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Double Negative

Post subject: Stanley Kubrick and Leica

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 10:09 am

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Stumbled across this image today from "Music From the Films of Stanley Kubrick."

Of course, Kubrick is no stranger to Leica...

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kokoshawnuff

Post subject: Re: Stanley Kubrick and Leica

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 2:59 pm

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He was a pretty great photographer:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/1 ... 74433.html

http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/- ... -17910985/

http://twistedsifter.com/2011/12/stanle ... tos-1940s/

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jparriott

Post subject: Re: Stanley Kubrick and Leica

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 10:03 pm

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Love the filmmaker. Love the camera.

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jairyhunter

Post subject: Re: Stanley Kubrick and Leica

Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:21 pm

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Those are some stunning images. Especially the last set. *Sigh*.

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kokoshawnuff

Post subject: Re: Stanley Kubrick and Leica

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 1:09 am

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I don't know if anyone has seen these in person, but I was at the Kubrick exhibit being held at the LACMA and they had many of his cine lenses displayed including the famous Zeiss 50mm f/.7 and the not so well known wide angle attachment which make the lens a 25mm.

Sorry about the exposure, the iPhone is tricky that way

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Double Negative

Post subject: Re: Stanley Kubrick and Leica

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:05 am

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jairyhunter wrote:

Those are some stunning images. Especially the last set. *Sigh*.

Those really are something, that last set aren't they? Seems like a really interesting time, too 1947. Oddly enough, NYC looks quite the same today. Cleaner in some spots, dirtier in others perhaps.

kokoshawnuff wrote:

That's interesting, Alex. I don't recall hearing about the attachment. Thanks for sharing those shots. In the second I immediately spotted the A Clockwork Orange poster in the background. Heh. Just recently watched it - on Blu-Ray. The ol' Ludwig Van was exquisite.

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Post subject: Re: Stanley Kubrick and Leica

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:25 am

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If you zoom in and increase the brightness :oops:

you can read what they said about it. Apparently the distortion was too extreme with this specific attachment, so during the actual filming of Barry Lyndon they used a different one that made the lens a 36mm

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Double Negative

Post subject: Re: Stanley Kubrick and Leica

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:28 pm

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Aha! I zoomed in and was able to read it (without having to adjust the brightness but just barely)... Interesting indeed. One of these days, I'm going to have to watch that movie. It didn't exactly get the best reviews, LOL.

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