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RonVol

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Nikon F3 Used in Hollywood
« on: March 16, 2016, 02:16:02 »
Here's some footage I put together from individual sources showing how Industrial Light & Magic used a pretty much stock-standard Nikon F3 to film part of the movie 'Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom' using the stop-motion technique.

https://youtu.be/g0SuXsRGRmQ
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Re: Nikon F3 Used in Hollywood
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2016, 06:36:09 »
Absolutely fascinating !!

Mongo never would have guessed in a hundred years that that sequence of movie was shot with a slightly modified still camera (it was just shooting stills at the rate of 1/second).
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Re: Nikon F3 Used in Hollywood
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2016, 06:50:39 »
Quote from: Mongo on March 16, 2016, 06:36:09
Absolutely fascinating !!

Thanks Mongo.
Nice to see another Aussie here  ;)
I'm near Cessnock.
Where abouts' are you based?
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richardHaw

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Re: Nikon F3 Used in Hollywood
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2016, 06:55:07 »
yes. this sequence was the first thing that came in mind when i saw the title of the thread. i saw this a long time ago in discovery channel i think  :o :o :o
something like movie magic or a similar show
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Re: Nikon F3 Used in Hollywood
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2016, 07:04:54 »
Quote from: richardHaw on March 16, 2016, 06:55:07
yes. this sequence was the first thing that came in mind when i saw the title of the thread. i saw this a long time ago in discovery channel i think  :o :o :o
something like movie magic or a similar show

Some of the footage I've used is sourced from a 1984 documentary by NOVA titled 'The Magic of Special Effects'.
Could that be the show you're thinking of?
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Re: Nikon F3 Used in Hollywood
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2016, 07:11:13 »
Quote from: RonVol on March 16, 2016, 07:04:54
Some of the footage I've used is sourced from a 1984 documentary by NOVA titled 'The Magic of Special Effects'.
Could that be the show you're thinking of?
note sure. but it was a long time ago.
i have always loved practical effects. that got me into scale modelling, which got me into photography, which got me into CGI and animation, which got me into programming  :o :o :o one thing leads to another
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Re: Nikon F3 Used in Hollywood
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2016, 12:19:19 »
Quote from: RonVol on March 16, 2016, 06:50:39
Thanks Mongo.
Nice to see another Aussie here  ;)
I'm near Cessnock.
Where abouts' are you based?

Thanks Ron. Mongo lives in Cronulla , NSW
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Re: Nikon F3 Used in Hollywood
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2016, 14:45:54 »
Great set up! I recall watching this back in the day ;)
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Re: Nikon F3 Used in Hollywood
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2016, 16:58:26 »
Wow! I guess they will be using slightly updated cameras for the new movie they just announced: http://arstechnica.com/the-multiverse/2016/03/disney-announces-new-indiana-jones-movie-with-harrison-ford/
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