American Cinematographer - July 1992 - 95

"At Clairmont, I get

equipment-not excuses"
says Director of
Photography Gary Manske
"When I order gear, they always
have what I'll need. And when we prep

everything's there,

or

my

as

it,

promised."

Confidence

work, there's no

"And if you

haven't used some¬
thing of theirs before, they
immediately get it out and set it
up so you can take a look," says

crucial difference between
and another," says

one camera

Gary Manske. "They all pull
film. What I need is high-quality
lenses, sophisticated filtration;

Mr. Manske. "Their attitude

gives me confidence in their
equipment. When a producer

and choice."

tells me the rental deal is
where else, I miss that."

Both variety
and quantity

some¬

"Two kinds of choice: wide and

deep. I know Clairmont has
fifteen different types of fluid
and geared head. I also know
they have enough of them, so
I'll get the one I want."
"Sorry-all out"
"There are big-name rental
houses that take your order this
week. Next week, when you're
ready to shoot, they tell you
they're out of certain things you
ordered. That's happened to
me all over the country. Never at

"They made me
riser plate for my

a

Hasselblad."

Gary Manske has been a DP since
1983, shooting TV commercials for
Bell, Budweiser, Honda motorcycles,
Mattel, McDonalds, Proctor & Gam¬
ble (an ADDY) and Xerox (a CLIO).

places, they tend to look at you
sideways. Because they don't

take shots with the filters I'd
be using. So Clairmont made a
riser plate to center the Hass¬
elblad on their 6.6 mattebox."

"Clairmont has so many filters,
it's hard to keep up. They're

always showing me something
they just got-another set of
sunset grads for different focal
lengths. Even a complete range
new

for black and white."

have another one? Because

they think the first one's good
enough? Hard to tell."

my Hasselblad for
location-scouting stills," says
Gary Manske, "And I wanted to
use

Another new set:
Black and White

Clairmont"

Try this one
"Just the opposite, in fact. If one
item doesn't feel right, the
Clairmont people bring you out
another one. At some other

"I often

Studio

CLAIRMONT
CAMERA

City, California and Vancouver, Canada

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