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Debrie Le Parvo 35 mm Movie camera 1930s Review and test


Stanislav Schubert

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Beautiful cameras, I did some restoration on a Debrie Parvo Model L a few years back. They're possibly my favourite 35mm camera, the engineering is gorgeous.

 

I love the vintage "behind the scenes" footage you managed to dig up.. filming from on top of a shipping container as it gets winched up to get a crane shot for example, or the motorbike guy handcranking with one hand while steering with the other.. dangerous profession in those days!

 

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My big dream is to make a silent feature entirely on a 35mm camera from this era. The obvious choice is a B&H 2709, but this is also a perfect example of cutting edge tech from the golden era.

 

I love the B&W stock, but I don't suppose there's any reason you couldn't run colour stock in these cameras? I wonder what that would look like? The B&W is nearly magical. Maybe it's the flicker, maybe it's the natural light, but it looks like wizardry. I hope I'm not indulging in hyperbole, but for me this beats 4k any day. It draws my eye much more strongly into the picture. I wish I knew why that is.

 

I also agree that this particular camera needs service of some kind. It shouldn't leak that much light, nor weave quite so much. I bet it wouldn't take much to get it back to fighting form.

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