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[h._p.]

<p>Re-watching "Superman", I've just realised that Jimmy Olsen's camera in the office scene is a Praktica L series. Who would have thought that such a lowly camera would make it into the props cupboard of such a big budget film?<br>

I've spotted a few other "Cheap" cameras in movies. "Sky Pilot and the World of Tomorrow" featured an Argus as a plot device and the Exacta was a central prop in "Rear Window" (although I'll grant that the Ihagee product probably wasn't that cheap in the 'fifties).<br>

:-)))<br>

Has anyone else spotted this economical trend in the film world?</p>

[JDMvW]

<p>The brands of things used be hidden in the days of <em>Rear Window</em>, but Exakta did use it in their advertising at the time. It's amazing in the days of <em>Superman</em> that there wasn't a "product placement". Maybe Canon and Nikon turned them down?<br>

I'll have to hunt up Olsen's camera, being a Praktica person, that is. Thanks for the heads up. :)</p><div></div>

[frank.schifano]

<p>I don't think the use of a Practica was accidental in the making of the Superman movie at all. Remember, they were going for kind of a vintage/modern hybrid look to that film, and the Practica fit the bill almost perfectly.</p>

[cj8281]

<p>In the movie U571 one of the Americans shot a picture of the control room of the German sub using an Argus C3 with an edison base flash bulb flash.</p>

[ridinhome]

<p>Well, guess you can't miss the Canonet QL17 (or was it the Canonet 28) in Pecker.</p>

[bc_fuchs]

<p>Argus C3 (Matchmatic, IIRC) in Harry Potter 2 . . . or is that too obvious to mention . . . :>)</p>