Clairmont Camera has added the Praxis Pure Reach Periscope to its arsenal of periscopes.

Developed by Star Wars Oscar winner Robert Blalack’s Praxis Films, the 36 inch long Pure Reach is a T4 diffraction-limited relay lens, designed to be used with either Arriflex Master or Ultra Prime motion picture lenses.

The design goal of Pure Reach was a periscope allowing cinematographers to use world class Motion picture lenses without any image quality compromise. Pure Reach delivers 1:1 transparent image quality, equivalent on film to mounting the prime lens directly on the camera. Pure Reach shots inter-cut seamlessly with non-periscope footage. No other periscope employing world-class motion picture prime lenses produces this pristine level of image quality.

Unlike other similar periscopes, the focal length of an Arriflex Master or Ultra Prime is unaffected by Pure Reach. A 24mm lens is delivered to the film or digital sensor as a 24mm, not a 23 or 25mm, as in the case with the few periscopes that relay prime lenses. Center-to-edge illumination and resolution are outstanding, and geometric distortion is imperceptible.

Focus and f-stop are controlled at the Arriflex lens, using standard control mechanisms.

Pure Reach was used extensively for miniature photography on all three Lord Of The Rings, as well as King Kong. Director of Photography and Visual Effects Oscar winner Alex Funke, A.S.C., describes Pure Reach as _________________________.

Putting almost three feet between the camera and the lens, Pure Reach helps the cinematographer wrestling with camera-shadow lighting issues.

Pure Reach is useful for miniature, car, table-top photography, and any periscope shot that requires full resolution, feature film quality images.

Pure Reach can be deployed on all of Clairmont film cameras, as well as third-party motion control rigs.

Daily Rental Rate: Periscope
USD $750.00

90 degree elbow
USD $100.00