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    Gifts for People Who Think They're The Next Scorsese

    Leica M7 Hermes Edition: Your Bank Account Can't Handle This Gorgeousness

    Super Expensive, Incredibly Limited Edition Leica M7 Hermes Could See Monday Release

    Behind the Scenes of Avatar

    The First Movie Shot on a Canon 7D? It's About Zombies, Of Course!

    Nikon's Twitter-Inspired Digital Film Festival Will Feature Ashton Kutcher and Dwight Schrute

    Terminator: Salvation's Director of Photography Asks: Can You Tell the Difference Between Film and Digital?

    Polaroid Pulls an About-Face, Decides to Re-Launch Instant Film Next Year

    Last Original Polaroid Instant Film to Be Sold at Urban Outfitters

    Meet the Sartorialist of Tokyo's Film Camera Scene
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/18/09

    In reply to Gifts for People Who Think They're The Next Scorsese
    How can you tell anyone who loves BTTF to not buy one of those hats? If the seller was a pain in the ass, or the hats are cheap crap that disintegrate on your head, I can understand, but if not, you're not the boss of me!!
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/18/09

    @Kaiser-Machead:

    agreed. this hat would go over well at some of the, shall we say, "chemically charged" parties i enjoy attending.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    11/18/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: oooh they got one on amazon with a good review, so quality + good seller.

    [www.amazon.com]
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    Edited by nutbastard at 11/18/09 11:43 AM nutbastard was starred nutbastard was unstarred
    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/18/09

    In reply to Gifts for People Who Think They're The Next Scorsese
    No joke, I'm a video editor and that hat is actually on my Amazon wish list. And I care not for your opinions of just how ridiculous I would look in it. Those movies are my childhood.

    I'd suppose you'd also say no one should ever gift me the original Power Rangers Megazord that I have pined for since I was 6 or whatever?

    Fie, I say. Fie!
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    Image of mattycakes mattycakes
    11/18/09

    @OCEntertainment: Of all eight of those products, I want the hat the most as well.

    As much as I love watching and making movies, the hat is still the coolest thing out of the list.
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    Image of Segador Segador
    11/18/09

    In reply to Gifts for People Who Think They're The Next Scorsese
    It's a sizeable monetary investment, but if you're serious about video at all, a Steadicam will almost instantly transform your shaky, crappy home movies into smooth, beautiful, pro-quality shots.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/18/09

    @Segador: If you're serious about video, but still have to scrape coins for the dollar menu, then perhaps you could check out the Poor Man's Steadicam.

    I built one myself, took maybe a couple hours. It's not fantastic, mind you, and it takes some work to figure out how to use the counterweight to your advantage. Used properly, however, it's a significant improvement over....nothing.
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    Image of Segador Segador
    11/18/09

    @OCEntertainment: For sure. A friend of mine build the same thing with plumbing supplies, and it works. It's not the same as an actual Steadicam, but, yeah, it's a big improvement over hand-held.
     Reply
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/18/09

    In reply to Gifts for People Who Think They're The Next Scorsese
    The Flip Ultra Fat-Ass does intrigue me.

    Also, you can always go with editing software (you know - a legitimate copy) or screenwriting software. It's one of the few times that it isn't impersonal.

    And of course, you can always have a family&friends-wide fund to save up for the good stuff. A $1,000 camera sounds like a lot until you have 10 people chipping in to pay for it.
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    Image of fauxfilms fauxfilms
    11/18/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Celtx (celtx.com) is a great screenwriting software that's (legally) free and insanely intuitive. I highly recommend it.
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    OMG! Ponies! promoted this comment Edited by fauxfilms at 11/18/09 10:29 AM fauxfilms was starred fauxfilms was unstarred
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    11/18/09

    @fauxfilms: I'm a Final Draft guy myself.

    #tips
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    11/16/09

    In reply to Leica M7 Hermes Edition: Your Bank Account Can't Handle This Gorgeousness
    If it had any other name on it my guess is you'd say it was fugly. #leicam7hermes
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/16/09

    @Homerjay is utterly alone.: Leica rangefinders are always beautiful. Overpriced, but beautiful. There's something to be said for that Soviet era aesthetic. #leicam7hermes
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/16/09

    In reply to Leica M7 Hermes Edition: Your Bank Account Can't Handle This Gorgeousness
    Why does a grade 34 bureaucrat get a camera named after him?
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    Edited by Jrsy Devil's Advocate® at 11/16/09 7:49 PM Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of RT100 RT100
    11/16/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: to be fair, he was the representative for earth in Limbo in the olympics #leicam7hermes
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    Jrsy Devil's Advocate® promoted this comment RT100 was starred RT100 was unstarred
    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/16/09

    @RT100: He's never been able to beat Barbados Slim. #leicam7hermes
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    Image of RT100 RT100
    11/16/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: on the Titanic, he saved the life of the crew by going under the door and pushing the button to open the airlock. He should be a national hero! And they didn't even have to dress up like women and children to get an escape pod... #leicam7hermes
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/16/09

