Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The mags don't fall off the NPR either if you put them on right and lower the safety catch! <gg> But it is true that the BL, NPR, and for that matter the Panaflex ARE real movie cameras! In the same way that the Leica is a REAL camera. Mike D - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tourtelot" <tourtelot@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] David Suchet, Leica user > 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 > >