Who makes this camera?
Feb 21, 2022 12:44:43 #
Feb 21, 2022 13:00:44 #
I did some quick research and think this is the same camera and finder: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leica_IIIf_50mm_f1.5.jpg
This one has a different lenses, the one in the shot from the movie seems to have a lens closer to a standard 50mm.
Ken Rockwell has an informative article on the camera:
https://www.kenrockwell.com/leica/screw-mount/iiif.htm
This one has a different lenses, the one in the shot from the movie seems to have a lens closer to a standard 50mm.
Ken Rockwell has an informative article on the camera:
https://www.kenrockwell.com/leica/screw-mount/iiif.htm
Feb 21, 2022 13:02:57 #
Leica was my first thought. A friend of mine had one in High School (mid '50s). I had an Exacta. He had the misguided opinion that he had a nice camera when mine was clearly superior.
Feb 21, 2022 13:21:48 #
OldSchool-WI
Loc: Brandon, Wisconsin 53919
phlash46 wrote:
It's in the flash shoe; it's a finder so you can see a wider view and eliminate parallax.
I use such a Leica finder on my Olympus pen---optical finder.-----
Feb 21, 2022 17:16:13 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
User ID wrote:
Leica or Leica copy with multi FL finder.
The “user” would likely be a hand model, not an actor.
The “user” would likely be a hand model, not an actor.
Normally I would agree, but in this particular case it appears to be a crop of a photo of a currently very popular young actress.
Feb 21, 2022 17:44:52 #
phlash46 wrote:
It's in the flash shoe; it's a finder so you can see a wider view and eliminate parallax.
It’s not really a flash shoe ... no flash !
It’s a finder shoe and it’s been there since the very beginning. Back then if a camera did have flash it was usually on a bracket, not in the accessory shoe which was often occupied by a meter or a finder.
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Feb 21, 2022 18:47:13 #
Thanks to all for your replies. Several of you identified it as a Leica III, which looks to be correct. Beautiful camera.
Feb 21, 2022 18:48:00 #
What we use as flash shoe now was invented as a way to mount the auxiliary viewfinder. Because of that the flash shoe is fragile for a large flash.
Feb 21, 2022 22:10:50 #
AndyT wrote:
I would love to know what make and model this camera is, and what is attached on the top. Anybody know?
Others have already identified the item on top of the camera as a viewfinder. This is from the Instruction Book:
Feb 22, 2022 05:13:15 #
Feb 22, 2022 06:24:31 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
AndyT wrote:
I would love to know what make and model this camera is, and what is attached on the top. Anybody know?
The attachment on top is a viewfinder for that particular lens. Looks German or Japanese.
Feb 22, 2022 06:26:58 #
LLC
Loc: Ontario, Canada
AndyT wrote:
I would love to know what make and model this camera is, and what is attached on the top. Anybody know?
Might be Alta as well...
http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Alta
Feb 22, 2022 08:14:20 #
phlash46 wrote:
Well I'll be darned! Terrific actor! Still don't know what kind of rangefinder she's holding!
It looks to me like a Leica, probably a Leica II. The item on top is a viewfinder. Some are fixed such as 24, 35, 50, 90 or 135 which would be most of the common Leica lens types. Some are adjustable and by turning a wheel on the back it will adjust the viewfinder to whatever lens you are using from the above. There are other mm choices available as well.
Dennis
Feb 22, 2022 08:25:03 #
Feb 22, 2022 08:45:01 #
sheldon minsky
Loc: iron mountain michigan
AndyT wrote:
I would love to know what make and model this camera is, and what is attached on the top. Anybody know?
It is a Leica 111f Circa 1952 Wish I had kept,it along with 6 lenses and a fitted leather case. Oh well.
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