Panavision Equipment History

1950s

1954   Introduction of Micro Panatar®
1954   Introduction of Super Panatar® projection lens
1955   Introduction of Camera 65
1955   Introduction of Ultra Panatar® projection lens
1956   First Film made in Camera 65 (Ultra Panavision) "Raintree County"
1958   Introduction of the Auto Panatar® taking lens
1958   Panavision releases Super Panavision Widescreen in theaters
1958   Ultra Speed Panatar® released
1959   Ultra Panavision 70 released

1960s

1967   Panavision Silent Reflex (PSR) 35mm camera is introduced
1968   65mm hand-held motion picture camera is released

1970s

1972   Panaflex® - First truly silent hand held studio camera
1974   Introduction of Panaflex® X
1975   Panaflex® Lightweight is released
1976   Introduction of the Panaflex® Gold
1976   Super Speed lenses Announced
1977   Panastar® high speed camera is released

1980s

1980   Introduction of Panacam® Video Camera
1981   Introduction of Panaflex® 16
1986   Panaflex® Platinum is introduced
1987   Panastar® II is released
1988   Introduction of Primo® 4:1 zoom lens

1990s

1990   Primo® series of prime lenses becomes available
1991   Panavision System 65 studio camera is released
1993   Introduction of Primo® 11:1 zoom lens
1994   Introduction of Primo® 3:1 zoom lens
1996   Panavision Frazier Lens is introduced
1997   Introduction of the Millennium® Camera System
1999   Panavision Millennium® XL Camera System

2000s

2000   Panavision Introduces the HD-900F High Definition Camera System
2001   Primo Macro Zoom® is released
2001   Panavision Introduces the Panavision Smartlens®
2002   Introduction of the Remote Digital Control (RDC)
2004   Hylén System is released
2004   Panavision Introduces the Genesis™ HD Camera
2004   300x HD Zoom Lens is introduced
2004   Release of the Panaflex® Millennium XL2
2004   Ultraview® HD colour viewfinder is made available
2004   Anamorphic Wide Angle Zoom Lens is released