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Stanley Kubrick’s Favorite Cameras & Lenses

I’ve always been fascinated with how some of the filmmaking masters got their start. How did they break into the business? What gear did they use on their first films? What events shaped them in the early days? As many of you know I have a love for Stanley Kubrick and his films. I always knew he got his start as a photographer for LOOK Magazine but I never could find out what cameras he shot on.

I did go into a pretty lengthy post on Kubrick Lenses but now, thanks to CinemaTyler’s ongoing “Kubrick Files” series on Youtube, we can now see what cameras and photo lenses help shape this master. If you are interested in Stanley Kubrick’s early days as a photographer I recommend two amazing books on the subject:

The video discusses 20 cameras and lenses including the famous Zeiss Planar 50mm F0.7, the lens Kubrick used to shoot the candlelight scenes in Barry Lyndon. We also discover Kubrick’s most beloved camera was the Arriflex 35 II, which he shot A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut.

Here are a list of the cameras and lenses discussed (via IndieWire)

1. Garflex Pacemaker Speed Graphic Camera

2. Kodak Monitor 620

3. Rolleiflex Automat 6×6 Model RF 111A

4. Rolleiflex K2

5. Rolleiflex Automat 6×6 Model K4

6. Rollei 35

7. Polaroid Pathfinder 110A

8. Leica IIIc

9. Pentax K

10. Hasselblad

11. Nikon F

12. Subminiature Minox

13. 35mm Widelux

14. Polaroid OneStep SX-70

15. Arriflex 35 IIC

16. Kinoptik Tegea 9.8mm

17. Novoflex 400mm f5.6 lens

18. Cooke Varotal 20-100mm T3

19. Cinepro 24-480mm in Arri Standard Mount

20. Zeiss Planar 50mm F0.7

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