AA and WHJ cameras

[Mustafa Umut Sarac]

Hello ,

This is my first post to the list and i want to present my best.

After short investigation I learned that Ansel Adams and William Henry Jackson used tessar lens contax cameras.

I want to know the exact class - 1,2,3 ... - of these cameras in contax family.

And if possible their lens and body serial numbers .

Were they 35mm or bigger format ?

Best ,

Mustafa Umut Sarac

 

[Santafecino]

I have heard that Ansel Adams used a Contax II 35mm. William Henry Jackson was in a different century and used a view camera.
--Lindsay

 

[micromontenegro]

Ansel Adams used a Contax III with a 50-2.8 Tessar, starting 1936. There's a picture of what seems to be his camera here: http://gallery.photographyreview.com/showphoto.php?photo=66630

I have never heard that WHJ used a Contax, but it is possible, as he died in 1942 IIRC

 

[Issy]

Ansel Adams used a Contax III with a 50-2.8 Tessar, starting 1936.

He also shot with a Hasselblad later in his career as well (I seemed to remember some images credited to the Hassy in one of his books).

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/ansel/sfeature/sf_packing.html

Bill