SWATH STILL PHOTOGRAPHER SELLS CAMERA USED FOR

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You to can get your hands on the very camera that took the still photos during the production of Snow White and the Huntman. The camera that saw the beauty of Snow White and the Queen and the handsomeness of the Huntsman and Prince. 


Still photographer Alex Bailey is selling his Nikon D3 12.1 mega pixel camera used to take the film's still photos.  The starting bid is at 1,500 pounds which roughly translates to $2,380 U.S. dollars. Full description is as follows:

This camera is being sold by Alex Bailey – Movie stills Photographer.

I am selling my Nikon D3. This camera was bought 3 years ago direct from Nikon. I had it serviced in September last Year at Nikon Kingston, UK. Pl Since then the camera has only been used on one assignment last autumn: Snow White and the Huntsman which I finished last December, the camera has not been used since. I pride myself with the way I look after my equipment and would not sell anything I was not 100% confident about. Please see my seller’s profile.

This camera has spent the last 18 months only being used in my Blimp: This is a sound proof box that makes a stills camera silent. The benefit of his is it is also very well protected, hence why the body is in such good condition. Actuations: When it was serviced last September the count was 48694. Since then I have shoot about 2000 frames on it so the actuations are about 50500. I asked Nikon about this recently. The D3 is tested to 300,000. So this camera is only a sixth into is life and to date has been serviced twice by Nikon.

I will send a copy of the last receipt for service with the camera. The only thing I am not sure about is the software it came with it. I have so many discs now, not sure which one it is!!! I checked on the Nikon web site I believe you can download all software supplied with a camera any way? And besides the software isn’t much help you really NX2 or similar etc.! I can provide a VAT invoice with this camera as well. Just to be clear the final bid price includes the VAT. Just if you are VAT registered you can claim it. Makes it 20% cheaper. Good luck.

Bids can be made on Ebay. Bidding closes in less than 6 days.

Read more about Alex here where he discussed SWATH.

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SWATH STILL PHOTOGRAPHER ALEX BAILEY TALKS WITH NIKON

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In an interview with Nikon, SWATH's still photographer Alex Bailey briefly talks about SWATH.  Bailey began taking movie stills over 20 years ago as a freelancer.  His first break was as an assistant photographer for the the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, according to Nikon.

He now has over 60 films under his belt which includes The Iron Lady, Atonement, Hugo and SWATH.

Fans can review his amazing work on his website here.  Below are excerpts of the SWATH portions of the interview.  Read the rest of the interview here.



Do you still get the same thrill when walk onto a set now as you did on that first film?

I don't think you can help being blown away. On the last film I worked on, Snow White and the Huntsman at Pinewood, they built a castle on the back lot that was as big as a real one. There were 500 extras night after night, 30-50 horses galloping through it, explosions… you'd be pretty tired if that didn't whet your appetite.

As a visual person it's an education, as we get access to the most extraordinary places that are usually closed to the public. For Enemy at the Gate, we were shooting in a 50-acre derelict Russian army base in Berlin. It was covered in Russian propaganda posters, and very eerie. It was minus ten, with real tanks, 400-600 extras in fatigues and oil burners to create the effects of battle – it took three showers every night to get the oil and mud off your skin. You really felt you were living it.

Do you have a favourite out of all the films you've worked on?

It's so hard to pick just one. I really enjoyed Enemy at the Gate, and Atonement is pretty high up there – I was shooting both digital and film, which was very rewarding. I also had a great time on the Snow White set – the whole look was amazing. Hanna was good – very varied, as we went all over Europe shooting it. And Gambit was challenging but pretty good fun.


When I first started out, there was a tradition that certain photographers would get called for certain types of jobs – just romances, just comedy, just action. I wanted to do everything. I'd go insane if I only did one genre. There's a great variation and diversity in what I do – there aren't many areas of specialisation that come close to this.

HERE ARE A FEW STILLS FROM ALEX'S WEBSITE

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