Old Cameras in Old Movies

Theo Sulphate · Dec 3, 2018

AgX said:
"Какая у вас улыбка" (I guess: Please Smile)...

"How's your smile?" Colloquially saying "let's see your smile!" (an extremely loose translation that gives the intent rather than the literal translation of the words). Additionally, by saying у вас rather than у тебя, the request is directed in the plural rather than to one person. Technically, it could be a single person treated with an honorific but, considering the situation, that is unlikely.

AgX · Dec 3, 2018

Yes, I evaded from the literal translation as it seemed awkward in English and mine seemingly was closer to the meaning, seen the content of movie being about an amateur photographer doing portraits, where a rather reserved girl, the protagonist is after, at the closing scene as sitter in a studio finally smiles...

Anyway,I put the movie up as it shows cameras we likely never see again in a movie...

AgX · Dec 9, 2018

"Unternehmen Xarifa" ("Under the Carribean") scienceventure , West-Germany 1954

Rolleiflex Stereo (in underwater casing)

plain

Leica 1C in casing

plain

Visoflex II with chimney and bellows

plain

And a lot more cameras... and a lot more Lotte Hass

GRHazelton · Dec 9, 2018

While its not an old movie, the trailer to the current film, "Welcome to Merwin" shows a Pentax SLR, probably a Spotmatic, although I couldn't be sure. Fine choice of camera!

Helios 1984 · Dec 9, 2018

GRHazelton said:
While its not an old movie, the trailer to the current film, "Welcome to Merwin" shows a Pentax SLR, probably a Spotmatic, although I couldn't be sure. Fine choice of camera!

That's a Spotmatic II, a fine camera indeed. Great find
I'm definitively going to watch this movie.

macfred · Dec 10, 2018

AgX said:
... and a lot more Lotte Hass

Lotte Hass was a beauty ...

johnha · Dec 11, 2018

Rambo (First Blood part 2), while he's preparing for the mission he loads HP5 into a motor driven Nikon (I'm guessing an F3?). Interesting as loading a roll of film can become a ritual in itself:

mshchem · Dec 11, 2018

Helios 1984 said:
That's a Spotmatic II, a fine camera indeed. Great find
I'm definitively going to watch this movie.

I've been watching the commercials, looks like a great movie. I still not sure that the camera is a regular Spotmatic with a clip on cold shoe?? I think you are correct, I don't see a meter switch above his left thumb, and there would need to be 2 flash sync sockets, which would be obscured in this shot.

Probably will be 100,000 camera nerds that go just for the camera.

Theo Sulphate · Dec 11, 2018

johnha said:
Rambo (First Blood part 2), while he's preparing for the mission he loads HP5 into a motor driven Nikon (I'm guessing an F3?)...

Yes, an F3. What's odd is that the "leather" appears to be peeling off the top of the prism head.

Also, the serial number may just be readable if the film is single stepped (if one can do that), in which case that particular camera becomes a collector's item.

cooltouch · Dec 11, 2018

Probably collecting dust in a prop department somewhere.

Helios 1984 · Dec 11, 2018

mshchem said:
I've been watching the commercials, looks like a great movie. I still not sure that the camera is a regular Spotmatic with a clip on cold shoe?? I think you are correct, I don't see a meter switch above his left thumb, and there would need to be 2 flash sync sockets, which would be obscured in this shot.

Probably will be 100,000 camera nerds that go just for the camera.

Here's another angle.

PS: Hushh hushh for the moment they still believe it's a K1000.

Theo Sulphate · Dec 12, 2018

Helios 1984 said:
Here's another angle.

PS: Hushh hushh for the moment they still believe it's a K1000.
...

It bugs me that he doesn't have the period-correct lens on that camera.

mshchem · Dec 12, 2018

Helios 1984 said:
Here's another angle.

PS: Hushh hushh for the moment they still believe it's a K1000.

You got it! The lens looks like a SMC Takumar 55 mm 1.8 so that fits as well. We will overlook the minimum focus distance

Helios 1984 · Dec 12, 2018

mshchem said:
You got it! The lens looks like a SMC Takumar 55 mm 1.8 so that fits as well. We will overlook the minimum focus distance

I can even overlook the viewfinder.

mshchem · Dec 12, 2018

Helios 1984 said:
I can even overlook the viewfinder.

Yeah, viewfinder is fiction, along with depth of field. Who cares, it looks like a great movie.

AgX · Dec 14, 2018

What's up with you camera nerds ??

In my last post I hinted at one of the rarest and most expensive cameras ever to show up at Apug and no collector got trickled...

macfred · Dec 14, 2018

AgX said:
What's up with you camera nerds ??

In my last post I hinted at one of the rarest and most expensive cameras ever to show up at Apug and no collector got trickled...

Rolleiflex Stereo 'Hans Hass' ?
Only three prototypes were manufactured - estimated price 125000 - 300000 $ ...

AgX · Dec 14, 2018

Crazy, isn't it?

Diapositivo · Dec 14, 2018

AgX said:
What's up with you camera nerds ??

In my last post I hinted at one of the rarest and most expensive cameras ever to show up at Apug and no collector got trickled...

We were all distracted by googleing for Lotte Hass, I guess...

macfred · Dec 14, 2018

AgX said:
Crazy, isn't it?

It is!

--
The Rolleidoscop series are going for less - saw a nice Rolleidoscop Baby (127) a few weeks ago in Amsterdam - price was about 2000,-- Euros.
I know there were 6x6 models too but I never saw one so far.

macfred · Dec 14, 2018

Diapositivo said:
We were all distracted by googleing for Lotte Hass, I guess...

That's it !

AgX · Dec 14, 2018

"J.A. Martin, Photographe" Canada 1976

The introductory scene shows preparing for and taking a wet collodion photograph. The rest of the movie describes the pericles of a travelling photographer in the 19th century.

AgX · Dec 15, 2018

"Rubikova Kostka" (Rubik's Cube) crime movie , Czechoslovakia 1984

Pentax 6x7

Chinon SLR

AgX · Dec 15, 2018

Can anyone identify this ???

Should be a still camera taking photos in series on its own, for surveillance.
The props artist could have taken anything, but maybe it was a camera for real...

"Po Stopách Krve" crime movie , Czechoslovakia 1969

AgX · Dec 24, 2018

"Sagarmatha" climbers drama , CSSR/Nepal 1988

-) suitcase with windows for two cameras and a flash in suitcase for remote/automatic photography of Snow-Lepard
Praktica Nova model
Polaroid 2000

Actually the siutcase contains a second flash with got no window ...

further show up:

-) Nikon FE

-) Polaroid similar to Spirit 600 (with SLR-shutter/winder sound)

-) Canonet (at Himalaya Peak)

Old Cameras in Old Movies

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