[Leica] Cinematic Leica sighting

[pklein at threshinc.com (Peter Klein)]

We saw it, too.  Fun movie. Howard's review is dead-on.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/P8162288VicCrisBarMarqee-w.jpg.html

In the interests of Truth and Knowledge, I uprezzed the pertinent part of 
the picture (no, not her, the camera).
http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/temp/CruzLeica.jpg

It's probably an M6.  Film wind lever, angled rewind knob. And though I 
don't have that "resolve all detail and solve the case" button they have on 
Law and Order, CSI, etc., I can see that the character after the "M" has 
something on the bottom, unlike either "P" or "7."

Now, what's the lens?  At first I thought it was a rigid Summicron, but 
isn't it a little too big? And the focus ring is rilled, not 
scalloped.  Anyway, it appears that like many of us, Ms. Cruz' character 
believes in the magic of older Wetzlar glass.

--Peter

At 08:57 PM 8/16/2008 -0700, From: Howard Ritter wrote:
> > Went to Woody Allen's new one tonight, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona", and
> > was treated to the sight of two of my favorite things: Pen?lope Cruz
> > and, in her lovely hands, a chrome M. Didn't get a good look at it,
> > even though I manfully tore my eyes away from its user for a few
> > seconds, but it was red-dotted. It looked big enough for an M8, but as
> > Ms Cruz's character made a point of bringing it out as a film camera
> > in response to Scarlett Johansson's continual use of a digicam, I'm
> > guessing that it was a 7 or possibly a 6 (is my faith in Hollywood
> > prop departments misplaced? Surely they wouldn't have just used a
> > nearby M8 in the role of a film camera....). Couldn't quite tell
> > whether the left top corner was angled. Will have to rent the DVD?to
> > have another look at, ahem, the camera. Just to make sure. Over and
> > over, as many times as necessary.
> >