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Aaton
Aaton 35-III
The Aaton 35-III is a compact, lightweight 35mm sync-sound motion picture camera introduced by the French manufacturer Aaton in 1989. It features a PL lens mount, 4-perf movement with Super 35 coverage, instant-change magazines, and Aatoncode timecode recorded directly onto the film edge, eliminating the need for slates. A 3-perf option was added in 2002.
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Primary camera on Lost in Translation (2003); DP Lance Acord used 35mm focal length to match a tourist's point-of-view
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Used on Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette, and Where the Wild Things Are. His primary handheld camera
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