Potential Leica M Movie Sighting :)

[dcsang]

Just got back from viewing "The Dark Knight" and I enjoyed it.
Lots of action and really good character development and plot. Combined with a decent theme to the movie and it's a winner all around.

Now, that said, without giving out too many spoilers, but for those that have seen the film, was that a Leica M (of some unknown #.. either M6, M7 or M8 me thinks) that Christian Bale was using during the character's visit to Hong Kong?

The viewfinder was DEFINITELY a Leica but not sure about what M model it was and my google fu has come up empty on this one. Anyone else notice it?

Cheers,
Dave

 

[Andrew Sowerby]

Huh, I saw the movie last week but I didn't notice the Leica. Let us know if your internet searching turns anything up.

 

[dcsang]

Well.. you don't see the brand name.. all you see is Bruce Wayne removing a camera from his eye level... and because you see it as you're looking over his shoulder, you see the eyepiece / viewfinder. There's not many that look like that 🙂

That's why I believe it was a Leica.

Cheers,
Dave

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

The viewfinder was DEFINITELY a Leica but not sure about what M model it was and my google fu has come up empty on this one. Anyone else notice it?

Yes, it was, and I remember laughing at that when it came up. I don't remember. Blasts, I guess I have to watch the movie again...(which was very good; not for the easily-creeped-out)

 

[tbarker13]

Thought the same thing when I saw the movie.

And here's a link to a thread from someone who claims to have seen Christian Bale with an M8 during the filming of the movie.

http://leica-users.com/leica-users/v36/msg02912.html

 

[dcsang]

Excellent.. this confirms what I saw !!! 🙂
On location in Hong Kong for a few scenes.. I figured a billionaire like Bruce Wayne would have a Leica (if not many of them) 😀

Dave

 

[sienarot]

This is Bruce Wayne we're talking about. It was probably an M10. So far advanced, it skipped the M9.

 

[chut]

I tried to spot if it was a Leica as well, but I don't think they had a shot showing the camera. But judging from the strap, which was fairly thin and looked like the standard M strap, I think it was an M.

>sienarot, you're probably right about it being an M10! perhaps it comes with an IMAX adaptor!

 

[ali_baba]

i recall that it was an m camera from the strap and the way it was sitting on his sport coat. i recall that it was a leica, i'd guess an m8 or an MP.

 

[tmfabian]

well apparently he did have his m8 with him on set.
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2007/11/10/christian-bale-the-dark-knight/

 

[infrequent]

yes definitely a leica M. i smiled when i saw that.

 

[Mattikk]

well apparently he did have his m8 with him on set.
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2007/11/10/christian-bale-the-dark-knight/

Oh jesus, the comments on that site...

 

[tmfabian]

Oh jesus, the comments on that site...

yeah they're pretty awful....my favorite though was the one about the m8 being the super compact DSRL....