Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Mitch for posting this article that gives us a glimpse of the drive behind Ed DiGiulio. In a past life, I worked in documentary television, and used Ed's excellent CP reflex camera. He was also the innovator of the Stedicam System that has revolutionised Sports and feature film production, I think first seen when "Rocky" runs along the street, and up several dozen steps, turns and throws up his hands, all one shot with no dolly, not tracks. I had the great fortune to meet and chat with Ed DiGiulio a few years back, and he's just the enthusiastic guy you see in this article. Sonny http://www.sonc.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitch Zeissler" <zeissler@directvinternet.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 5:24 PM Subject: [Leica] Barry Lyndon fast glass > Pat... > > Read the article below for background on the Barry Lyndon fast glass: > http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/sk/ac/len/page1.htm > > Regards, > > /Mitch > _________________________________________ > Mitch Zeissler > E-mail: zeissler@directvinternet.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 6:02 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Tamarkins & toilets > > > > Designed for a Hasselblad and used to film the candle > > lit scene in Barry Lyndon? > > > > I thought that Kubrick used Arriflex cameras > > exclusively? And I've never heard of a Hasselblad > > motion picture camera (which certainly doesn't mean it > > doesn't exist!) But if it were a repurposed MF camera > > lens (and maybe it was the giant lens they made for > > NASA), it seems unsuitable since 35mm motion picture > > film is roughly 18x24mm and a fast lens designed for > > 6x6 would have disadvantages in wide open performance > > since it is covering so much unused image circle. > > > > I recall a hoax of a lens they showed at some camera > > show probably in the 50s or 60s when superspeed lenses > > were all the rage, image quality be damned. The front > > element was something like 12 inches in diameter and > > it was much faster than .95 > > > > Pat > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html