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Jason Momoa, AKA Aquaman and Khal Drogo, is quite the Leica camera collector

05 Mar

Jason Momoa, better known as Aquaman and Khal Drogo from HBO’s Game of Thrones, is apparently an avid Leica camera collector and working alongside Leica and Red Digital for an upcoming project.

On his Instagram page, under the username prideofgypsies, Momoa shared the below post highlighting a ‘new project and film’ he’s working on. He doesn’t dive into the details of it, but says video is being shot on Red Digital cameras with Leica glass attached while stills are being shot with Leica cameras.

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Excited to start a new project and film. Shooting movies on the @reddigitalcinema @leitzcine and photos on @leicacamerausa #LeicaSummicronM. #M10. living on set I have learned from so many wonderful artists I want to thank Zack Synder @cruelfilms and @wfmft for starting my Leica obsession than @nicholasdominictalvola for always informing me and inspiring and @dennydenn @candytman for setting the bar. @lennykravitz always killing it. @johnson167 best gear. @kiran.karnani for making my dreams come true. Can’t wait to show everyone It’s gonna be a great couple years filled with art #theduneadventures. #pastandpresent #theroots #leicalover. Aloha j

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Based on Momoa’s post, he owns numerous Leicas, new and old, including a 1958 M2 and a newer M10-D with a limited-edition Noctilux lens.

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@leicacamerausa. @leitzcinewetzlar @on_the_roam LOVES YOU #mywifescoolwithit #hallpass #leicaohana mahalo @sethemmons aloha j

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In addition to his post, Leica has shared a number of posts on its various Instagram profiles across the globe highlighting Momoa shooting with Leica cameras. We’ve rounded up a few of them below:

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Happy birthday to our favorite Aquaman, @prideofgypsies! Photo: @dennydenn

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On the field with Frontier actor Jason Momoa and the Leica M Typ 240. In the frame: Jason Momoa (@prideofgypsies) Photo by @dennydenn with #LeicaSL #LeicaCameraUSA @cinematicpix @frontier_book #LeicaSL #Leica #JasonMomoa #Photography

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Behind the scene fun with actor Jason Momoa and the Leica SL Photo: @dennydenn In the Frame: Jason Momoa (@prideofgypsies) Project: Shooting for the upcoming #FRONTIER coffee table book from @cinematicpix #LeicaCameraUSA #LeicaSL #Leica #JasonMomoa #Photography

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He also gives a few shoutout to fellow artists for informing and inspiring him along the way, including musician Lenny Kravitz, Nicholas Dominic Talvola and others.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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World record camera collector now has over 4500 – and a short film about himself

20 Aug

Indian Dilish Parekh has once again beaten his own world record for having the largest camera collection, with his personal museum now housing 4500 exhibits. In August 2013 DP Review reported that he had 4425 cameras, but in the intervening three years he has grown his hoard by 75 more models.

Filmmaker Dheerankur Upasak visited Dilish, who has held the Guinness Book of World Records title since 2003, at his home in Mumbai to make a short about the man and some of the models in his collection. Dilish says that he started collecting in 1970 when his grandfather gave him cameras as gifts – and things went from there. He never spends more than $ 15 on a camera, but has still managed to accumulate quite a number of rare and expensive bodies, such as the Leica Reporter GG 250. Only 950 were made and one sold with a motor drive at the ‘100 Years of Leica’ Westlicht auction for €576,000 in 2014.

The collection spans only the years between 1890 and 1960 and includes all of Canon’s rangefinder models. Dilish isn’t for selling the collection, though he says he gets lots of offers, and he has instructed his sons not to sell once he passes away.

Dheerankur filmed the piece on a Canon EOS 5D III with Pentax 50mm f/1.2, Tamron 90mm macro and Tair 11-133mm f/2.8 lenses.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Is the snapshot dead? Seattle collector thinks so

13 Aug

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Is the snapshot dead? Seattle-based photo collector Robert E. Jackson believes so. In an interview with National Public Radio, Jackson argues that today’s snapshots, stored digitally rather than printed out, are about self-promotion: ‘creating an identity about who I am and that’s what you want to transfer to Facebook’. You can read extracts from the interview, and watch it in its entirety over at our sister site, connect.dpreview.com.

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US Judge rules for Eggleston in dispute with collector

04 Apr

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Celebrated American photographer William Eggleston won a legal victory when a US District Court judge dismissed a claim of fraudulent and negligent misrepresentation brought by collector Jonathan Sobel. Sobel, an avid Eggleston collector, argued that by creating a new set of large format inkjet prints beyond the 30-year old dye transfer print limited edition of the same image, Eggleston was diluting the value of the earlier prints, one of which Sobel owned. Read on for more details. (via ARTINFO)

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