Fuji MF RANGEFINDER SPOTTED ON CNN TODAY

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Today when Rep. Nadler was addressing the press I saw a man shooting film. He had a Fuji GW 6X7/8/9 with a shoe mount flash. I recorded it just to be sure. I could see him picking something with straight lines to focus using the rangefinder (unlike a Leica you need light and a bit of skill to focus the Fuji ). I watched as he made 3 exposures, winding the film after each shot. I was thinking how unless he has a freezer full of TXP in 220 he had better be careful he didn't run out of film.

I yelled for my wife to come see, she wasn't nearly excited as me .

I was watching all the digital guys, taking movies in 8K.

We've come a long way in a very short time.
 

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mshchem said:
Today when Rep. Nadler was addressing the press I saw a man shooting film.
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I saw that!!! I knew it was an actual camera, but couldn't figure out what it was even though I replayed it several times on my DVR (I have an an ancient CRT television: low resolution).

It was so astonishing to see an actual camera different from the plethora of digital cameras the press is using.

The only thing more astonishing would have been to see someone there with a Mitchell camera.
 
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The guy had what looked like a Domke bag, I never see photographers with a bag except when they are on the floor in front of a hearing. Even flash is a thing of the past, maybe he's doing a book. No time for film in today's 30 minute news cycle.
 

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Wow. CNN had both viewers watching today. Even more astounding is some poor working stiff photographer was burning up his own film on that. Jerry Nadler? I only ever heard of him about 2 weeks ago. But all totalled, I'm not sure I've heard his entire 15 minutes yet.
 
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... I had a heart attack a month ago. I avoid all that other.
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Very sorry to hear that. Get well. Truth is, nobody alive today knows where they'll be five minutes from now.

I suggest watching MeTV - just now I watched the most entertaining episode of Perry Mason I've ever seen (*). Some of those old shows from the 50's and 60's have quite a variety of cameras, although Speed Graphics predominate.

(*) The Case of the Nebulous Nephew - it also provides a glimpse of the new (1963) Buick Riviera
 
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Theo Sulphate said:
Just now I watched the most entertaining episode of Perry Mason I've ever seen. Some of those old shows from the 50's and 60's have quite a variety of cameras, although Speed Graphics predominate.
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I love that show! The new TV shows just don't "do it" for me. In terms of cameras, the Graflex Crown/Speed/Super Speed Graphics are the most common, but I remember a few episodes of Perry Mason with TLR's, which was cool to see.
 
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I love that show! The new TV shows just don't "do it" for me. In terms of cameras, the Graflex Crown/Speed/Super Speed Graphics are the most common, but I remember a few episodes of Perry Mason with TLR's, which was cool to see.
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You can find the series starring Charles Bronson called "MAN WITH A CAMERA" He even works in the darkroom. I've watched it on the Internet somewhere.

"Former combat cameraman Mike Kovac became a freelance photographer in New York City, specialising in difficult and dangerous assignments. He took big risks to capture the most impressive shots."
 
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Sorry. Ijust assumed. I was watching Gunsmoke. I had a heart attack a month ago. I avoid all that other.
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Best Gunsmoke episodes are black and white, after it went from half hour to full hour, "Pre Tet Offensive " crackdown on TV violence. Every episode started with Matt shooting a guy in a gunfight with his SAA Colt. I doubt there was any medium format cameras on the show.
 

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Yes, the best ones are the black and whites. But the very best are the 1/2 episodes with Chester. Some of those depicted so well the harsh reality of life on the prairie in all it's tragic sorrow. And it was done within the bounds of decency and good taste. Perry Mason is also one that will be timeless in quality broadcast entertainment. My set stays on MeTV much of the time.
 

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Ok, here's a good one that involves photography: a few days ago, Kolchak: Night Stalker, had an episode, "Devil's Platform" where a killer transforms himself into a Rottweiler. Kolchak has photos of the crime scene, which he develops under a safelight. The funny thing is that the print develops in about two seconds, no stop bath, no fixer, and then he switched the lights on!

Later, when Kolchak tries to show the print to his newspaper-editor boss, the dog has disappeared from the print. Kolchak tries to convince his boss the dog was there - it apparently never occurs to him to reprint from the negative! Later in the episode he makes the same bad mistakes developing prints.

Regardless of all that, it amazes me how overly dramatic and bad the acting was on that show.

On MeTV my favorite has to be Columbo. I love Peter Falk. One of the best shows ever.
 

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FYI, just this past Saturday night at 12, MeTV started The Invaders. And from what I've seen, that network has a good track record of going through all the episodes in order. So this should be good.
 

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I watched Columbo with my Pops when when I was a kid. He loves that show, I do too. There's nothing quite like it.
 

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Yes, the best ones are the black and whites. But the very best are the 1/2 episodes with Chester. .
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I used to think that Chester was probably slightly less than average height and the Doc was almost a midget until I later learned how tall James Arness really was.

We used to get a variety of U.S TV in the late 50s/early 60s in the U.K. "77 Sunset Strip " Hawaiian Eye" mAVERRICK
 

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I meant 1/2 hour episodes. And I don't recall many British TV shows in the US. My mother used to like The Avengers with Patrick MacNee and Diana Rigg. As far as I know that was all there was. I guess Hollywood had more production volume than the other countries and didn't need to import material to fill time slots. Now I have no idea what Hollywood is making, and don't want to know. I guess they burned through all the creative ideas long ago. The 50s and 60s programming is a tough act to top.
 
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