Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/17

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Subject: [Leica] Cinematic Leica sighting
From: hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter)
Date: Sun Aug 17 13:23:18 2008
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20080817010600.027b5b28@mail.threshinc.com>

Nice work, Peter. I agree that it's an M6.

--howard


On Aug 17, 2008, at 4:26 AM, Peter Klein wrote:

> 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

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