Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At least the mags don't fall off the BL <g>. D. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernard Cousineau" <flatbroke@sympatico.ca> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 8:47 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] David Suchet, Leica user > Malcolm McCullough wrote: > >At least > > if they come up and say 'Hey, you're using a Panaflex, I've got a Platinum > > actually' you know they are telling porkies*. For the other NPR** users in > > the LUG (I know you are out there) how many times do you hear 'Does that > > thing still work?' > > > > Regards, > > Malcolm > > *porkies = pork pies = lies; Cockney rhyming slang, widely used by > > non-Cockneys. Panaflex cameras are only, to the best of my knowledge, > > available for hire. On topic - Leica make some of the lenses. > > ** NPR = Eclair Noiseless Portable Reflex 16 mm camera introduced in 1960. > > Many are still going strong. > > Malcolm, > > I vaguely recall reading an interview with David Lynch in American Cinematographer in which he mentionned that he had purchased a Panaflex, so one may actually be able to pull some strings and get one, given the right connections. > People have the same reaction towards my Arri BL16, b.t.w. The other common reaction is "now that looks like a real movie camera..." > > Bernard