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Sailor Steve · 09-08-11, 11:18 AM

I think the problem is space. Movie cameras at that time were big, clunky affairs that had to stand on trypods. Getting it down the hatches was certainly feasible, but there might not have been room to set one up in the conning tower.

The cinematographer for Das Boot actually created a camera specifically for that closed-in interior filming.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Boot
Scroll down to "Special Camera".

09-08-11, 11:18 AM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I think the problem is space. Movie cameras at that time were big, clunky affairs that had to stand on trypods. Getting it down the hatches was certainly feasible, but there might not have been room to set one up in the conning tower. The cinematographer for Das Boot actually created a camera specifically for that closed-in interior filming. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Boot Scroll down to "Special Camera". __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 09-08-11 at 11:33 AM.