Arriscope is a line of
anamorphic lenses especially for
Arriflex developed by Germany's
Isco Optic
Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez (; born 21 April 1992), commonly known as Isco (), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He last played for La Liga club Sevilla.
He began his career at Valencia, playing ...
. ArriScope and ArriVision are a form of the
CinemaScope/
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 duri ...
process with an
aspect ratio of 2.39:1.
Use
In the 1980s, ArriVision was used for a number of 3-D feature films, including ''
Friday the 13th Part III
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'' (1982), ''
Amityville 3-D'' (1983), and ''
Jaws 3-D
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'' (1983). ArriScope was also used on the production of ''
Body Snatchers'' (1993).
Popularity and drawbacks
In general the lenses never became popular for anamorphic films because they are very heavy and had
breathing
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problems. Arri have sold most of them to India and are not even renting them out any more. The current market for PL mount anamorphic lenses is being serviced by Vantage Film (makers of the Hawks lenses), Panavision, Arri (Master Anamorphics), Cooke Optics, Angenieux, Elite and Joe Dunton Company.
Specifications
*
Film gauge:
35mm
*Direction of travel: Vertical – four perforations – 24 frame/s
*Aperture Dimensions: 0.864" x 0.732" nominal
*
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
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