Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> 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 >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html