Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:28:37 -0500 > From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> > Subject: [Leica] RIP the movie camera > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > <http://www.salon.com/2011/10/13/r_i_p_the_movie_camera_1888_2011/singleton/> > *sigh* > > > http://www.salon.com/2011/10/13/r_i_p_the_movie_camera_1888_2011/singleton/ > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://sonc.com/look/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA I saw "The Help" in Hong Kong last week - in a digital theater. It was my second viewing of a digitally projected movie in a theater - the first was "The Long Goodbye" several years ago at a special screening set up by Time Warner for the Hong Kong film festival. In each case I was impressed with the steadiness of the image and the lack of dust projected on the screen. Obviously digital projection is the wave of the future. I used both Bolex H16 and H8 cameras in the 1960's and 70's and a good friend still has my old Bolex H8. When I visit sometimes we take it out and wind it up and listen to the click and whir of the clockwork mechanism and smell the leather and the lubricating oil. I even got an honourable mention one year at the Toronto film festival in the amateur division for a film about cabbage in China. Those were the days. I have a box full of cameras - fuji and bauer - at the cabin which will never turn again. Thanks for the link, Sonny, and the memories. Howard