudly Baton Rouge-made political satire BEWARE THE BOX FOLK's world premiere is this month at the New Orleans Film...
10/13/2026

The proudly Baton Rouge-made political satire BEWARE THE BOX FOLK's world premiere is this month at the New Orleans Film Festival! Head to https://pvlink.net/4s3XlHi to secure your ticket or stream online through November 1st. 📦

“Being awarded Panavision's New Filmmaker Grant was a dream come true,” DoP Michael Prince-Bouton tells us about working on the film with the support of Panavision New Orleans. “As a cinematographer shooting my debut feature, I suddenly had access to the DXL2 and an entire kit of Panaspeed lenses that were far beyond anything we could have afforded. It's an honor to have Panavision say they believe in your film, and even more validating when they give you the tools to see your vision through.”

“So many of our favorite movies were filmed with Panavision,” the film's directors Nathan S. Hall and Brendan Pyron add. “We're beyond honored to join that legacy with our debut feature film. The New Filmmaker Program is the kind of opportunity you only see at the movies. It elevated our project to the next level, empowering us to approach this film with a much larger visual scale than we could have ever dreamed thanks to Panavision's support.”

10/09/2026

See cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki ASC AMC's groundbreaking work on DIGGER — NOW PLAYING in theaters and IMAX 🤠

The movie was filmed in the VistaVision 8-perf 35mm format with support from Panavision London and Woodland Hills.

Watch our full interview with Tom Cruise & director Alejandro G. Iñárritu here: https://pvlink.net/4jHXGx6

Thank you to our production team ImageNova Media 🎥

This , we honor a hero who exemplifies the spirit of space travel, reminding us all how important it is to throw yourse...
10/08/2026

This , we honor a hero who exemplifies the spirit of space travel, reminding us all how important it is to throw yourself into what you're passionate about, with wild disregard for personal safety: Gonzo 🚀🤩

MUPPETS FROM SPACE (1999) was directed by Tim Hill and shot by cinematographer Alan Caso ASC with the Panavision Panaflex Gold II camera and our Primo Primes lenses. 🎥

Unit photography by James Bridges

10/08/2026

Cinematographer Paula Huidobro, AMC joins us for a Panaspeed Round, detailing her best advice, how she stays inspired between projects, and which Panavision lens she would be.

If you could live in the world of one of Paula's projects, which world would you live in? 🎥

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