Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Barry Lyndon fast glass
From: "Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 10:24:41 -0400

> Thanks, Mitch for posting this article that gives us a glimpse of the drive
> behind Ed DiGiulio.
>
> In a past life, I worked in documentary television, and used Ed's excellent
> CP reflex camera.  He was also the innovator of the Stedicam System

Sonny-- Garret Brown is the inventor of the Steadicam System, Ed DiGuilo
only bought the rights to be the exclusive distributor. Garret won a
technical Oscar for the Steadicam.

sl

>that has
> revolutionised Sports and feature film production, I think first seen  when
> "Rocky" runs along the street, and up several dozen steps, turns and throws
> up his hands, all one shot with no dolly, not tracks.
>
> I had the great fortune to meet and chat with Ed DiGiulio a few years back,
> and he's just the enthusiastic guy you see in this article.
>
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mitch Zeissler" <zeissler@directvinternet.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 5:24 PM
> Subject: [Leica] Barry Lyndon fast glass
>
>
>> Pat...
>>
>> Read the article below for background on the Barry Lyndon fast glass:
>> http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/sk/ac/len/page1.htm
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> /Mitch
>> _________________________________________
>> Mitch Zeissler
>>   E-mail: zeissler@directvinternet.com
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 6:02 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Tamarkins & toilets
>> >
>> > Designed for a Hasselblad and used to film the candle
>> > lit scene in Barry Lyndon?
>> >
>> > I thought that Kubrick used Arriflex cameras
>> > exclusively? And I've never heard of a Hasselblad
>> > motion picture camera (which certainly doesn't mean it
>> > doesn't exist!) But if it were a repurposed MF camera
>> > lens (and maybe it was the giant lens they made for
>> > NASA), it seems unsuitable since 35mm motion picture
>> > film is roughly 18x24mm and a fast lens designed for
>> > 6x6 would have disadvantages in wide open performance
>> > since it is covering so much unused image circle.
>> >
>> > I recall a hoax of a lens they showed at some camera
>> > show probably in the 50s or 60s when superspeed lenses
>> > were all the rage, image quality be damned. The front
>> > element was something like 12 inches in diameter and
>> > it was much faster than .95
>> >
>> > Pat
>>
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