I'm not sure at all, but the SLR Ray (Dan Akroyd) uses
at the beginning of Ghostbusters might be an Olympus.
Its really small, but I can't make out any letters.
Same thing with the bigass rangefinder Venkmin (Bill
Murray) uses to photograph Vego in Ghostbusters 2.
Mark Lloyd
--- Jon Mitchell <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hello fellow zuiks !
>
> Have just finished watching "Peter's Friends" with
> my girlfriend, for the
> umpteenth time ! For anyone that doesn't know it -
> it's a very "British"
> film (!) with Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Kenneth
> Branagh, etc......
>
> Anyway, to get to the point, in the first scene they
> use a 35mm SLR - and it
> sure looks like an OM to me !!
>
> So, for anyone who has the film, can anyone confirm
> this ? It is in the
> first scene - after they have done their
> "performance" and are sitting
> around the kitchen table. It is the maid "Vera" who
> takes the picture.
> Don't know what the flash was, tho' - didn't look
> like an Olympus one.
>
> Any other famous sightings of Olympus gear ? Any
> other films, TV progs,
> etc. ?
>
> Jon
>
> PS: My Girlfriend now thinks I am a sad geek. This
> coming from the woman
> who goes to Star Trek conventions !!
>
>
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