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Great men have made cameras that inspire...

I might be on the younger side here. This was my first camera. Not sure why, but I really loved the little flash cubes!

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Jim, inspired post, and Jarred, great story!
 
My first camera was a leica 3f. It was my dads and I started using it after he passed away. My son is out shooting tonight with the nex5n and the sumicron lens from the 3f. Some gear lasts a long time...
 
My Olympus OM-1 MD because it was my first camera that I bought for taking Photography 101.
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Jannard said:
"The camera is arguably one of the most important of all inventions… it is the single tool that has the ability to stop time, record history, generate art, tell stories, and communicate messages that transcend language like nothing else ever conceived."
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This is my absolute most favorite quote, and I would be not expressing the truth if I din't say that this have been my exact fillings since I was 11 years old... ;)


Jarred Land said:
I have Funny story about this one..

My first Christmas with Jim, and before I knew that fact above.. I searched and searched and searched for the perfect gift for Jim.

What do you get the guy that has everything?

I came across a collector's item in Europe.. Some moon "dust" that came from one of the long lost cameras that came back from the moon.

My god! the perfect Gift. I spent an ungodly amount of money for some dirt.. but was so excited.

It finally came.. was a few specs of dust in a lovely little display case with a little blurb and photo about the lost camera and such.. I was so excited.

Christmas came.. and I finally I gave it to Jim..

He said " Thanks... this is great. I am not sure how to tell you this.. but that long lost camera... "

heh heh heh.

At least the camera and it's dirt are back together again :)
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He he, yeah I did heard this story before, and I was so "LOL" while been so filling "SOFT" for you and your great effort... ;)

PS: However it is the tough that "TRULY COUNTS" and I'm very positively sure that Jim did appreciate such a gesture more then He could have express in words.
 
Jannard said:
I own Oscar Barnack's Leica O-105. Oscar is the father of 35mm stills photography.

I have several other inspirational cameras including Leica MP #2. I own a NASA Hasselblad that actually went to the moon. I have a Leica Lexus and just about any other camera you can think of.

But other than RED... my favorite camera is this.

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photograph...f3ver2/variations/Nikon_F3_NASA_250/index.htm

Life is great. I have certainly been inspired and motivated by those that have gone on before us. There are great men and great companies that built cameras for the right reasons. I just hope that we measure up when history looks back at us.

Jim

"The camera is arguably one of the most important of all inventions… it is the single tool that has the ability to stop time, record history, generate art, tell stories, and communicate messages that transcend language like nothing else ever conceived."
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Jim, my mama told be to be straight up to anyone at anytime. I remember some haters laughing out loudly at various forums about the rumor of Jannard starting a 4k camera. Someone posted the link and i went there. It was the splash screen of some race cars at various aspect ratios and frame sizes.

Several people wanted me to join in the joke..... i decided not to and they said gooooooood luuccck

I bookmarked that page since that first day. I believed.

Whether we are different worlds and backgrounds apart, a man must speak the truth even against himself.

sooo

There is no other company that i heard off that brought what you brought to the table. You were the geeky kid against all these bullies, you had struggles along the way but it was worth the battle.

You rocked and shocked the industry, you raised the bar. You made dreams come true for some and inspired many others with your products.

The haters bit their fingers and crapped their pants. They tried to take another punch, you gave them an EPIC hit.

They came back weak and struck one more time but you X'd them with the Scarlet.

and that's history, Jim Jannard who pioneered oakley and inspired the Digital Cinema Revolution with the RED products.

Thank you very much Jim, whether you like it or not :)
 
Jarred Land said:
I have Funny story about this one..

My first Christmas with Jim, and before I knew that fact above.. I searched and searched and searched for the perfect gift for Jim.

What do you get the guy that has everything?

I came across a collector's item in Europe.. Some moon "dust" that came from one of the long lost cameras that came back from the moon.

My god! the perfect Gift. I spent an ungodly amount of money for some dirt.. but was so excited.

It finally came.. was a few specs of dust in a lovely little display case with a little blurb and photo about the lost camera and such.. I was so excited.

Christmas came.. and I finally I gave it to Jim..

He said " Thanks... this is great. I am not sure how to tell you this.. but that long lost camera... "

heh heh heh.

At least the camera and it's dirt are back together again :)
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LOL. Jarred i feel bad for you. All that adventure.......and then oh boy. It must be challenging to find Jim something, that time is coming up again...uh oh :)
 
My first camera was a circa 1960 Polaroid Land Camera that I found in a box of junk at my grandfather's office... he let me keep it. I've had so many other cameras since then, didn't even use that old Land model-800 that long, it was pretty worn out, but functional and he had a lot of film I could use. I still have it somewhere...

Jarred's moon dirt story is just too cool. I know he's posted it before here somewhere. Kinda makes me wonder why the guy with the dirt thought the camera was long-lost or whatever. I'm sure there's a lot more story tied to that camera somehow.

