[LRflex] Re: Good old Oskar did it already almost 100 year ago!!
- From: "Miha Golobic" <miha.golobic@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:41:05 +0100
*We all know the reason and purpose why Oskar Barnack initially invented the
proto-type of the Leica-camera: to test filmstrips for his 35mm-cine-camera.
*
This is new to me.
But nevertheless interesting story.
Regards,
Miha
2008/11/21 Fred Hess <fredhess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Hello guys,
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> We all know the reason and purpose why Oskar Barnack initially invented the
> proto-type of the Leica-camera: to test filmstrips for his 35mm-cine-camera.
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> I was reading in the Kodak sponsored magazine 'IN CAMERA' (for
> cinematographers) the October 2008 issue, about the making of the film '
> Australia' by the director Baz Luhrmann.
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> One part of this article was especially interesting to me, I quote:
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> "*They had a few hours one afternoon to shoot initial make-up, hair and
> costume tests. Mandy Walker (DOP / ACS) shot these tests with strips of
> different motion picture film stock loaded in her 35mm Leica camera. She
> explains that this was a quick way to compare stocks and see how colors and
> skin tones reproduced*."
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> Remarkable !!
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> Kind regards
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> Fred Hess
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> The Hague / The Netherlands.
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