Old Cameras in Old Movies

Helios 1984 · Jul 5, 2019

AgX said:
I do not know the movie, but that guy is taking a photograph of the atomic mushroom by box-camera?

They’re on a bombing mission, and he is taking a photograph of another plane flying in the same formation. He is seen in many scenes with this camera.

narsuitus · Jul 5, 2019

Anna is a recent film that has some nice old cameras. I noticed a Mamiya RB67, a Hasselblad, and an old Nikon SLR.

AgX · Jul 6, 2019

Simple type 110 camera

"Inspector Klefisch - Ein Fall für Onkel" episode from a crime series , West-Germany ,1990

A long retired criminal investigator ("Uncle") chimes in a case of his fomer collegues. In this scene using such primitive camera and a screwdriver for scaling to document a tire track for later car assessment.

Arklatexian · Jul 6, 2019

AgX said:
I do not know the movie, but that guy is taking a photograph of the atomic mushroom by box-camera?

As I remember from the documentary movie "Memphis Belle" it was about a B-17 (probably an "F" model) and its bombing missions over Europe using conventional bombs. The atomic weapon was dropped by a B-29 in the Pacific War with Japan. The B-29 was called the Enola Gay. I am probably wrong but I don't think the B-29s were ever used over Europe. They were designed for the "Pacific War".......Regards!

hsandler · Jul 9, 2019

Watching Season 3 of the Netflix series “Stranger Things” which is set in the 80s. The character who is an intern newspaper photographer is taking photos of what they think is a rabid rat using a Pentax ME Super. I think they got it period-correct.

cooltouch · Jul 15, 2019

Not an old movie, but an old camera. Last night, I watched the 2017 movie, curiously named Bokeh in which a Rolleiflex 3.5 -- probably an automat -- had a starring role. I write "curiously" because I couldn't find one thing in the movie that was representative of the word 'bokeh.' The movie was totally uninspiring, but at least the Rolleiflex was used throughout.

narsuitus · Jul 17, 2019

Not an old movie but I enjoyed watching a tourist drop his Leica rangefinder into a Venetian canal in the new Spider-man: Far From Home movie.

mshchem · Jul 18, 2019

hsandler said:
Watching Season 3 of the Netflix series “Stranger Things” which is set in the 80s. The character who is an intern newspaper photographer is taking photos of what they think is a rabid rat using a Pentax ME Super. I think they got it period-correct.

The darkroom at the newspaper was well done. Omega enlarger, Kindermann developing tanks. In the background I saw what looked like modern Kodak color chemistry, looked like 2.5 L bottles of color fixer? ? I couldn't figure it out for sure. I think that Kodak used similar bottles. I think that's about the best "TV Show " I've seen, period. So much fun.

jamesaz · Jul 18, 2019

Last night I watched "Punney Swope" a film from maybe 50 years ago. A comedy, it had a commercial photographer , Mark Focus, trying to get work from an ad agency. He was wearing several cameras around his neck while showing his book. One was a speed graphic on a strap. The dialog was like ..." Mark Focus. I did this for GE, this for Maybeline,
Swope: I get it, you're the best in the business
Focus: I can do it for $1200
They negotiate and it gets to
Focus: I'll do it for free, I need the work
Swope: I can get anyone for nothing"

AgX · Jul 18, 2019

Maybe we should install that scene at Photrio. As warning.

MattKing · Jul 18, 2019

jamesaz said:
Last night I watched "Punney Swope"

In case you are looking for this, I believe the title is "Putney Swope".

jamesaz · Jul 18, 2019

MattKing said:
In case you are looking for this, I believe the title is "Putney Swope".

Correct. Operator malfunction on both typing and proof reading. It will probably happen again

AgX · Jul 24, 2019

Sawyer's AH 500 slide projector

"Le Depart" Belgium 1967

A girl on the run schlepps that projector with her in her suitcase with a slideshow of her life...

I was surprised to see that projector, which I did not even hear about so far, in a belgian movie. How come? GAF had a production facility in Belgium and by this that projector seemingly was on the belgian (and maybe french) market.

AgX · Aug 5, 2019

Praktika B 200 finder image

in episode "Hubertusjagd" of the TV crime series "Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort" , GDR , 1985

AgX · Aug 9, 2019

Spacecraft for lunar surveying including tv-, cine- and still-cameras as designed by stage builders

"Way to the Stars" , educational movie , USSR , 1957

A sphere is covered with lenses of all kinds...

And here a lens incorporated in spacestation tv-sets, seemingly already enabling scyping:

Theo Sulphate · Aug 9, 2019

AgX said:
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"Way to the Stars" , educational movie , USSR , 1957
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The color in that film is very appealing to me. I wonder which film was used?

Is the film actually "Дорога к звёздам" ("Road to the stars")? Even so, I cannot find any details about the film stock.

AgX · Aug 9, 2019

As far as I remember it was not usual with soviet movies to indicate the filmstock.

The movie is worthwhile watching as it yields a history of space travel science, basics of space physics and a glimpse of future developments as living and working in space stations.

A german HD version:
https://bit.ly/2ONSU4w

cooltouch · Aug 10, 2019

Shot in Kodachrome and clandestinely processed in the West?

AgX · Aug 10, 2019

AgX said:
As far as I remember it was not usual with soviet movies to indicate the filmstock.

Here a soviet movie from 1983 where it says:

AgX · Aug 14, 2019

Theo Sulphate said:
The color in that film is very appealing to me. I wonder which film was used?

As a reference: Agfacolor 1944

(no cameras appearing...)
https://bit.ly/33v8wgB

Mike Eckman · Aug 15, 2019

Helios 1984 said:
I can even overlook the viewfinder.

This viewfinder is from the Canonet 19. Incorrect for the Pentax camera shown in the movie, but it's still a viewfinder from a real camera!

AgX · Aug 15, 2019

In this thread we repeatedly had through-the-finders scenes. From made-up finders, to correct finders but not fitting the camera to everything right.

Molli · Aug 18, 2019

Something a little more recent and ever so slightly off topic, the new-ish Giorgio Armand commercial is filmed predominantly in a darkroom (I could only find the extended version online that has more footage filmed elsewhere). At any rate:

... And, yes, the whole white light, red light, no light has been mentioned already in the YouTube comment section.

AgX · Aug 21, 2019

-) Technika 6x9 RF

-) Rolleiflex

-) Braun F80 flash (bracket mounted at 45° (seemingly to gain left-hand space))

-) Linhof Tripod Combi-Amateur model XI

-) Linhof Panorama ballhead

"Rebellion der Verlorenen" tv-movie , West-Germany , 1969

markjwyatt · Aug 21, 2019

Not a really old movie (Jack Strong), but here is a nice Nikon F2:

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