35mm Camera facts
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The Hitchcock film Rope consists of only 11 long shots and it would have been fewer shots if cameras could have held more 35mm film in 1948
Werner Herzog learned all he needed about filmmaking from an encyclopedia entry. He then stole a 35mm camera from Munich Film School "out of necessity", and proceeded to make his first seven films with that very camera.
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Tommy Wiseau used a 35mm film camera and an HD video camera side-by-side when shooting The Room because he didn't know which format was best and couldn't choose one.
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Tommy Wiseau used a 35mm film camera and an HD video camera side-by-side when shooting his cult hit "The Room" because he didn't know which format was best and couldn't choose one.
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Werner Herzog, the famous director, stole a camera from a film school to start making films. Later he said: "It was a very simple 35mm camera, one I used on many other films, so I do not consider it a theft. For me, it was truly a necessity. I wanted to make films and needed a camera."
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The very first GoPro camera used 35mm film.
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Several of Werner Herzog's early films were shot on a 35mm camera that he stole from the Munich Film School, a school which he never attended. He readily admits to the theft, but also justifies it with the significance of the films he's made with the camera and his right to artistic expression.
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About "the most important new camera in your lifetime" : the Nimslo 35mm 3D camera
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The 35mm Minolta camera that John Glenn used in his 1962 mission had been purchased last minute from a drug store. It was quickly modified so that he could use it in his space suit.
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A standard 35mm cinema camera goes through film at over $78 a minute.
