DMG
waiting for friday
Lost in Translation - Giovanni Ribisi's character has a peli case with 3 or 4 Bronny RF645's
PaulDalex
Dilettante artist
One should cite Antonioni' s blow-up. The main character is a pro fashion photographer in London, most of the time with a chrome plain prism Nikon F in his hands. He used to take the Nikon everywhere in the glove compartment of his Rolls Royce. Naturally he had a beautiful studio with lots of other gear. One day he took some pictures in a park. When a lady tries to steal the roll he blows-up the photos more and more to discover that he had taken the pictures of a murder....
NickTrop
Veteran
In the 1970 Japanese sci-fi film - Yog, Monster from Space, photographer Kudo (played by the great Akira Kubo) shot pictures on a remote island of a giant radioactive squid monster controlled by evil aliens determined to destroy the earth with a Nikon F.
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Richard Black
Guest
Gray Fox said:In the current Hallmark TV series the heroine of "Mystery Woman" uses only an RF which looks a lot like an early Contax and on almost every show spends time in a wet darkroom making contact sheets and getting something critical from a frame or two. She must be using 3200 because I never have seen her use a flash even under the most dim conditions. Has anyone else seen the show an ID'd the camera?
I think it is a Leica IIIf, but my 60 year old eyes can be deceived. Do enjoy the program, a camera, darkroom and a bunch of books. The stuff dreams are made of...
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Richard Black
Guest
FSU before it was FSU
FSU before it was FSU
One of my all time favorite movies, K19, the sub surfaces breaking up the polar ice. The crew gets out and plays "football", European, and a photographer takes snaps of the crew. I have stopped the dvd and still can identify it. Any body know what the camera is. It is certainly a pre-FSU camera.
FSU before it was FSU
One of my all time favorite movies, K19, the sub surfaces breaking up the polar ice. The crew gets out and plays "football", European, and a photographer takes snaps of the crew. I have stopped the dvd and still can identify it. Any body know what the camera is. It is certainly a pre-FSU camera.
JimG
dogzen
I'm a big fan of that 60's show "Secret Agent" aka Danger Man. In almost every episode he has a Leica M3, IIIg or some other film camera. Great show, there all available now on DVD.
KoNickon
Nick Merritt
Johnny Rivers was the singer, right? Yes, the DVDs of the series have come out recently.
OK, another old film -- Brewster McCloud. There's a scene where the title character goes to a camera store and handles a very nice all black Nikon FTn with a 200mm. After trying in vain to get the clerk's attention he just walks out of the store with the camera. When I saw it in the theater I remember much of the audience cheering at that point. (It was a different time, man.)
OK, another old film -- Brewster McCloud. There's a scene where the title character goes to a camera store and handles a very nice all black Nikon FTn with a 200mm. After trying in vain to get the clerk's attention he just walks out of the store with the camera. When I saw it in the theater I remember much of the audience cheering at that point. (It was a different time, man.)
sienarot
Well-known
In "Spy Game", Brad Pitt's character poses as a photo journalist. He was shooting with a Leica, though I am not sure what model. I thought I caught a blooper because in the same scene, he later uses a Nikon SLR. It wasn't until I noticed he had more than 1 camera around his neck did I realize it was intentional (or atleast somewhat). It looks like he's using three cameras in that scene, a nikon SLR, and two Leica's, one silver and one black.
Fotch
Man with a RF Camera
Has anyone mentione my all time favorite "Man with a Camera" starring Charles Bronson. He used everything from Speed Graflex on down. I know they have one episode on DVD but I wish they had them all. 
Welsh_Italian
Established
Just remembered: The Quiet American.
Hinh (Thomas Fowler's assistant) was using an old 6x9 box camera to take pictures of a military rally (General Thé, I think), and a folding camera of some kind (frame viewfinder?) was used by (IIRC) the French soldiers after the massacre of the village.
What camera did 'Al Rockoff' (played by John Malkovich) use in the Killing Fields? There was also John Cassady (played by John Savage) in Salvador. John Cassady was apparently based on John Hoglund or Olivier Rebbot (IMDB)
I have both on DVD so I might do some checking tonight. What a sad way to spend a Friday evening!
