Steve_F
Well-known
At the risk of incurring the wrath of dedicated Leica users here is a still from 'Das Boot'. My own knowledge isnt enough to know what camera it is. I've heard from a Leica to Contax.
Maybe even an early Nikon RF prototype being field tested (Axis co-operation) - just a joke.
Steve.
Maybe even an early Nikon RF prototype being field tested (Axis co-operation) - just a joke.

Steve.
alexnotalex
Well-known
That M8 is Audrey Tatou's own camera.
filmtwit
Desperate but not serious
I worked on that film and ended up shooting all the props for the art department. The camera in question is simple a "generic" camera.
Hi all
First post, long time lurker.
Has anyone here seen Coraline, the new (3D, as in with the pola glasses) animation from Henry Selick? There's a scene in it with an M3 - looked like a really detailed model of it too. And the best bit? There's a POV shot through the viewfinder and yep, we have the rounded framelines. Smashing!
Talking of cameras in animations, I loved the TLRs in The Incredibles too...
al'
rbiemer
Unabashed Amateur
Well, for some fine 1960s TV with lots of cameras there is this:
http://www.hulu.com/man-with-a-camera
Oh, and Charles Bronson.
Rob
http://www.hulu.com/man-with-a-camera
Oh, and Charles Bronson.
Rob
GSNfan
Well-known
At the risk of incurring the wrath of dedicated Leica users here is a still from 'Das Boot'. My own knowledge isnt enough to know what camera it is. I've heard from a Leica to Contax.
Maybe even an early Nikon RF prototype being field tested (Axis co-operation) - just a joke.
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Steve.
This is when the captain stops him from taking pictures and says, 'wait for the sailors to return... by then they'd have grown beards and will look older... we don't want people to see kids go to war.'
One of the best war movies ever made. Makes most of Hollywood war movies look cartoonish.
Arvay
Obscurant
Palermo Shooting by Wim Wenders
The lady has Leica M7 "a la carte". She says she has it for 40 years
The lady has Leica M7 "a la carte". She says she has it for 40 years
ornate_wrasse
Moderator
I recently rented the Elvis Presley movie "Loving You", which was released in 1957. Early in the movie, there is a scene where Elvis' manager Glenda Markle (played by Lizabeth Scott) uses some kind of rangefinder. I couldn't tell what kind it was, but it was one where you advance the film by using a knob. Does anyone know what kind of camera it was?
chrismoret
RF-addict
This is a pretty 'nerdy' topic.
Steve_F
Well-known
This is when the captain stops him from taking pictures and says, 'wait for the sailors to return... by then they'd have grown beards and will look older... we don't want people to see kids go to war.'
One of the best war movies ever made. Makes most of Hollywood war movies look cartoonish.
Yes GSNFan, I'm a great admirer of that film / TV series. I have the 'movie' version and also the full series (4hrs 42min) on DVD.
I know the scene and when I recently took a photo of my 3 1/2 yr old son with my M6 TTL in a cafe and put it on my FaceBook page you can see the likeness from the screen capture.....and comments.

Steve.
dave lackey
Mentor
VERY cool, Blake...
This deserves it's own thread!
This deserves it's own thread!
GSNfan
Well-known
Yes GSNFan, I'm a great admirer of that film / TV series. I have the 'movie' version and also the full series (4hrs 42min) on DVD.
I know the scene and when I recently took a photo of my 3 1/2 yr old son with my M6 TTL in a cafe and put it on my FaceBook page you can see the likeness from the screen capture.....and comments.
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Steve.
That is such a cool coincident. Your son also knows how to hold a Leica properly, his a natural with the camera.
I need to watch Das Boot once again.
It's a long way to Tipperary,
It's a long way to go
Mister E
Well-known
My avatar is my 2 year old composing a shot on my Ikon.
naruto
GASitis.. finally cured?
Possibly for the first time in an Indian/Hindi movie, the lead actress (playing a photographer) uses a Leica M6 - http://goo.gl/ujXo8. And, here is the still from the movie - http://goo.gl/UIZsh.
I haven't seen the movie, but it's got some great reviews.
I haven't seen the movie, but it's got some great reviews.
sara
Well-known
I can't remember if I posted here but the guy from the film "Midnight on the Meat Train" (something of that title) uses a Leica 
amateriat
We're all light!
David Murphy
Mentor
Mogambo with Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly, and Clark Gable has fancy Leica screw gear and a Bolex to boot - seen on Turner Classics recently. Another one not on the list above is an episode of the 60's TV show "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" called "Turn Back the Clock". In this episode there are many scenes of young babe Yvonne Craig (later to become Batwoman) shooting pics of dinosaurs and such in a lost world near the Antarctic using a new looking Leica IIIg.
The old TV show "Secret Agent Man" has many now classic cameras featured, some episodes even discuss cameras of the time (hobbyist/spies). I remember one episode with a complete Leica screw mount copying setup (for copying secret documents of course).
Of course the Minox is standard equipment for every respectable cinematic spy.
For cine fans, the fantastic recently made German movie "Downfall" (about Hitler's last days) has at least one excellent scene with an Arriflex 16 - which would have been a very advanced 16mm camera for 1945, but I suppose in use then, at least in Germany.
The old TV show "Secret Agent Man" has many now classic cameras featured, some episodes even discuss cameras of the time (hobbyist/spies). I remember one episode with a complete Leica screw mount copying setup (for copying secret documents of course).
Of course the Minox is standard equipment for every respectable cinematic spy.
For cine fans, the fantastic recently made German movie "Downfall" (about Hitler's last days) has at least one excellent scene with an Arriflex 16 - which would have been a very advanced 16mm camera for 1945, but I suppose in use then, at least in Germany.
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julianphotoart
No likey digital-phooey
The other evening I watched "The Odessa File" (or perhaps "The O.D.E.S.S.A. File"). Sorry if this has been noted already.
Anyway, John Voight used a Leica M in an early scene when he's at the SS reunion party. The film is supposed to take place in 1963 but I could swear that he's using an M6.
Does anyone know more details on this?
Anyway, John Voight used a Leica M in an early scene when he's at the SS reunion party. The film is supposed to take place in 1963 but I could swear that he's using an M6.
Does anyone know more details on this?
dave lackey
Mentor
Cool as a moose!!!!
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