    In reply to Leica M7 Hermes Edition: Your Bank Account Can't Handle This Gorgeousness
    I heard it can get you laid in Amsterdam... #leicam7hermes
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    11/16/09

    @ripfire: I heard that it can only be purchased with an AmEx Centurion card... #leicam7hermes
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    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    11/16/09

    @ripfire: You can get your money stolen and not even care! #leicam7hermes
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    Image of HighOctaneX HighOctaneX
    11/16/09

    @ripfire: Ummm...A box of skittles can get you laid in Amsterdam. #leicam7hermes
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment HighOctaneX was starred HighOctaneX was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/16/09

    @HighOctaneX: I think a box of skittles will get you vandersexxx. #leicam7hermes
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/15/09

    In reply to Super Expensive, Incredibly Limited Edition Leica M7 Hermes Could See Monday Release
    ... and people complain about the Apple tax. #leica
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    Image of Scaramanga Scaramanga
    11/16/09

    @The Lab:

    Its a Hermès tax added in addition to the Leica tax.

    There is not a tangible technical difference between this body and the plain ol' M7.

    Its just a fashion accessory not a tool for photographers at this point.

    For people that would rather look pretty taking pictures then taking pretty pictures. #leica
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    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    11/15/09

    In reply to Super Expensive, Incredibly Limited Edition Leica M7 Hermes Could See Monday Release
    Not everything is for everybody. Nice to, once in a while, see some stuff that is not for the mass market! #leica
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    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    11/15/09

    In reply to Super Expensive, Incredibly Limited Edition Leica M7 Hermes Could See Monday Release
    Two questions - who uses film nowadays and where would you develop it? All our local photo developing joints are, well, nonexistant (the drugstore I would NORMALLY go to get prints done just switched to full-on digital only through a crappy kiosk).
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    Image of tashi tashi
    11/15/09

    @dragon:ONE: If you are spending $14,000 on a camera, I bet you know a guy.
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    Image of littleredcorvet littleredcorvet
    11/15/09

    @dragon: ONE: 1: Lots of people.
    2: most CVSs, Walmarts, Walgreens, and Targets if you want crappy prints. There are also places to send your film to be developed fairly inexpensively, such as Dwayne's Photo. #leica
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment littleredcorvet was starred littleredcorvet was unstarred
    Image of Jeff Landy Jeff Landy
    11/15/09

    @dragon: ONE: The black and white crowd still loves film - digital can't reproduce the tones you get from the B&W process. Also, film has made a small comeback with the art crowd, mostly in the cheap plastic camera category.

    You get it developed at a local camera shop, or you mail it off to one of the developing houses around the country, or you develop it yourself in your home.

    That being said, anyone purchasing one of these is doing it for collector's reasons. Film cameras are insanely cheap these days. You could get any of the best film cameras ever produced, in mint condition, for less than a few grand. Most of the higher-production cameras (e.g. Nikon as opposed to Hasselblad) don't sell for more than $200. #leica
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    Image of SagarikaLumos SagarikaLumos
    11/15/09

    @dragon: ONE: There are some compelling reasons to use film, one of which is completely absent in this case (quality/price ratio is thrown off here). You can get an excellent 35mm camera for just a few dollars (I paid $2 for a Yashica T4 once), and not have to cry if it's damaged. Let a small child use it. The cheap digitals made for kids are barely worth pointing at something.

    There are still 3 different places in my small town to get 1 hour film developing, and a half dozen others who offer 2 day service. I still shoot loads of film despite having excellent digital cameras. Scanning takes extra time, but I can still get better results from 35mm than digital, though I admit that there's better equipment out there than mine.

    While color has gone very digital, you won't find that nearly as many B&W fans use digital. For some reason, B&W photographers still strongly prefer film. I love B&W film, and I develop it myself in my bathroom using about $30 worth of equipment. #leica
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    Image of SagarikaLumos SagarikaLumos
    11/15/09


    @SagarikaLumos: I took this picture just a couple of weeks ago with a camera I paid less than $10 for and a roll of free expired film.

    Long live film! #leica
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    Image of DPYu DPYu
    11/15/09

    @dragon: ONE: Film is probably dead among the masses, but there are still a strong group of photography enthusiasts that use film. I actually just placed an order for a 35mm rangefinder, since I'm finding that I enjoy film photos alot more than digital ones. In looking around, it seems like Meijer, Costco, Sam's Club, and Wolf Cameras all still process 35mm film. #leica
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment DPYu was starred DPYu was unstarred
    Image of pauloborja pauloborja
    11/15/09

    @dragon: ONE: If you buy this kind of camera I think you would have a personal dev lab. Is part of the fun. #leica
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment pauloborja was starred pauloborja was unstarred
    Image of macmartini macmartini
    11/15/09

    @dragon: ONE: people who buy $14,000 camera don't go to drugstores to get the film developed :) it's more of a collectors camera...probably will end up in a showcase in a million dollar home as a conversation piece #leica
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    Image of Sebastian Toth Sebastian Toth
    11/15/09

    @dragon: ONE:
    For example, i am a leica photographer too. Shooting even commissioned and payed stuff on film .. Developing was never and will never be a problem, since i do it myself ..

