Flakse Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 How many Hi, Me and a few friends of mine had a funny discussion the other day about how big this industri is in terms of gear and people.. not money. The number of gear sold worldwide must mean how much demand there is for and therefore how big the industri is. Feel free to update the list if you think any more items is relevant. Does anybody of you know how many of these items is sold worldwide or just want to guess? How many : Arri 535's Arri 435's Aaton 35 Arri Ultra primes sets Cooke S4 sets Fisher 11's Peewee's Tecnocranes Remote camera heads (all brands like hothead & cams i.e.) Steadicams (all brands) C-stands (all brands) Sekonic cinemeters Minolta Autometer IV's Minolta Colormeters Spectre lightmeters O'connor fluid heads Sachtler fluid heads Sony HD cameras (all types) Wireless follow focus systems (all brands) Kinoflo 4feet 4banks Chimera medium's Mark5 directors viewfinders Feets of Kodak negative 35mm in 2003 Feets of Kodak negative 16mm in 2003 Feets of Fuji negative 35mm in 2003 Feets of Fuji negative 16mm in 2003 Sunpath software programs 18kw HMI'S (all brands) Which crane is used by most?? Which Dolly is used by most?? How many people works in the business in europe / U.S. / Asia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delorme Jean-Marie Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 hi in France we are about 70 000 to works in films, tv, actors, production all included (the intermitent workers) and we are a verry small indistry and maybe 30 000 more who work all year long for the same company (contracters) so let's say a total of 100 000 not big hey! i noticed recently that spain was verry dynamic they have like 15 camera rental houses (35mm) as we have only 6 (5 in paris). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riku Naskali Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 Well, I was visiting just yesterday the biggest rental house in Finland and they had one 18k HMI ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Sargenius Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 Arri celebrated their 1000th 435 not long ago (this includes, ES and Advanced models but probably not the Xtreme version) Kim Sargenius cinematographer Sydney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Pytlak RIP Posted September 1, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted September 1, 2004 Sorry, I can't share sales figures, but I can say that film sales overall continue to grow, and this year may surpass last year's record volumes. Even 16mm camera film sales are growing at a healthy pace. In the past few years, film labs have added capacity worldwide, with new plants being built in Toronto, Montreal, and Rome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Pacini Posted September 1, 2004 Share Posted September 1, 2004 Gee, you mean those "film is dead" predictions were a bit premature, eh? (I'm referring to the "film is dead" predictions of the 1950's, when video was first invented.) Matt Pacini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted September 1, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted September 1, 2004 Hi, One serial number I saw on a year-old Steadicam Ultra a few months ago was in the low hundreds. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Pytlak RIP Posted September 1, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted September 1, 2004 I recall the first "Film Is Dead" article was in Variety when Ampex introduced their first 2-inch quad video tape recorder in 1956. Guess which format has been "dead" for decades and which one is still thriving? :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Laurent Andrieux Posted September 1, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted September 1, 2004 Does really the incoming of HD and DV has no influence on film stock selling ? I guess negative stock is nothing compared to positive stock, so may be it's gonna change if theaters pass the step of digital projection... Are you a bit afraid of that or d'you think it's gonna take ages before it becomes significant ? Also in France, some TV films where made on digibeta or HD recently but it sounds like productions would rather go back on super 16 actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Pytlak RIP Posted September 1, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted September 1, 2004 I think the number of times that pundits have proclaimed "Film is Dead" should make anyone take these predictions "with a grain of salt" (silver bromide would be appropriate. :) ). The merging of film and digital imaging technologies is the best of all worlds, taking advantage of the strengths of each. Kodak is a leader in both technologies: http://www.kodak.com/country/US/en/motion/...v2/sehlin.shtml http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/researchDe...ighlights.shtml http://www.kodak.com/global/en/digital/ccd/sensorsMain.jhtml http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jht...pq-locale=en_US http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professiona...1.18.18.3&lc=en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Sprung Posted September 2, 2004 Premium Member Share Posted September 2, 2004 How many Technicolor made less than 30 three strip cameras Panavision probably has something in the low hundreds of cameras Paramount has roughly 4000 employees IA local 600 has something over 4600 members If you can go by serial numbers, Arri made more than 10,000 model II's For comparison, Delta made over 300,000 Unisaws, and VW made something over 30 million beetle cars. -- J.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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