As with Andy's post, another sighting for ANEMETH'S site! The movie is Le Mans starring Steve McQeen as race driver Delaney. He is walking through a tunnel from the track to drivers area and is photographed by two photographers. One uses a Nikon (F2 I believe) and the other uses a M2/3 (chrome). Lens appears to be a 50 'cron with hood.

I'll have to rewatch the entire film (it's from the early '70's, I think) to see if there are further "sightings"!

Just another film for the growing list!!!

-- Todd Phillips (toddvphillips@webtv.net), April 03, 2002

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Todd, here's another sighting that I never saw on Nemeth's list. In "Harry and the Hendersons", which is an Abominable Snowman comedy, Bigfoot is adopted by a family and pursued by Don Ameche. In the final scene, when they are all friends, Ameche takes a group photo with an M3. My favorite "cameras as jewelry" scene is in "Apocolypse Now". When Martin Sheen and crew arrive at a camp deep in Viet Nam, they are greeted by a deranged photographer (Dennis Hopper) with a Bunch of beat-up Nikons around his neck. He is so off- the-wall and the cameras look so knarly that it just makes you want to run out and buy an F2. Cheers, Pat.

-- Pat Dunsworth (pdunsworth@aryarch.com), April 03, 2002.

Todd, here's another sighting that I never saw on Nemeth's list. In "Harry and the Hendersons", which is an Abominable Snowman comedy, Bigfoot is adopted by a family and pursued by Don Ameche. In the final scene, when they are all friends, Ameche takes a group photo with an M3. My favorite "cameras as jewelry" scene is in "Apocolypse Now". When Martin Sheen and crew arrive at a camp deep in Viet Nam, they are greeted by a deranged photographer (Dennis Hopper) with a Bunch of beat-up Nikons around his neck. He is so off- the-wall and the cameras look so knarly that it just makes you want to run out and buy an F2. Cheers, Pat.

-- Pat Dunsworth (pdunsworth@aryarch.com), April 03, 2002.

You might try "Under Fire" with Nick Nolte and Gene Hackman. Made about 1987 or 88 about the Nicaragua conflict.

-- Phil Allsopp (pallsopp42@attbi.com), April 04, 2002.

In "Soldier of Orange", a 1977 Dutch release with Rutger Hauer, a circa-WWII Leica is an integral part of the story. I would be disappointed if someone literally and figuratively "out there" in this site couldn't come up with ID of the model used. BTW it's also a great movie. Sal.

-- Sal Ortega (sal_ortega@hotmail.com), April 04, 2002.

Thanks guys - I've added the "Le Mans", "Harry..." and "Soldier of Orange" references (with individual credits of course) to the list at: nemeng.com/leica/ 005ea.shtml

BTW, if you see a film missing from the list then don't hesitate to drop me a note - I don't bite... ;?)

-- Andrew Nemeth (azn@nemeng.com), April 04, 2002.