cmo
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Myself, I'd rather rent a BNCR package for little or nothing and pay extra grips to move the camera between shots...
It's all a matter of costs and efficiency in the movie business, I believe, and that's why no major studio will invest millions to help developing a new technology that is not working reliably yet. Maybe they run a test project, but not more. It's the same with all digital cameras: they are expensive, and you need a lot of equipment for post-processing, and you might need a different staff than before.
One of my favourite directors, noted for his alter ego Jack Horner in "Boogie Nights", put it in a nutshell: "Before you turn around, you've spent maybe 20, 25, 30 thousand dollars on a movie."
Depends on genre, of course...