Panaglide is a brand of
camera stabilizer mounts for
motion picture cameras made by
Panavision
Panavision is an American motion picture equipment company founded in 1953 specializing in cameras and lenses, based in Woodland Hills, California. Formed by Robert Gottschalk as a small partnership to create anamorphic projection lenses dur ...
.
The Panaglide steadies the camera operator's movement, allowing for a smooth shot.
The Panaglide was used in such films as ''
Halloween'' and
Terrence Malick's ''
Days of Heaven'', which was the first film to use the Panaglide.
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See also
*Steadicam
Steadicam is a brand of camera stabilizer mounts for motion picture cameras invented by Garrett Brown and introduced in 1975 by Cinema Products Corporation. It was designed to isolate the camera from the camera operator's movement, keeping th ...
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