Kubrick Lens Tryptich

[Brian Moore]

I went to see the Stanley Kubrick Exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art a few weeks ago. It was the last weekend of the exhibit and I'm glad I made it up there to LA to see it.

One long case contained a ton of Kubrick's lenses.

I shot these images on expired Kodak Plus-X that I processed in Rodinal.

I think I used the Olympus XA3 for these shots, but I'm not sure. For 35mm I had the Minox GT35 with me that day also, but I don't think it was the Minox because I'm not as confident in low light conditions with that wee camera (wonderful though it may be) as I am with the XA3 (or the XA for that matter).

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Love the "below water" effect with the lenses in the case contrasting with the life above it. Wish I'd been there!

 

[Brian Moore]

Thanks, Rob. It was a wonderful exhibit!

 

[Pete Askew]

Fabulous set set Brian. They do indeed have an underwater look to them. Did they have the legendary f/0.7?

 

[Brian Moore]

Fabulous set set Brian. They do indeed have an underwater look to them. Did they have the legendary f/0.7?

Thanks, Pete. They did indeed, have the f0.7. I don't think I got a fotie, though. It was a little confusing, to be honest. They had a movie camera set up in the Barry Lyndon hall and I think the lens on it was the 0.7. I thought I got a fotie, but I haven't seen it come out of any of my rolls of film.

 

[Paul Lange]

I just love all of the overlaying reflections and the depth of the layers. Really good set Brian. That is certainly one hell of a collection of lenses.

 

[Brian Moore]

I just love all of the overlaying reflections and the depth of the layers. Really good set Brian. That is certainly one hell of a collection of lenses.

Thanks, Paul. The pictures don't really give a full and complete view of course. In real life the lens collection real was one helluva one. Thanks again, Paul.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Do I see a display case-pod in use Brian?

What a set-up, very impressive - I like #2 the best

 

[Brian Moore]

Do I see a display case-pod in use Brian?

What a set-up, very impressive - I like #2 the best

You're very intuitive, Chris. But you didn't get it quite right. It was the rather uncommon kubricklensdisplaycasepod to be exact. Good guess, though.

 

[David Mitchell]

Open the display case doors HAL