Technical Specifications
VistaVision (8/35)
- spherical lenses, usually adapted and re-mounted Leica full-frame rangefinder camera lenses; SOM Berthiot made a special zoom just for VistaVision applications, but it saw very little use
- 8 perforations per frame
- horizontal pulldown, from right to left (viewed from base side)
- slightly less depth of field than vertical pulldown 35 mm
- camera aperture: 1.485" (37.72 mm) by 0.981" (24.92 mm)
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