Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/03
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At 10:20 -0800 03/03/99, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> I heard that they still in mainland China shoot films in three color
>Technicolor which went out in the 40's everywhere else. I just saw a
>thing on cable TV about it and their head makeup guy said he did a film
>test with all the womens lipsticks on his arm and they all came out
>brown on the new non Technicolor stuff. No reds. All the actresses and
>actors were ready to revolt.
--> Considering the traditional importance of reds in the
Chinese culture, no wonder.
With the right professionals, Technicolor
is a strike of genius of a process, as seen from then,
a smack of simplicity from our vantage point.
--> Technicolor + newer lenses + today's print-out emulsions
must be something else... on a Hortzen (spelling? - ultra
smooth mechanism + quieter ) / Schneider /
Bryston 4B St amps / PMC monitors/
Sony SDDS equipped 35 mm projector
and other THX certified audio components... Hmmm!
--> Did anyone notice there's a f/1.1 anamorphic [ ! ] ZOOM
available for professional Panavision cameras... ?
Probably heart attack class prices, too.
Check Panavision.co.uk
"Professional Chic .... indeed ! "
They also offer a bunch of monofocals, without photo database,
3/4 and anamorphic aspect ratios, some with MACRO
capability. I wonder if I'd go Carl Zeiss
over Canon or Angenieux ? No idea.
André Jean Quintal
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