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The Camera used by Mark?


I'm wondering what kind of camera he used when filming his victims. It might be the Eyemo, but they look a little different to me.

I would also like to know what kind of camera Mark's father gives him. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks


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I think he has a lot of different cameras.

The Eyemo that his father gives him is the one on the shelf in his darkroom. But I want to know how his father knew it was out of focus when Mark's step-mother started to film him.

And when Mark's filming Dora at the start he has a clockwork camera under his coat. But how does he prevent Dora from hearing the clockwork and more importantly, how does Mark keep it centred on Dora and keep it in focus as he walks up to her? If she saw him fiddling with something under his coat as he approached, wouldn't she be suspicious?

Steve

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No camera expert, but I assumed Mark's mom was looking though the lens and saying to the father that it was out of focus, hence him coming back and fixing it. There isn't sound for that, so we can't know for sure, I guess.

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She couldn't have been looking through the viewfinder, we were

Steve

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The camera Mark uses to film his victims is the Bell & Howell 70 DR.

I believe the camera Mark's father gave to him as a boy is the Cine-Kodak Magazine 16.

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