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Planar 1.4/85 in Taxi Driver
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:23 pm    Post subject: Planar 1.4/85 in Taxi Driver Reply with quote
The famous movie Taxi Driver was shot with (amongst other lenses) an arriflex Planar 1.4/85, which is the same lens as Contax, Contarex and Rollei. In fact, it displays the unmistakeable 3-blades bokeh of the Rollei version.
Marco Cavina writes about that in one of his articles, scroll down to near the bottom of the page and find some screen shots of the movie where you see Bob De Niro and the Planar triangular highlights in the background! Smile

http://www.luciolepri.it/lc2/marcocavina/articoli_fotografici/Zeiss_Planar_85mm_1,4/00_pag.htm


PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
WAY cool! Thanks for this fun link! What a lens!


PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
That was very interesting to read and review. Thank you.


PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice! Does rollei really have 3 blades? In taxi driver there got to be three blades and a little stopped down. I cant see that bokeh shape here, maybe it was shot wide open all the time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acIRm1R9XUg


PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oh wait, here it is...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S_Pl-npUd8

I really like that bokeh! Is this possible with modifying some lenses? removing every second blade?


PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
egidio wrote:

I really like that bokeh! Is this possible with modifying some lenses? removing every second blade?


It is possible but the f/stop markings will no longer be accurate.


PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very interesting. Probably my favorite aspect of that movie has been the bokeh in what I've always felt was brilliant cinematography. Back in those days, the term 'bokeh' didn't even exist, but I knew what I liked! Huh, I guess that Planar was a lot of it.


PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The planar is something else !!


patrickh


PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 6:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
helpful article Orio, definitely a reference to bookmark
I liked the 3 small hearths on the portrait of his wife Very Happy


PostPosted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for sharing this information, I didn't know this! It must be said that Marco Cavina writes very thorough articles; I really hope that his articles will be completely translated to English in the future (I hate the sometimes strange gibberish created by Google Translate).
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