Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Interesting, though, that he refers to a closing scene of Clockwork Orange that is certainly not the closing scene in any version I've ever seen? AFAIK, the film ends with Alex in bed in hospital being photographed with the Home Secretary by the press guys. I suppose there was a studio-sanitised version on release originally? R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "(SonC) Sonny Carter" <sonc@sonc.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 4:01 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Barry Lyndon fast glass > 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 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