john_bear Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p>There was recently a post about George Harrison of the Beatles using an Canon 7, and it made me wonder whether the members of this forum can think of any other camera models that have been associated with famous people, or that have been featured in films?</p> <p>I can think of a few. There's the Yashica Electro 35 used by Spiderman Peter Parker. The Argus C3 Matchless in Harry Potter, and used by Ruth Hussey in "The Philadelphia Story" (1940), Max Showalter in the 1953 film "Niagara" and Gwyneth Paltrow in "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" (2004) ... I looked these up! </p> <p>Off screen I've seen photos of Arnie (Terminator) Schwarzenegger with a Yashica TL Electo X, and of course the Beatles were often photographed with Pentax Spotmatics. President Jimmy Carter was known to be an Argus C3 owner. </p> <p>There must be countless examples, but I can't personally think of any more!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Javkin Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p>Pablo PIcasso, Ernest Hemingway and Alan Ginsberg were photographers, and you should be able to find out what they used. A Leica M3D used to photograph PIcasso sold for over two million dollars in 2012.<br /> <br />There was an exhibit, <em>Picasso and the Camera</em>, in New York, which was scheduled to close January 3 of this year. I think a book from the exhibit is available.<br /> <br /> I believe John Glenn used a 35mm camera on the first U.S. orbital flight. Again, you'll have to research to find out what it was, or someone else here will help.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoryAmmerman Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p>Jeff bridges uses a Widelux.</p> <p>http://www.jeffbridges.com/main.html</p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p>Che Guevara with what is said to be a Nikon S2: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lraog6DC0B1qfet8co1_400.jpg<br /> Che also used a Soviet Start and a Pentacon 6TL</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Currie Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p>It's been a long time since I saw it, but I think in <em>A Hard Day's Night</em>, Ringo is walking around with a Pentax which was apparently what he actually used.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 There's a mirror selfie of musician PJ Harvey taken with a Pentax SLR. Not sure whether it's a K 1000, the web sized photo I've seen is too small. And it appears to have a Leica neck strap, although that's just a guess - some of the letters are obscured. I'm not sure whether it's her own camera or one borrowed from another photographer. It may have been from a session with Jane Bown, who mostly preferred the Olympus OM-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou_Meluso Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p>Sammy Davis Jr. was a prolific photographer and used a Rolleiflex <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/photo-by-sammy-davis-jr-burt-boyar/1007823889?ean=9780062273963">HERE</a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerwb Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p>Picasso used a fed 2, the "M3D" got that auction figure because it was a custom built Leica for David Douglas Duncan, not only because it was used to photograph Picasso. See Duncan's book 'Photo Nomad" for details.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p>Of course, the Stereo Realist camera used many famous Hollywood people in their ads. Here are two of them.</p> <p>Lloyd's daughter has published a book of her dad's stereo nudes.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_robison3 Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p>Yul Brynner was reputed to be quite good as a photographer.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn McCreery Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p>Leonard Nemoy studied photography at UCLA, where he used Nikon film cameras. He has published several books of his photographs, including one titled "Shekhina". </p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCL Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p>Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window with Jimmy Stewart using an Exakta. Not sure if it was his in the movie, but he was noted for taking his wife on multiple African photographic safaris.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Stanley Kubrick was a photojournalist before he was a movie director, and there are several mirror selfies of him with Leica rangefinders. There's also one with a TLR (I don't recognize the model): http://directorsseries.tumblr.com/post/90364586387/stanley-kubrick-first-works-1951 One of Kubrick's most interesting selfies was from the set of The Shining. It seems to be an out of focus photo of Jack Nicholson. But it's actually an in focus photo of Kubrick with his daughter, and includes a cinema camera operator on the far side in the uncropped photo. In this particular photo Kubrick appears to be using a black SLR, but I can't make it out well. Perhaps an Olympus? http://thefilmbook.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Kubrick-self-portrait-with-daughter-Vivian-and-camera-on-set-of-The-Shining-.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p>Good grief! There are dozens, by dint of a little Googling! Try "celebrities with cameras"...</p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Cloven Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lwpIKXXDjgg/T38q6iJgQvI/AAAAAAABAg0/zx3O3qyekLo/s640/Celebrities+with+Their+Vintage+Cameras+(13).jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 True, but with each iteration of these celebrities with cameras threads some new examples appear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Cloven Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DAUe1DWlKb8/UNySbXFsnoI/AAAAAAAARq8/4sLj_IJqbns/s1600/Julia+Roberts+with+Leica+M6+TTL+Silver+with+Summicron+50mm+f2+and+Leica+Motor+M.jpg" alt="" width="960" height="540" /></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Cloven Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wHEKVXiBuOA/T38rsKcglCI/AAAAAAABAkc/lb8QOWPXlLE/s640/Celebrities+with+Their+Vintage+Cameras+(7).jpg" alt="" width="500" height="494" /></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Cloven Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p>And as many more as you could ever want:</p> <p>http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=celebrities+with+cameras&FORM=HDRSC2</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Incidentally, while photo.net may seem terminally unhip compared with the rest of the web, our policies still permit uploading only photos we ourselves have made. Please post only links to other photos. See the guidelines, TOU and FAQ via bottom of every photo.net page, unless you're using the mobile app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony_lockerbie Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p>Good link Brad, thanks for that...and Diane Kruger sure makes that P67 look sexy!</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p>General/President Dwight Eisenhower was a prolific Stereo Realist user.<br> Field Marshal Rommel often was shown with a Leica IIIc and 50mm Elmar around his neck.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p>Paget Brewster supposedly takes photos for suicidegirls.com, but I haven't been able to corroborate this. However I did find <a href="http://cdn52.fansshare.com/images/pagetbrewster/full-paget-brewster-76309837.jpg">this little faux-retro gem</a> of her in classic cheesecake getup posing with... some sort of... TLR... aww, who cares, it's nearly nekkid Paget Brewster, with cheap newsprint halftone effects to boot. (BTW, if you only know Paget from her Emily Prentiss character on Criminal Minds, she's also a hilarious comedienne and voice actress on the Thrilling Adventure Hour podcast.)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p>Lex, that's a Kodak Duoflex.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 <p>My mistake. It's an ARGUS model 75.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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