Dykstraflex

The Dykstraflex is a motion picture camera system named after its developer John Dykstra.

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The system used VistaVision motion controlled cameras to allow for

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7 axis of motion roll, pan, tilt, swing, boom, traverse, track

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Also separate lens focus, motor drive and shutter control.

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The new camera system allowed camera movement to be duplicated exactly as many times as needed for a shoot.

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Was used in such films as the Star Wars and Star Trek series.

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It earned John Dykstra an Academy Award in 1978.

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Camera: A camera is a device used to take pictures (usually photographs), either singly or in sequence, with or without sound, such as with video cameras. The name is derived from camera obscura, Latin for "dark chamber", an early mechanism for projecting images in which an entire room functioned much as th...

John Dykstra: John Charles Dykstra (born June 3, 1947 in Long Beach, California) is a special-effects supervisor and pioneer in the development of the use of computers in film making. After studying industrial design Dykstra landed a job working with Douglas Trumbull on Silent Running filming model effects. When ...