Hinh (Thomas Fowler's assistant) was using an old 6x9 box camera to take pictures of a military rally (General Thé, I think), and a folding camera of some kind (frame viewfinder?) was used by (IIRC) the French soldiers after the massacre of the village.
What camera did 'Al Rockoff' (played by John Malkovich) use in the Killing Fields? There was also John Cassady (played by John Savage) in Salvador. John Cassady was apparently based on John Hoglund or Olivier Rebbot (IMDB)
I have both on DVD so I might do some checking tonight. What a sad way to spend a Friday evening!
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Welsh_Italian
Established
John Cassady (played by John Savage) has two cameras - an SLR and a small rangefinder (I think a Leica M3 - you can see it clearly as the photographer takes a sneaky shot of an execution about 1:37:03). Richard Boyle (James Woods) has an SLR. All names seem to be brushed out but on the DVD cover, it's marked a Canon. Maybe product placement?
John Malkovich's character in the Killing Fields used a Rolleiflex to take the passport picture of Dith Pran. For general photography, all the journos had SLR's.
What a boring life I lead!
John Malkovich's character in the Killing Fields used a Rolleiflex to take the passport picture of Dith Pran. For general photography, all the journos had SLR's.
What a boring life I lead!
dostacos
Dan
The French movie Z
the reporter runs around with a Canon AND Nikon SLR The NIkon firing off 30 frames at a time
holding it at his side and they NEVER hear the thing chachink zzzzzz chachink zzzzzzz
the reporter runs around with a Canon AND Nikon SLR The NIkon firing off 30 frames at a time
Welsh_Italian
Established
More camera-related movie stuff: in the film Road to Perdition, Jude Law plays a killer who takes pictures of dead people using a Speed Graflex. It shows a few clips through the ground glass.
sinetsin
Well-known
here some movies:
Antonioni's Blow up, nikon & great studio stuff.
Jennifer connelly with a leica M6 with a 35 summincron on blood diamonds
Some medium format gear used by julia roberts in Closer
fernando meirelles cidada de deus, one SRL, I think..
Antonioni's Blow up, nikon & great studio stuff.
Jennifer connelly with a leica M6 with a 35 summincron on blood diamonds
Some medium format gear used by julia roberts in Closer
fernando meirelles cidada de deus, one SRL, I think..
dexdog
Veteran
Bernardo Bertolucci's 1987 film "The Last Emperor" has a scene in which a Japanese agent takes pictures of the crowning of Pu Yi as Emperor of Manchoukuo using an Exacta. He seems to have trouble using the left-handed advance. I would need look up the camera to see if the particular model seen in the film was in production in 1934.
IGMeanwell
Well-known
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
just came out on DVD yesterday
lots of Nicole Kidman with a Rolleiflex
just came out on DVD yesterday
lots of Nicole Kidman with a Rolleiflex
JimG
dogzen
"high art"
It's got Leica Porn, lesbian porn and heroin chic.
It's got Leica Porn, lesbian porn and heroin chic.
nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
A 1995 movie "Smoke" with Harvey Kietel is an interesting story that includes the main character photographing from the exact same spot at the exact same time everyday...Another character looking at the photos say "It's the same picture..."
If you look closer it's the same background but each picture is completely different...neat idea for a long term photo project...
If you look closer it's the same background but each picture is completely different...neat idea for a long term photo project...
David Murphy
Veteran
The Secret Agent Man series with Patrick McGoohan from the early 60's had lots of cool cameras -- even one episode featured an amateur photographer and they were discussing the new Japanese SLR's, etc. There are episodes with Minolta SLR's, Rollei's, Leica's, etc. Close ups of the cameras and sometimes very technical things too -- like Leica copy setups with screw mount cameras on stands with extension tubes used to copy secret documents, etc, etc. Great show if you are a spy buff too.
Bullwinkle
J. Moose
Not vintage, but in "Closer" Julia Roberts does a photo session with Natalie Portman using an M6.
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