Brian Caldwell

Hi Sage:

For anamorphic I'm doing what I can to keep costs under control.  However, I'm using a Panavision-style focusing system which requires a pair of counter-rotating cylindrical astigmatizers precisely linked to the rear focusing lens.  Tolerances on the rotation mechanism are just a few arc-minutes, so the mechanical complexity is similar to a clock!  As a result, these can't be low budget items, but they certainly will be vastly cheaper (and better!) than, say, Hawk.

I expect no less from you! That's exciting. IWhen do you estimate the first lens will be ready?

I always felt the 2x convention needed a shake up; I suppose the desqueeze camera feature will have to be updated..