Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Nov 4, 2005, at 8:23 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: > I'd love to know the film stock they used. Those great Panavision > lenses were used to great advantage and the cinematographer certainly > understands how to use black and white. Wow - talk about seeing the > PEOPLE. If it was shot on a true black and white stock, it probably was Kodak 5222, which is similar to Super-XX (or double XX?). 5222 has been around for decades and is a real classic. It looks absolutely stunning, when projected. Some people use 'short ends' of this stock for bulkloading 135 format cartridges. If I rememeber correctly you can develop it in D76, but I think Kodak recommends D-19. 5222 is a little grainier than Tri-X, but has as enormous exposure range and can easily be pushed. It looks a little like vintage 1950's/60 Tri-X. I think Tom A. has some experience doing this. "The Man Who Wasn't There' was shot on color negative and then printed on black and white title print stock. the film is gorgeous, but to my eyes, it still looks like color stock turned b/w. I haven't seen the film, yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if 'Good Night and Good Luck' was shot with period lenses from Cooke, Bausch&Lomb or Arri/Schneider. Visually it's the difference between a Summicron DR and the current version. feli --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feli di Giorgio feli2@earthlink.net www.elanphotos.com