    And if you ask my why im shooting on film, i can give you a simple answer: Because my clients want me to .. #leica
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    Image of Misha Kaplan Misha Kaplan
    11/15/09

    @dragon: ONE: I use film for my photography... especially color because its impossible to get to the same quality in digital and I'm assuming if you're willing to pay $14,000 on a Leica then you either have access to a dark room or are willing to send your film out to be developed #leica
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    Image of zanars zanars
    11/15/09

    @dragon: ONE:

    If you're buying a $14,000 camera - I'm assuming you already have your own darkroom.

    And if not, you wouldn't be getting your film developed at the drugstore - you'd be going to specialty camera shops and telling them how you want it done. #leica
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    Image of TheCrudMan TheCrudMan
    11/15/09


    @SagarikaLumos:

    Nice! #leica
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    Image of SagarikaLumos SagarikaLumos
    11/15/09

    @TheCrudMan: That shot alone can be used as a great pro-film example. The depth of field control of 35mm film is far more versatile than prosumer digital SLRs with their APS-C size sensors. A digital camera would have far more in focus, which has its place, but it's pretty hard to get this kind of isolation with digital. Non-SLR digitals have tiny sensors and would have far more depth of field. #leica
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment SagarikaLumos was starred SagarikaLumos was unstarred
    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/15/09

    @dragon: ONE: I definitely would if I my own darkroom. I love developing photos.

    Sadly I'm also too poor to even consider owning a Leica. #leica
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    Image of szrimaging szrimaging
    11/16/09

    @SagarikaLumos: You skirt the issue there. The issue for depth of field isn't what is recording the light, but the size of the sensor. 16mm film would get about the same dof as APS-C. FF35 sensors get about the same as 35mm. So on and so forth. If you are going to compare the two, compare them for like sized sensors. Besides, digital capture can be done in 4x5, so just think of the dof you could get there. #leica
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    Image of SagarikaLumos SagarikaLumos
    11/16/09

    @szrimaging: That far outstrips the depth of money that it takes with film. As I said in my initial post, film's advantage right now is in the price/performance ratio, which is bent out of shape by the fact that the Leica in question is $18,000.

    I could compare like sized sensors, but it makes more sense to compare like sized money. FF35 sensor cameras are far above what most people will pay, never mind digital MF. #leica
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    Image of szrimaging szrimaging
    11/16/09

    @SagarikaLumos: Well, if you shoot a LOT of film, like 5 plus rolls of film per week, and process at a place like A&I, then your price difference is made up in a year or two. Not to mention the cost of scanning the film. In the sort term film is cheaper, in the long term, digital is cheapest.

    Digital MF is really the realm of pros, where you save money, not to mention time, by running the digital.

    And to get the resolution out of film, you would need to drum scan, or other similar scanners. A drum scanner is over 10k last I looked, and pretty sure a company like NancyScans charges a pretty high amount per slide that they scan. Really, cost to performance wise, digital is a bigger bargain now than ever before. #leica
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    Image of Michai Michai
    11/12/09

    In reply to Behind the Scenes of Avatar
    Looks great, but I don't typically enjoy the behind the scenes footage until post viewing. Mostly because it takes a little away from my imagination while I watch the film - because I constantly am referencing how they made the scene rather than enjoying it. Would have rather seen a trailer. #avatar
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    11/12/09

    In reply to Behind the Scenes of Avatar
    Hmm... it doesn't look like it makes any mention of the Smurfs, which I find a bit suspicious... #avatar
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    Image of ThePaul ThePaul
    11/12/09

    @Platypus Man: And not one mention of how many smurfberries it takes to power one of those mech suits. #avatar
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/12/09

    @ThePaul: Actually, those mech suits should be the representation of a 20' Gargamel. #avatar
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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    11/12/09

    In reply to The First Movie Shot on a Canon 7D? It's About Zombies, Of Course!
    Where are the islanders?
    No underwater zombies?
    Baseball bats? in the tropics?

    What's a critic...ooooo a Canon 7D...And not Fullframe! #deadseason
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    Image of N@tedog N@tedog
    11/12/09

    In reply to The First Movie Shot on a Canon 7D? It's About Zombies, Of Course!
    Is that the whole movie? What a soundtrack! #deadseason
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/12/09

    In reply to The First Movie Shot on a Canon 7D? It's About Zombies, Of Course!
    J.J. Abrams and Zack Snyder are both waking up wondering why they feel queasy. #deadseason
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