Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/13

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Subject: [Leica] Woof!
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Fri Oct 13 14:48:33 2006
References: <450F8B4E.1080808@iisaka.org> <C13B4A5D.2F455%mark@rabinergroup.com> <20061013192338.GD9868@jbm.org>

At ABC (1960's era) where one guy was turning the knob and another 
was watching the change on a monitor we commonly used Woof to 
indicate when we'd hit the mark.  Meow, on the other hand, I never 
heard except in the context of someone being catty.



>2006-09-23-20:32:29 Mark Rabiner:
>>  Or the head off an old 135 Elmar or Hektor.
>>  Woof!
>
>My girlfriend, who works in cable news, was wandering by the other day as a
>director and crew were trying to set things up for a fancy new set.  The
>camera was being zoomed or tracked in, then the director said, "Woof."
>
>Someone else watching commented that this was really old-school;  that
>back in the day, "woof" and even "meow" were camera commands that one
>might hear.  I couldn't find a reference to the cat noises, but I did
>find a reference to "woof":
>
>   Really, I believe that in order to maximize your ability on camera you
>   need to learn the tools, the talk and the trade. The tools, such as the
>   focus and zoom controls, are there to get the job done. Master them. The
>   talk is the lingo you'll hear over your headset from the director. "Push
>   in" means the same thing as "Zoom in" and "Woof" can mean the same thing
>   as "Stop".
>
>   http://www.anthonycoppedge.com/resources/article.cfm?ArticleID=33
>
>...and if it's on the Internet, it must be true.
>
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-- 
Regards,

Dick

In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] M8 and Visoflex 3?)
Message from jbm at jbm.org (Jeff Moore) ([Leica] Woof!)