Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]it is without doubt a chrome Leica M6, with a Summarit 50/1.5 lens, the classic 1950's lens, not one of the f/2.5 newer ones ed > El 17/08/2008, a las 05:26, Peter Klein escribi?: > > 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. >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >