David Murphy
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The old TV series "Secret Agent Man" with Patrick McGoohan (also known as "Danger Man" in the UK) is full of episodes wih Leica's (screw mount), Rollei's, and various early Japanse SLR's. The are often used for spy work. I recently saw all the shows from a boxed DVD set.
There was some movie, from the 80's (I think), with Mathew Broderick (I think), set in NY City that prominently feature a camera that looked like a late model Leica M. It was used in many scenes.
There was some movie, from the 80's (I think), with Mathew Broderick (I think), set in NY City that prominently feature a camera that looked like a late model Leica M. It was used in many scenes.
Creagerj
Incidental Artist
The (New) Oman, the photographer who is one of the main charactors totes a Lieca M7 (chrome) in several scense. Also in Erotrip one of the charactors is supposed to own a leica and I'm fairly certian that he has one in one or two scense. However on the DVD cover for the move he is holding a contax G2 so I can't be certian.
Gipsy
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http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/natalie-merchant/48495/video Click on carnival.
venchka
Veteran
Bob Dylan "Highway 61 Revisited" album cover. Does anyone recognize the camera?
Natalie Merchant, "Carnival" video.
I have a camaera in the movies question: "Blowup", David Hemmings returns from a night of living and photographing in a homeless shelter or something like it. He pulls a camera and film out of a paper bag. What camera? I think it was a rangefinder. I know he had a Nikon F in one of the studio scenes. Probably a Hasselblad as well.
Natalie Merchant, "Carnival" video.
I have a camaera in the movies question: "Blowup", David Hemmings returns from a night of living and photographing in a homeless shelter or something like it. He pulls a camera and film out of a paper bag. What camera? I think it was a rangefinder. I know he had a Nikon F in one of the studio scenes. Probably a Hasselblad as well.
amateriat
We're all light!
The camera in the Dylan album cover shot is a Nikon SP. Ms. Merchant appears to be handling an M3.
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aad
Not so new now.
Mugambo (sp) with Clark Gable and Ava Gardner-one character has an LTM Leica around his neck while filming gorillas
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ray_g
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I watched "The Impassioned Eye." No Leica. In fact, I don't think I saw any camera.
xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
Charles Bronson in the ABC tv detective series " Man With a Camera" which ran from 1958 to 1960, the character, Mike Kovac, used a Leica M3 with a flash gun most of the time it seems.
mac_wt
Cameras are like bunnies
There are some good shots of a Leica III (B?) in 'The end of the affair'. There is even a shot of the main characters walking by a Leica sign-board outside a shop. The film is situated in the UK in 1944 - 1947.
Wim
Wim
IGMeanwell
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Not to resurect an old thread ... however there is a Leica sighting in the new version of "The Omen"
I believe its an M7, however you don't get a very good look at it
To be honest, they show the photographer using a D2h at one point... then show him making chemical prints of the same shots (though later he says he used both film and digital)... I know you can project a digital file to make a chemical print... just not very common
I believe its an M7, however you don't get a very good look at it
To be honest, they show the photographer using a D2h at one point... then show him making chemical prints of the same shots (though later he says he used both film and digital)... I know you can project a digital file to make a chemical print... just not very common
wongyboi
Established
Eurotrip the teen comedy.
The show has scenes pretty much based around the Leica one of the character has.
The show has scenes pretty much based around the Leica one of the character has.
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pesphoto
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High Art with Ally Sheedy has Leicas
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ywenz
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The ultimate Leica reference in a movie that has nothing to do with photography is Euro Trip. Observe the lines below:
- Is that a new camera?
- It isn't just a camera, this is a Leica M7 . Uber-sensitive exposure settings, legendary cloth shutter system.
- Let me see that thing.
- No can do. I spent four years tutoring
lacrosse players to pay for it, so nobody touches my camera but me.
- It's like your wiener.
- No, it's not...
- Jenny...
- Cooper, leave him alone.
-Where'd you get all that? Wait. Where's your Leica?
-Sold it.
-What? You sold your Leica? But you loved that thing.
-Is that a Leica M6?
-Actually, it's an M7. It's got the built-in light meter.
-Oh It's so beautiful. So sleek, so powerful. How's the new lens system?
-Makes the Nikon look like a disposable.
-You really know your cameras. And you're very cute.
-Me? Really?
-I'm going on break. I was going to step out back and have a cigarette. Would you like to join me?
-I don't smoke.
-Neither do I.
However, regrettably the guy is sporting a Contax G2 on the movie poster..
- Is that a new camera?
- It isn't just a camera, this is a Leica M7 . Uber-sensitive exposure settings, legendary cloth shutter system.
- Let me see that thing.
- No can do. I spent four years tutoring
lacrosse players to pay for it, so nobody touches my camera but me.
- It's like your wiener.
- No, it's not...
- Jenny...
- Cooper, leave him alone.
-Where'd you get all that? Wait. Where's your Leica?
-Sold it.
-What? You sold your Leica? But you loved that thing.
-Is that a Leica M6?
-Actually, it's an M7. It's got the built-in light meter.
-Oh It's so beautiful. So sleek, so powerful. How's the new lens system?
-Makes the Nikon look like a disposable.
-You really know your cameras. And you're very cute.
-Me? Really?
-I'm going on break. I was going to step out back and have a cigarette. Would you like to join me?
-I don't smoke.
-Neither do I.
However, regrettably the guy is sporting a Contax G2 on the movie poster..
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telenous
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David Murphy said:
Patrick McGoohan and Leica - what a classic combination. I really have to watch again Danger Man, stupendous series (ditto for The Prisoner). If only McGoohan hadn't turned down the Bond role...
sf
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I saw Sofia Copolla holding a Contax G2 on the set of Marie Antoinette.
telenous
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ANd here's a link with many movies that feature a Leica (be warned though, it will spoil the fun of spotting them yourselves):
http://nemeng.com/leica/005ea.shtml
Of all these films, perhaps my favourite 'appearance' is in 'La Battaglia di Algeri' of the recently deceased Gillo Pontecorvo. Warmly recommended to those of you who haven't had the luck to see it yet, this film was at the forefront of 60's cinema with political consience and is (still) a chilling reminder of how history is a lesson never learned.
This is one of the few films that I actually spotted myself a Leica. All the more reason to like it then
http://nemeng.com/leica/005ea.shtml
Of all these films, perhaps my favourite 'appearance' is in 'La Battaglia di Algeri' of the recently deceased Gillo Pontecorvo. Warmly recommended to those of you who haven't had the luck to see it yet, this film was at the forefront of 60's cinema with political consience and is (still) a chilling reminder of how history is a lesson never learned.
This is one of the few films that I actually spotted myself a Leica. All the more reason to like it then
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telenous
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shutterflower said:
She showed great taste in P&S