Creating the Quietest Possible Recording Conditions

From the Sound Recordist’s point of view, the most important aspect of the choice of camera for a particular production is ‘how much noise is the principal camera going to make when shooting close in to the leading artist who is speaking in whispers in absolutely quiet surroundings?’

With a PANAFLEX camera the chances are that the noisiest thing around will be the Nagra recorder.

Vast amounts of time, money, energy and ingenuity have been expended by PANAVISION to develop and refine the quiet running aspect of the PANAFLEX range of cameras in order that the maximum percentage of original sound is usable and does not have to be looped because there is unacceptable camera noise in the background. ...

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