Pecole Posted August 16, 2009 Share #1 Posted August 16, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Maybe this short film has already been publicized somewhere in the forum, but I offer it here in case... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 16, 2009 Posted August 16, 2009 Hi Pecole, Take a look here Wim Wemders on Leica and M8. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
stunsworth Posted August 16, 2009 Share #2 Posted August 16, 2009 It's certainly short Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pecole Posted August 16, 2009 Author Share #3 Posted August 16, 2009 It's certainly short Sorry! I just realized the attachment procedure of the web site reference had failed. It is now in my "Favorites", but you may access it at the Leica Camera official site (It is called "Wim Wenders on the Leica"). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted August 16, 2009 Share #4 Posted August 16, 2009 Here is a link to a Wim Wenders Leica promotional film: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard.no Posted August 16, 2009 Share #5 Posted August 16, 2009 Here is a link to a Wim Wenders Leica promotional film: Ah, sweet Leica porn. I actually liked it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootinglulu Posted August 16, 2009 Share #6 Posted August 16, 2009 mm, nice piano! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adli Posted August 17, 2009 Share #7 Posted August 17, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) mm, nice piano! Nice shutter sound also, but the shutter in my M8.2 sounds like a stamp mill compared to the shutter in this movie... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted August 17, 2009 Share #8 Posted August 17, 2009 I could've sworn there was a post here ridiculing this video, now gone. For what it's worth, in my opinion this is among the best promotional material out there and it was certainly one of my reasons for getting an M8 in the first place. And in stark contrast with many other product commercials, my daily use of this camera entirely confirms the sentiment conveyed in the film! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venkman Posted August 17, 2009 Share #9 Posted August 17, 2009 I could've sworn there was a post here ridiculing this video, now gone. For what it's worth, in my opinion this is among the best promotional material out there and it was certainly one of my reasons for getting an M8 in the first place. And in stark contrast with many other product commercials, my daily use of this camera entirely confirms the sentiment conveyed in the film! Wenders ridiculed himself when he said during an audience talk at a church congress that (freely translated): [...]photography for him is a 'holy act, to preserve the moment'. Digital photography has desecrated that act and made it random. Link to the original article: Jesus.de: "Digitalisierung entweiht die Fotografie" Link to the original post in the german part of the forum: http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/digitalforum/87244-digitalisierung-entweiht-die-fotografie.html Great testimonial. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted August 17, 2009 Share #10 Posted August 17, 2009 It didn't bother me when that appeared. Typical eccentric if you ask me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartlén Posted August 17, 2009 Share #11 Posted August 17, 2009 I wish my M8 was as quite as the one in the commercial. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpstjp Posted August 18, 2009 Share #12 Posted August 18, 2009 I wish my M8 was as quiet as the one in the commercial. It is. You just don't lug a grand piano around with you to mask the shutter noise when you go out shooting street photos. dpstjp Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted August 18, 2009 Share #13 Posted August 18, 2009 [...]photography for him is a 'holy act, to preserve the moment'. Digital photography has desecrated that act and made it random. ... Jesus.de: "Digitalisierung entweiht die Fotografie" Actually, nothing new there. It's the same thing E Puts, Mike Johnston, Newsweek etc. said a couple years back. Photography does not exist et al The Online Photographer: Digital and its Discontents Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted August 18, 2009 Share #14 Posted August 18, 2009 So, Howard - should we title this new Wenders film "Solms, Texas"? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted August 18, 2009 Share #15 Posted August 18, 2009 Or "Rocky Mountain Leica High"? (Or maybe you're just far ahead of me as usual, Andy. Is there a Solms in Texas? I think I'm getting confused.) I don't know what makes Leica special, and I'm not sure Wenders does either. But that promo expresses whatever it is. Interesting to me that a church congress would invite a photographer to speak in the first place. But if you want holy in photography, I'll vote for Kodachrome and Leica. At least one of them is still around. So far, anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted August 19, 2009 Share #16 Posted August 19, 2009 Paris, Texas (1984) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adli Posted August 19, 2009 Share #17 Posted August 19, 2009 Paris, Texas (1984) Great movie btw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venkman Posted August 19, 2009 Share #18 Posted August 19, 2009 Actually, nothing new there. It's the same thing E Puts, Mike Johnston, Newsweek etc. said a couple years back. Howard, absolutely - but have they been hired for a promo movie about the very same tech? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted August 19, 2009 Share #19 Posted August 19, 2009 Paris, Texas (1984) Oops! Howard, absolutely - but have they been hired for a promo movie about the very same tech? Fair enough. But Wenders does mention that a lot of what he loved about photography as a boy has been lost. Subtle distinction between the craft and the equipment. "Leica has managed to preserve and translate into the digital age everything one could only dream of." [Emphasis added.] In other words, Wenders in the promo still holds that in going digital, a lot has been lost to photography (Puts' position), while Leica has nonetheless done a good job of holding on to the immediacy of the equipment. No disagreement between the two sides. I guess the piece wasn't shot with the D-Lux 4, or he'd have said so? But maybe with the M10 Leicina prototype? (Or "Leideo" instead of "Leicina"?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ho_co Posted August 19, 2009 Share #20 Posted August 19, 2009 Also interesting is the way the promo uses the 28 mm external finder so prominently. People on the forum complain about the need for external finders, but the Wenders piece uses the finder nostalgically, evoking "my father's Leica." ("That's the way I always heard it should be," as Carly Simon said.) But then despite its prominence early, after 46 sec into the piece, the finder isn't seen again as we take that speedboat to modernity. That 96-sec film is a masterpiece in planning, cutting, pacing and realization. Even Wenders' careful and correct pronunciation lei-ka ascribes the camera more class than the typical English pronunciation lei-kuh (sorry, don't have a schwa on this keyboard). Gee, I wish I had as much hair as he has! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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