Roger Hicks
Veteran
Sorry, my original post I was thinking only of 35mm: I was distracted by the reference to Leicas. Indeed, there have been quite a lot who have used fixed-lens roll-film cameras.
Cheers,
R.
Cheers,
R.
shortstop
Well-known
She was one of us, but their photo are masterpieces. Mine not...
shortstop
Well-known
Forgotten: Vivian Maier
John E Earley
Tuol Sleng S21-0174
Are you saying she isn't famous or she wasn't famous during her lifetime or that you don't consider her work good enough to qualify?
There is a famous Vietnamese photographer who reputedly shot only with a pre-war 6x9 Super Ikonta. Unfortunately I don't recall his name.
Stephen
Stephen
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Dear John,
Or indeed that she didn't use a fixed-lens rangefinder? (Unless she had a Rolleimeter). This is irrelevance piled on irrelevance.
Cheers,
R.
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Dear Stephen,
The 6x9 Super Ikonta was also issued to official war photographers in the UK during WW2: I think Beaton used one in the Western Desert.
Chees,
R.
Graham Line
Well-known
Every newspaper I worked for had a couple of non-functional fixed-lens Canon rangefinders in a drawer someplace in the photo department.
rivercityrocker
Well-known
I'm saying she wasn't famous in her lifetime not to mention that her fame isn't solely attributed to her photography work, but because of how it was discovered.
When if it comes down to brass tacks she's still not really a "famous" photographer to anyone but a handful of photographers most of whom are interested in street photography. If you polled working professional photographers today I'll bet almost none of them have never heard of her.
In the end I think it will bear out that she will be at best a minor footnote in the history of photography. More of an oddity than a recognized photographer.
I'm not saying that she wasn't good. She was.
These days it's hard to even say what "famous" is. We live in a society where normal everyday people (typically morons) are famous simply because they are on a reality show. In the photography community you have people that are "famous" because they are great at promotion. Chase Jarvis comes to mind, I know his name, but I wouldn't recognize any of his photos if shown them. Gary Fong is famous because he invented a contraption. Jared Polin is famous because he has stupid hair and acts like a putz. Digital Rev dude is famous because he acts like a fool. Hell, I bet Ken Rockwell is even more famous than Vivian Maier in the photography world and he hasn't ever taken a decent photo in his life.
This is way off topic so I'll end the rant with that.
As a side note, Ricoh made very high quality fixed lens rangefinders.
Pioneer
Veteran
As to Vivian Maier's fame, I suspect in some crowds she is more famous than even HCB. 
And Leica did in fact make a lot of fixed lens cameras that could be bought with rangefinders.
Most famous photographers used whatever camera worked best for them. And it often changed based on the project involved. A few did become famous for using a specific camera, but that was certainly secondary to their image making and was usually the result of intentional marketing on the part of a given camera company.
And Leica did in fact make a lot of fixed lens cameras that could be bought with rangefinders.
Most famous photographers used whatever camera worked best for them. And it often changed based on the project involved. A few did become famous for using a specific camera, but that was certainly secondary to their image making and was usually the result of intentional marketing on the part of a given camera company.
tunalegs
Pretended Artist
Famous is not as important as "good". Look on flickr for instance, and you can find plenty of great photographs taken with fixed lens RFs.
edit: as for the Vietnamese with the Ikonta: http://luceoimages.com/2010/10/from-the-archive-39/
edit: as for the Vietnamese with the Ikonta: http://luceoimages.com/2010/10/from-the-archive-39/
mike rosenlof
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Roger Hicks
Veteran
But not M-series. And indeed, with the screw mount, not after the demise of the model A and B. Unless you include the Post models.
Cheers,
R.
Roger Hicks
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Brian Levy
Established
One I know is
One I know is
Ansel Adams. Maybe not a fixed lens rangefinder you'd think of but, one none the less. He used for years various Polaroid pack cameras and carried a 180 almost all the time as his walk around camera. Polaroid capitalized on it and had write a book on using their pack cameras. A great read. He used it for much more than just proofing. Many professional large format photographers used them on shoots proofing both outdoors and in the studio.
One I know is
Ansel Adams. Maybe not a fixed lens rangefinder you'd think of but, one none the less. He used for years various Polaroid pack cameras and carried a 180 almost all the time as his walk around camera. Polaroid capitalized on it and had write a book on using their pack cameras. A great read. He used it for much more than just proofing. Many professional large format photographers used them on shoots proofing both outdoors and in the studio.
Greyscale
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Andy Warhol
newspaperguy
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I went to Korea with an Argus C-3* as the most famous photographer in our unit..:angel:
O f course, there was that Speed Graphic to fall back on.
* It did get quickly replaced with the first of two Leica 1f's. Gotta love the PX system!
O f course, there was that Speed Graphic to fall back on.
* It did get quickly replaced with the first of two Leica 1f's. Gotta love the PX system!
Trooper
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What, no one responded "Ever knew of me!" ?
Nobody mention me?
Oh sorry, I don't use a fixed lens rangefinder...
