M. Valdemar
Well-known
The Wall Street Journal reported that the TV crews from the North Korean media were still using film movie cameras.
Film movie cameras are almost completely dead in Western news organizations.
Can anyone identify the camera? Russian?
I wonder what film they use?
Film movie cameras are almost completely dead in Western news organizations.
Can anyone identify the camera? Russian?
I wonder what film they use?
naos
23 Skidoo
South Korean Media was reporting the same thing. It makes me wonder if they produce their own film or are using old Soviet stock.
bmattock
Veteran
Actually, I had read that North Korea does have at least one film manufacturing plant.
bmattock
Veteran
http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/08092007/shipping03.html
Here's a news photo of North Korean news photographers taking footage in 2002 with what appear to be standard (for the time) video cameras.
Wonder what happened to make them go back to film?
Here's a news photo of North Korean news photographers taking footage in 2002 with what appear to be standard (for the time) video cameras.
Wonder what happened to make them go back to film?
parsec1
parsec1
There not stupid. After WW3 they know all the transistors on the wests magic picture boxes will have blown and North Korea will have the world monopoly on news pictures.
(Apart from Film leica users of course)
Be afraid be very afraid...........
(Apart from Film leica users of course)
Be afraid be very afraid...........
naos
23 Skidoo
Can you imagine if NK became the world's producer and supplier of film?
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PhotoJim
Guest
bmattock said:
North Korea is a controlled economy. It's entirely possible that some people use newer technologies while others persist with older ones.
M. Valdemar
Well-known
LynnL
Member
It's an ARRI BL, 35mm, appears to be a the original model, the lug bosses under the lens mounted a blimp for prime lenses. It dates back at least to the early 80's.
Tuolumne
Veteran
The film cameras are empty. Makes it easier to control the news.
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naos
23 Skidoo
chikne
Well-known
sitemistic said:I guess they want to be sure their propaganda is archival.
Yeah unlike US propaganda, where they make sure the opposite is true.
Ororaro
Well-known
oh man! what a video!
Ororaro
Well-known
Tuolumne said:
LOL! Good one!
David Murphy
Veteran
Well you know high quality features for TV here are often done in film -- it sure ain't dead here or there, it's what you look to for 1st rate quality. I'd say the North Koreans were pretty serious about documenting a historic event.
breathstealer
Established
I wonder what their still photogs were using.
Luddite Frank
Well-known
breathstealer said:
camera obscura ?
M. Valdemar
Well-known
Here's a pm I received from someone who wishes to remain nameless:
In another life I am an active observer of DPRK affairs and - I believe - the only person to have made an academic study of photography in the homeland of Juche.
Although I cannot identify the specific model, which is outside my field of interest, It is not unlikely that the camera is Chinese, possibly a Qinhuangdao - similar models remain in production.
Generally DPKR movies were shot on Fuji stock. The DPKR film industry is well-developed, with KJI famously taking considerable personal interest in its workings and personnel. The use of film stock is deliberate when filming "controversial" subjects as it provides a definable object which can be physically edited or destroyed and is harder to copy (hence more easily controlled) than video tapes. In recent years second-hand Chinese VCRs and cameras have flooded the DPRK and caused enormous concern to the regime: A huge black market in South Korean soap operas has blossomed and here have also been a trickle of dissident tapes, exposing conditions within the country.
On the still photography front, in 2005 Andre Lankov, the only person in any real position to know, estimated 1 in 5 families owned a camera, the enormous majority being of Soviet origin, although propaganda persists in showing 5 year-olds toting Nikon SLRs. I have always thought Lankov's estimate rather high - but it is probably true for Pyongyang. The only camera I have ever seen in private ownership was a solitary FED 2.
In another life I am an active observer of DPRK affairs and - I believe - the only person to have made an academic study of photography in the homeland of Juche.
Although I cannot identify the specific model, which is outside my field of interest, It is not unlikely that the camera is Chinese, possibly a Qinhuangdao - similar models remain in production.
Generally DPKR movies were shot on Fuji stock. The DPKR film industry is well-developed, with KJI famously taking considerable personal interest in its workings and personnel. The use of film stock is deliberate when filming "controversial" subjects as it provides a definable object which can be physically edited or destroyed and is harder to copy (hence more easily controlled) than video tapes. In recent years second-hand Chinese VCRs and cameras have flooded the DPRK and caused enormous concern to the regime: A huge black market in South Korean soap operas has blossomed and here have also been a trickle of dissident tapes, exposing conditions within the country.
On the still photography front, in 2005 Andre Lankov, the only person in any real position to know, estimated 1 in 5 families owned a camera, the enormous majority being of Soviet origin, although propaganda persists in showing 5 year-olds toting Nikon SLRs. I have always thought Lankov's estimate rather high - but it is probably true for Pyongyang. The only camera I have ever seen in private ownership was a solitary FED 2.
pachuco
El ****
Tuolumne said:
LOL!!!
That is funny!
erkanumut
Erkang
No, this is a German Arriflex 35BL (first model aka I) 35mm camera. I have witnessed the same in 90's in Kyrgyzstan.The Wall Street Journal reported that the TV crews from the North Korean media were still using film movie cameras.
Film movie cameras are almost completely dead in Western news organizations.
Can anyone identify the camera? Russian?
I wonder what film they use?