Old Cameras in Old Movies

AgX · Aug 22, 2019

-) Voigtländer Vitessa 500 AE

-) Bauer Ultrablitz E16

"Der Vorgang" crime-movie , West-Germany , 1973

AgX · Aug 22, 2019

-) Leica R3

-) Durst M605

"Madam Claude" France , 1976

As this movie is about expensive prostitutes and high rank politicians etc. likely a Nikon was regarded not good enough for a clandestine photographer...

markjwyatt · Aug 22, 2019

AgX said:
-) Leica R3

-) Durst M605

"Madam Claude" France , 1976

As this movie is about expensive prostitutes and high rank politicians etc. likely a Nikon was regarded not good enough for a clandestine photographer...
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Dang. Based on your comment, "likely a Nikon was regarded not good enough", I was expecting a Praktica!

AgX · Aug 24, 2019

Edixa Mat reflex b / rex b

Sported by a guy disguising himself as press-photographer.

"Millionen nach Maß" , tv crime movie , West-Germany , 1970

AgX · Aug 29, 2019

Lighter camera that takes minox film

"Das Messer" West-Germany , TV spy-movie , 1971

the camera with seperated film chamber and Minox cassette
(the chamber is inserted into the bottom of the lighter/camera)

Can someone identify this model?

Kino · Aug 29, 2019

McKowan's 2001-2002 Camera Guide, on page 473, lists a "Minox with Cigarette Lighter" but the production date is 1988.

AgX · Aug 30, 2019

In action:

Same movie:

-) Polaroid 350

-) Nikon F Photomic T

-) Gossen Lunasix

In this scene within seconds (changing with takes) the photographer miraculously first has an SLR with a 200mm or so lens, then a rangefinder(?) camera with short lens and rectangular shade, then a Nikkor F with short lens ...

AgX · Sep 9, 2019

Zeiss Ikon Contax IIIA (1936)

"Jeder stirbt für sich allein" (Everyone is dying on its own) political drama , West-Germany , 1976

Situated in Germany 1940/41

AgX · Sep 11, 2019

Shooting an Instamatic ??

"Instamatic" was my first thought... I only got this still, but I guss a props artist made a gun-in-disguise prop, where at action barrel and grip rush out.

"Percy Stuart" Trailer at the start of an episode of the ridiculous adventure series , west-germam public tv , 1969.

AgX · Sep 13, 2019

Child Guidance Products Mick-a-Matic

Used for clandestine photography in a scene

"Butler Parker" ridiculous west-german tv crime series , 1972

Andrew O'Neill · Sep 13, 2019

For the past few months, I've been watching old Japanese films from the early 30's, 40's 50's. Many of them have scenes which involve a photographer, either photography a family portrait or wedding. Always large format. The person working the camera actually looks like they know what they are doing.

AgX · Sep 14, 2019

Leitz Orthomat camera

"Interpol" west-german tv crime series , 1963

http://glangl1.free.fr/Photos/Divers/Labo/Leica_Orthomat-02c.jpg

Helios 1984 · Sep 17, 2019

Unidentified camera from "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For"

AgX · Sep 17, 2019

Helios 1984 said:
Unidentified camera from "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For"

Canon AE-1 Program

AgX · Sep 24, 2019

Unidentified 9mm subminiature camera

(Too short for a Minox B. Maybe I am just fooled by thinking the camera shorter than it is...)

"Tim Frazer" , tv crime movie , West-Germany , 1963

miha · Sep 24, 2019

Does't look short to me.

macfred · Sep 24, 2019

Rolleiflex or Rolleicord with flash I guess ...

Macky Pancake (Wolgang Neuss) - Das Messer hinter der Gardine (1961) / GER

AgX · Sep 24, 2019

Flash is
Ultrablitz Cornet OK

macfred · Sep 24, 2019

AgX said:
Flash is
Ultrablitz Cornet OK

Yes, found it at medien-museum.de http://www.medien-museum.de/museum/Photo/Blitz/Blitz6.htm

Should be a Rolleiflex - I think there's a crank visible on the second frame ...

AgX · Sep 24, 2019

Eugen Mezei said:
Anybody ever saw a film casette labeled FILM?

If you look carefully you would see that the word is on a sticker. There seems some more covering at the text below.

AgX · Sep 25, 2019

Eugen Mezei said:
So?

?????

You wondered what brand of film is just call "Film".

Well, by hinting at the "Film" just being put on by sticker on the cassette and also some printed text covered by paint, I wanted to indicate that at the props department a common brand film was just made "generic".

abruzzi · Sep 25, 2019

I think it is an intentional joke. Like in Repo Man where the cans of beer just say "BEER", everything commercial shows up that way:

GRHazelton · Sep 28, 2019

In the 1973 film A Warm December (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Warm_December) with Sidney Poitier, Poitier's character's daughter uses a Pentax Spotmatic to photograph English scenes.

btaylor · Sep 29, 2019

abruzzi said:
I think it is an intentional joke. Like in Repo Man where the cans of beer just say "BEER", everything commercial shows up that way:

And the can in the fridge that the main character eats branded “food.” It was a real thing here in Southern California, I think it was the Ralph’s food chain that we introduced it in the early ‘80s. There was a section in the store for these generics, like “beer” or “paper towels”. Funny movie.

Ron (Netherlands) · Oct 6, 2019

Theo Sulphate said:
It seems he asks "Is that a Hasselblad?", right?

Well from what I understand he asks: "Isn't that a Thornton Pickard?"
( )
However next one can hear him tell which camera he himself owns...but the name of the make is unintelligible. It seems that the name is then repeated by the photographer...but again unintelligible. Guess they didn't pronounce the full name very clear since they didn't actually have the knowledge as actors.....

I guess the camera which make is unintelligible is in this photo - a shoot from that same movie:

Here one can spot that same camera in more detail in action:
A better view of that same camera:

Could be a Sands & Hunter camera....(wild guess)..
Btw the camera is not fully set: one can see that the metal struts are not connected to the front panel (needed to keep it straight up).

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