Robin Eriksson Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Does anyone know what kind of lens Robby Müller used in Paris, Texas where he focus on both characters at the same time, but they are in different depth, yet everything else is blurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Iesu Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 I am not sure of the specific shot you are referring to but from my knowledge it could be either a swing shift lens or he could have used a split diopter, From memory Robby likes to use them a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Jensen Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 I am not sure of the specific shot you are referring to but from my knowledge it could be either a swing shift lens or he could have used a split diopter, From memory Robby likes to use them a bit. I think he got the camera from Otto's and I think it was prior to the swing and tilt craze. It was probably a split dioptor with Zeiss Speeds or Super Speeds. I'm not sure when the Super Speeds came out but they were relatively new in 1986. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemalettin Sert Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 (edited) I recently seen the movie again with the commentary by Wim Wenders and he said they started shooting the movie in summer of 1983. Cine Lens Manual says Zeiss Superspeed Mark1 came out in 1983... Its suprising a movie like Paris , Texas influenced most DPs dont even have info about lenses and camera on anywhere.Not even on Cine Lens Manual book. I was looking at the BTS photos and looks like camera is 35BL III. I cant make up the lens though..It might be a Superspeed mk1 iris is all the way closed and on the front but i dont see any red focus markings its all white markings. Also they have used split diopter in more than 5-6 scenes. here s the ASC article about it https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=https://cinephiliabeyond.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Robby-Müller-shooting-Paris-Texas-1.pdf&hl BTS Edited October 12, 2023 by Kemalettin Sert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Dom Jaeger Posted October 12, 2023 Premium Member Share Posted October 12, 2023 DoP Robbie Müller deliberately avoided mentioning the technical aspects because they didn’t interest him, as the AC article describes. But the BTS photos show a 35BLIII and I’m pretty sure that’s a Zeiss Super Speed on the Director’s Finder. The B&W shot has an older lens, maybe a Cooke Speed Panchro. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemalettin Sert Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 On 10/12/2023 at 4:12 AM, Dom Jaeger said: DoP Robbie Müller deliberately avoided mentioning the technical aspects because they didn’t interest him, as the AC article describes. But the BTS photos show a 35BLIII and I’m pretty sure that’s a Zeiss Super Speed on the Director’s Finder. The B&W shot has an older lens, maybe a Cooke Speed Panchro. Thank you for the reply! I wish we had more info on technical stuff for a movie like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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