Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Funny that the only company not talking about Leica cine lenses is Leica. Not a word from them in either English or German that I can find. If these lenses are so fantastic, why isn?t Leica blowing their horn about them? Strange, to say the least. Douglas On 15.04.2010 22:43, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> On Apr 15, 2010 at 04:20 PM -0400, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >>> And a good script. >>> Its all about a good STORY. >>> >> That goes without saying. >> >> Just for kicks, I googled "Sundance 5D" and found a trailer that is being >> shopped at Sundance. It looked decent. They had a behind the scenes shot >> of one of the camera operators with the 5D on a Steadicam. I don't know >> for >> sure how much they cost, but depending on the model, $4-15k. Without all >> the doodads like monitors etc. That's the kind of thing I'm talking >> about. >> >> I've no doubt there will be a lot of innovative filmmakers who will turn >> out >> some wonderful stuff with this new tech. I also have no doubt there will >> be >> a ton of wedding and other photographers who will strap a $100 mic to the >> top of their SLR, call themselves cinematographers, and turn out high >> definition crap with hard to hear sound, crappy lighting, poor scripts, >> etc. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > I shot the Easter parade in 5th Ave this year the first time and there was > a > guy with a huge tripod and huge bag o gear shooting with a 5D canon still > camrea only was shooting video. Which figured out from his tripod head. > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >