> > From: Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/02/11 Mon PM 01:33:22 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Movie Lenses > > Howdy, folks, > > I was just reading this article > > Alba wows geeks at Oscars' tech fest > <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080210/ap_on_en_mo/oscars_tech_awards_2> > > about the technical Oscar presentations yesterday. In the last > paragraph of the article lies the following quotation: > > ... David Grafton got one for his engineering of lenses used to create > special effects in films ... > > So where would be a good place to get more information on just exactly > that he'd be engineering into or out of lenses to do various sorts of > special effects? Or, heck, just what sorts of special effects would be > available this way?
You asked: "In the 1970s Grafton also began consulting in the motion picture industry, where the highly specialized lenses he designed for optical effects printers enabled the seamless blending of multiple images from different sources. Working with such special effects companies as Industrial Light & Magic and Boss Film Studios, he contributed to the production of numerous feature films including Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Blade Runner. Grafton previously received two Scientific and Engineering Academy Awards®: in 1980 for the optical design of a telecentric anamorphic lens for motion picture optical effects printers; and in 1986 as part of the team responsible for the design and development of the Zoom Aerial 65mm Optical Printer. " BTW: "Born in England in 1924..." 8-) ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
