Re: Bamboo - Ipix bend, oregon

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tim- bend, oregon has a place in
my heart because that is where we were based to do "the way west" a film
based on a.b. guthrie's book "the big sky." i was a panoramic stills specialist
for united artists. the year was 1966. two formats were used, 6x12 hulcher
high speed 10fps simon/wide and 6x17 simon/wide built from sawed in half
mamiya press camera, plugged mid camera. our hangout was walt's broasted
chicken and that restaurant across the street from trailways bus station.
my 11 yr old nephew. paul koch, was my assistant. ernst haas was also shooting
on this film job. director was andrew mclaglen, son of victor. andrew's
birthday was july 28th, same as mine. they were actually overturning covered
wagons. it was kirk douglas on horseback, high in mountains. kirk's red
coat highlighted bend's rugged
*scenery. there was a guy sneaking
onto our set over and over. his family was the name of the big lumber mill
in eugene. i got to do simon/wide pictures in the area of logs in the water.
they cut the last tree of the day from the forest for paul's instamatic.
they toppled it when he was ready. panoramic* from the movie set was used
in westvaco paper portfolio based on dozen or more of my panoramics. only
one was from this movie. another was from bond film "thunderball" taken
in nassau. that portfolio might be of interest to 6x17 users on the list.
from bend we took the overnight bus to sfo.ua flew me by chartered lodestar
into bend (diff airport name) as there was regional airline strike at the
time. ah, bend, oregon...a panoramist's dream!  simon nathan

Bass wrote:

STAY AWAY FROM IPIX>>>>THEY ARE LESS THAN NICE PEOPLE!

Tim Bass
WideLight Ltd.
Bend, Oregon

Bill Powers wrote:

> What does anyone know about these companies.