There are 26 IMAX film cameras in the world today. Mark Wilson of Gizmodo recently toured an IMAX camera workshop and got to photograph & play with some of the most expensive and powerful cameras on the planet. These cameras aren’t your average camcorder on steroids – they still shoot film, are VERY heavy (some 300+ lbs.), are made in-house and can shoot 3D. I find it interesting that the camera used by NASA to shoot the Hubble Telescope consumed 5,000 feet of film for every 7.5 minutes of shooting.
The MSM is a general purpose 2D camera. It’s a larger evolution of the MKII design (loaded with a 1000 foot magazine here), with a more elegant internal design and upgraded electronics like video output. You may know it as the camera that shot the famous Dark Knight Tumbler sequence…before it was destroyed by a stunt vehicle. Mike Hendriks had to repair the system as it’s but one of four such cameras in the world. (I overheard that while it’s insured for $500,000, repairs came in at well under half that.)
Read his entire article and see tons of photographs at Gizmodo.
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