Leica LTM Did HCBresson Always Shoot with a Leica?

[leicashot]

I bet he shot with whatever he felt most comfortable with and never cared what the previous 'HCB' shot before him 😉

 

[jsrockit]

I bet he shot with whatever he felt most comfortable with and never cared what the previous 'HCB' shot before him 😉

I bet you he did find out what others around him were using before he bought... but he was not obsessed with it for damn sure. Consumer culture just wasn't the same back in his time.

 

[bio]

The question is: Who is Yves Mascence?

Erik.

Who could give a better answer than you? After all you posted the picture 🙂

Simon

 

[nobbylon]

i have it on good authority that he loved to shoot with the bp m4 I have which I will happily pass on to someone to instantly improve their pics for.... let's say $40k 😉
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[Erik van Straten]

Who could give a better answer than you? After all you posted the picture 🙂

Simon

After many years of intensive research I still don't know who Yves Mascence is.

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

i have it on good authority that he loved to shoot with the bp m4 I have which I will happily pass on to someone to instantly improve their pics for.... let's say $40k 😉
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Many people say he had an M4 with an M3 finder in it.

Erik.

 

[tunalegs]

Zombie thread.

But if you look around you'll find that HCB used a number of different cameras over his life time, particularly late in life.

 

[Erik van Straten]

The question is: Who is Yves Mascence?

Erik.

Finally I know. It is the director marketing of Leica France. I did not know that you had to read "Yves Maxence". That is why I could not find the person. I just bought a camera from him.

Erik.

 

[johannielscom]

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/obituaries/archives/henri-cartier-bresson-photography

 

[jsrockit]

I'm sure that he would also appreciate people talking about things that were completely irrelavant to his being on the internet. Cameras aren't a big deal you know. This place sure is useful for the sake of opinions before you might spend a lot of cash but still...

Why can't people just leave him alone?

He must be rolling in his grave with such nonsense being talked about! 🙄

 

[leicapixie]

HCB obviously used other cameras.
His whole way of shooting, quickly, quietly and with fore thought.
I read M3(two on a trip), the 50mm in f2(Zeiss and Summicron) and a 1.4 Summilux, 35mm and a 90mm.
In early days of Magnum, anybody who joined had to purchase,
M-body,35,50,90.
The Barnacs I can't really discuss.
In pix with DDD, there is a Minilux.
In Minolta-Mirror magazine, HCB, daughter on shoulder, a CL.(or CLE)
I read he was happy the IIIG. A late camera after M3!

The other myth is he never used RFDR!
Look at many images and one can see his central point of focus.
Yes, one adjust frame for such digressions..
Cropping.
I too never cropped.
but there were occasions I had too. 🙂

HCB was remarkable for what he captured and produced.
Traveling so light almost unheard of by pros to day!
Cables, adapters, drives, spare drives, batteries, chargers, AC adapters.
Lotsa lenses, bodies, laptop. etc.
In late life he did still shoot with M6.
Seen a landscape or two.

Going light is what one can do, with film. Make sure film available also at other side...

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Finally I know. It is the director marketing of Leica France. I did not know that you had to read "Yves Maxence". That is why I could not find the person. I just bought a camera from him.

Erik.

My respect to you, Erik!

 

[bio]

Mine too, Eric! And many thanks for the information.

 

[kb244]

What I find amusing is this thread is from 2009, yet Ken Rockwell still restates the one-camera-one-lens mythos as late as 2012.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/leica/cartier-bresson.htm

 

[kb244]

By the way isn't the camera in the picture more likely a II D2?

The IVsb had a chrome side bar meant for a proprietary flash mount with a pin at the top, and not black sided with what appears to be a PC-sync.

http://global.canon/en/c-museum/product/film26.html

http://global.canon/en/c-museum/product/film19.html

 

[Erik van Straten]

This was Henri's first Leica, a Leica I in chrome. As the Leica I was never made in chrome I presume that the black paint was completely worn off and thus the camera was chromed. Some parts that were originally nickel still are.

He bought the camera in 1932 in Marseille. He instantly made some pictures with it that became world famous.

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

This is Henri with his custom-made Leica IIIg in black paint, around 1961.

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

This is Cartier-Bressons Leica IIIf.

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Henri at play with a black M3 and matching rigid Summicron.

Erik.

 

[brennanphotoguy]

This is Henri with his custom-made Leica IIIg in black paint, around 1961.

Erik.

Damn that looks good. I was thinking just last night that my IIIg would look pretty good in black...