Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>wrote: >I'm not sure if hanging sheets of gauze in front of your lens characterizes >and justifies itself as bokeh. >Those films were also filmed in blue only sensitive film. Far from >panchromatic. >[Rabs] >Mark William Rabiner ========================================================================================================================================================================= I'll admit "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is a special case, but in general, the cine lenses favored in the thirties had that undercorrected spherical abberation that gives the dot of light surrounded by a halo. Speed-Panchro was a name for lenses made by Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, I believe. Ortho films were the main emulsions used in the silent era, but panchromatic film for movies took over after the coming of sound and the more widespread use of tungsten lighting units. (Check "Film Style and Technology" by Barry Salt, a great book for anyone interested in the relationship between the hardware and the art) Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer UPAA POY 1978 University Information Technology Services University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/