Moviecam

Today I spent the day at Panavision learning a new camera that I have never worked with before, Moviecam. We tested the gear and did an insurance test. Here is the focus chart that we used to test the lenses.
Our gear. We managed to condense the amount of hard cases that we are carrying on Morag's car to fit it all in.
This is the chart that we use for the steady test. Basically it is an insurance test to ensure that the camera is in working order. We shoot the grid so that the cross in the middle is straight, we then in a dark room wind the film back and re-shoot over the exposed stock wih the grid tilted on an angle.

When you view it back at the lab, if the lines move over each other it is not a good sign. But our test was fine. (as expected)

For more info on insurance tests read Eurbank or Harts manuals on camera assisting. They are good reads.
This is an actual nice pic of the Moviecam we are using. Go to www.moviecam.com or www.panavision.com.au for more information. It will be my first camera on 35mm where I have loaded a full mag of 1000'. How exciting. I am such a nerd:)