Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/13

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Subject: [Leica] Woof!
From: rdandcb at home.netspeed.com.au (Rick Dykstra)
Date: Fri Oct 13 14:43:34 2006
References: <450F8B4E.1080808@iisaka.org> <C13B4A5D.2F455%mark@rabinergroup.com> <20061013192338.GD9868@jbm.org>

Could the 'woof' have been a complimentary vocalisation directed  
towards your girlfriend as she passed by?  :-)

Rick.

On 14/10/2006, at 5:23 AM, Jeff Moore wrote:

> 2006-09-23-20:32:29 Mark Rabiner:
>> Or the head off an old 135 Elmar or Hektor.
>> Woof!
>
> My girlfriend, who works in cable news, was wandering by the other  
> day as a
> director and crew were trying to set things up for a fancy new  
> set.  The
> camera was being zoomed or tracked in, then the director said, "Woof."
>
> Someone else watching commented that this was really old-school;  that
> back in the day, "woof" and even "meow" were camera commands that one
> might hear.  I couldn't find a reference to the cat noises, but I did
> find a reference to "woof":
>
>   Really, I believe that in order to maximize your ability on  
> camera you
>   need to learn the tools, the talk and the trade. The tools, such  
> as the
>   focus and zoom controls, are there to get the job done. Master  
> them. The
>   talk is the lingo you'll hear over your headset from the  
> director. "Push
>   in" means the same thing as "Zoom in" and "Woof" can mean the  
> same thing
>   as "Stop".
>
>   http://www.anthonycoppedge.com/resources/article.cfm?ArticleID=33
>
> ...and if it's on the Internet, it must be true.
>
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In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] M8 and Visoflex 3?)
Message from jbm at jbm.org (Jeff Moore) ([Leica] Woof!)