longname Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 <p>"The Public Eye" starring Joe Pesci on Hulu.com, if you have time to fill.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winfried_buechsenschuetz1 Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 <p>There is a lot to see of pre-war photographing in this movie. However, it is not 100 % correct.<br> There is a scene where the "public eye" does infrared shots at night. I wonder if there is more infrared light than visible light at night, however, I also wonder how the reporter does the focussing for infrared film?<br> At least in the german version, when shooting inside an ambulance car, he mutters exposure details (speed and aperture) which would not be possible even with today's high speed film.<br> In one of the last scenes, he uses an Exakta with a pentaprism which was introduced some years AFTER WWII.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longname Posted October 22, 2010 Author Share Posted October 22, 2010 <p>There's a version with Topol on hulu too, but it's late. Did he have an IR filter on?</p> <p>nevermind no cameras in the second one...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_foreman1 Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Thanks for the Tip! I've never managed to see this film. Joe Pesci seems to jhave the Weegee look and I'm willing to overlook a few technical problems in the name of entertainment while viewing the "Naked City " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Currie Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 <p>I enjoyed the movie despite the few quibbles. I don't remember how he shot the infrared, but should mention that Weegee was fairly famous for shooting infrared in theaters and the like. I imagine one could focus by guesswork at night, simply displacing the guessed focus a bit. I think by then at least some lenses had infrared marks for this.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_shriver Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 <p>IR at night would be done by IR flashbulbs, which had a filter such that they only gave off IR light. Big flashbulbs. Not visible to the subject.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles_stobbs3 Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 If my memory is correct you could buy a dip to convert any flash bulb to IR. Never tried it myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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