Speaking of cameras and space... I'm anxious to see when and where the first EPIC gets sent up. It's bound to happen, right? I've been at Kennedy Space Center a few times in the past few years and have seen a RED One on-site there nearly every time since '08. Seems like it's meant to happen.
 
me, my best friend, and a 60-year-old woman in a rose garden in los angeles = "back to the garden," the first real short I ever made.

two years later at NYU shooting friends' films on black and white reversal...

eight years later, still rolling 100' loads for b-roll on commercials and fashion films...

Epic might be A-camera now, but the Arri-S will never die.

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Jannard said:
I own Oscar Barnack's Leica O-105. Oscar is the father of 35mm stills photography.

I have several other inspirational cameras including Leica MP #2. I own a NASA Hasselblad that actually went to the moon. I have a Leica Lexus and just about any other camera you can think of.

But other than RED... my favorite camera is this.

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photograph...f3ver2/variations/Nikon_F3_NASA_250/index.htm

Life is great. I have certainly been inspired and motivated by those that have gone on before us. There are great men and great companies that built cameras for the right reasons. I just hope that we measure up when history looks back at us.

Jim

"The camera is arguably one of the most important of all inventions… it is the single tool that has the ability to stop time, record history, generate art, tell stories, and communicate messages that transcend language like nothing else ever conceived."
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Jarred Land said:
I have Funny story about this one..

My first Christmas with Jim, and before I knew that fact above.. I searched and searched and searched for the perfect gift for Jim.

What do you get the guy that has everything?

I came across a collector's item in Europe.. Some moon "dust" that came from one of the long lost cameras that came back from the moon.

My god! the perfect Gift. I spent an ungodly amount of money for some dirt.. but was so excited.

It finally came.. was a few specs of dust in a lovely little display case with a little blurb and photo about the lost camera and such.. I was so excited.

Christmas came.. and I finally I gave it to Jim..

He said " Thanks... this is great. I am not sure how to tell you this.. but that long lost camera... "

heh heh heh.

At least the camera and it's dirt are back together again :)
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Congrats Jim and Jarred,

it was amazing Christmas gift.

I did a short search at the web archive of my favorite Leica Shop in Vienna

that wonderful place also hosts a sort of camera auction for years (WestLicht Auction)

and of course found there that item listed at:


Camera Auction 09 - May 2006 | Reflex Cameras

LOT 563

Nikon F3 NASA 250

'Space Shuttle' version of F3 with magazine back for 250 exposures (no.1033) combined with motor drive (no.1006),
various details modified for use in outer space, prototype special NASA Nikkor-N.C 1.4/35mm no.900007,
only approx. 19 of these very special cameras were made for NASA around 1986, some were lost in space,
the outfit is in near mint original condition.

Condition: A-
Year: c.1986
Serial no. 1012

EUR 24.000 (Start price)
EUR 35.400 (Hammer price incl. premium)

Source>>>

With those great cameras, inventors and their fans almost everything has a certain connection.

Btw, to get an idea about WestLicht Auction and Gallery where the last final bid for that amazing Christmas gift was made (by Jarred)

it's exactly a room where I shot the first ever test with

Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/0.95 ASPH on RED ONE M camera>>>

It's getting slowly boring with it but I couldn't resist again probably it has also historical value in a way.
 
My Camera inspiration

My Camera inspiration

here is a shot of my father operating a camera here in Sydney back in the 60's.
All i know about it is that it was an electronically switched 35mm film/studio camera made by Arri......i wish i new more about it......
This image inspired me to take up cinematography as my life long passion..........thanks Dad......
oh yeah check out that eye light.....!!
 

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Not the most exciting camera's i know but i was given these at a junk sale, they were my first introduction to film and how everything on a basic level worked. They inspired me to build cameras and lenses of my own. The guy who gave them to me was really old and said that he would rather give them to someone who could be inspired rather than sell them to someone to make a quick buck, he also gave me books, a changing bag and my first enlarger, so big up to the old guy.
 
Guest at Jims house - Hey Jim i notest one of your cameras was dusty so i cleaned it for you :smile5:

Jim - NOOOOOOOoooo :scared: Quick get the talcum powder Jarred's on his way over
 
Jannard said:
I own Oscar Barnack's Leica O-105. Oscar is the father of 35mm stills photography.

I have several other inspirational cameras including Leica MP #2. I own a NASA Hasselblad that actually went to the moon. I have a Leica Lexus and just about any other camera you can think of.

But other than RED... my favorite camera is this.





http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photograph...f3ver2/variations/Nikon_F3_NASA_250/index.htm

Life is great. I have certainly been inspired and motivated by those that have gone on before us. There are great men and great companies that built cameras for the right reasons. I just hope that we measure up when history looks back at us.

Jim

"The camera is arguably one of the most important of all inventions… it is the single tool that has the ability to stop time, record history, generate art, tell stories, and communicate messages that transcend language like nothing else ever conceived."
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Best inspiration is the Human Eye....Cheers Jim....but I like the Hasselblad on the moon and jarred's moon dust story ...it is super coooooollll :)))
 
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