Erik van Straten
Veteran
What do I read on Leicas latest e-mail publication? This: "Famous photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson or Robert Capa relied on the Leica M".
Robert Capa died in May 1954. No Leica M cameras were available then.
Erik.
Robert Capa died in May 1954. No Leica M cameras were available then.
Erik.
Morry Katz
Established
He used a Contax.
EdwardKaraa
Well-known
He did shoot with a Leica for a while but relied on two Contax and one Rollei if I recall correctly.
Michael Markey
Veteran
Never let the facts get in the way of a good story 
PMCC
Late adopter.
Never let the facts get in the way of a good story
As practiced by Capa?
kshapero
South Florida Man
Well he did manage some awesome photos.
FrozenInTime
Well-known
Not a M, but the well known Trotsky photos are on record as being with a Leica
"No one could take pictures because Trotsky never wanted to be photographed. There were photographers from all over the world with their big box cameras — none could get in. I had a little Leica in my pocket so no one thought I was even a photographer. When some workers came to carry long steel pipes into the chamber, I joined them — and my little Leica and I went to look for Trotsky. "
http://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/trotsky-in-copenhagen/
"No one could take pictures because Trotsky never wanted to be photographed. There were photographers from all over the world with their big box cameras — none could get in. I had a little Leica in my pocket so no one thought I was even a photographer. When some workers came to carry long steel pipes into the chamber, I joined them — and my little Leica and I went to look for Trotsky. "
http://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/trotsky-in-copenhagen/
rfaspen
[insert pithy phrase here]
All the photos I've seen of him; he was carrying either a Contax or a Barnack. I seriously doubt he got the chance to use a pre-production M3, but others would know better than I.
mbisc
Silver Halide User
Never let the facts get in the way of a good story
"Papier ist geduldig" (Translation: "Paper is patient") :angel:
Erik van Straten
Veteran
It seems he carried Nikons when he got killed in Vietnam (Indochina).
Erik.
Erik.
Sparrow
Veteran
... Anne Frank had a Leica too? ... how ironic
leicapixie
Well-known
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144591
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144591
A number of photographers were given advance copies in 1953.
Yul Brynner was one. Robert Frank "may" be another.
I personally thought Capa used Contax.
Whatever, it's the pictures that count.
But I am always curious what cameras are used.
It kinda makes their ideas, style and concepts clearer.
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=144591
A number of photographers were given advance copies in 1953.
Yul Brynner was one. Robert Frank "may" be another.
I personally thought Capa used Contax.
Whatever, it's the pictures that count.
But I am always curious what cameras are used.
It kinda makes their ideas, style and concepts clearer.
alphonse2501
Established
He shot his last color photo at Indochina, but he also took Nikon S and Contax II.
ChrisLivsey
Veteran
I no longer subscribe, when was that sent out and by whom?
Leica Camera AG <news@my.leica-camera.com>
Web version:
http://view.my.leica-camera.com/?j=...d7510&jb=ff9e1570&ju=fe6d15757665067f7510&r=0
Ben Z
Veteran
Erwin Puts published a little rant about this today on Facebook. Few would accuse Erwin of being a Leica-basher but his point is valid that Leica's marketing people played fast and loose with the facts. IMHO there were so many superb, well-known photographers of that era who did use Leica M's that there really isn't any reason to make stuff up. Even if it was a well-meaning but misinformed copy writer at fault, someone at Leica must know the facts and should have proofread it and intervened.
Highway 61
Revisited
Haha. Some years ago Stefan Daniel (Director of Product Management Photo at Leica Camera AG) also told in an interview broadcasted on the French public radio that Capa had used an M.
Which is of course totally impossible... thanks to Erwin Puts for what he wrote actually.
The highly trustable truth is that Capa began with using a Barnack and, yes, he probably took the Trotsky photo with one. But he moved to the Contax II very quickly - as soon as the model was released (end of 1935). In the same time his she-lover Gerda Taro went on with using a Barnack until she died in Spain.
Hmmm. AFAIK there isn't the least photo available around displaying Capa carrying a Barnack. Not even one. All the photos of him carrying a camera display either a Contax II, a Rolleiflex, or a Nikon S and a Contax IIa (last assignment in Indochina).
The Nikon S he was carrying when he died was exhibited at some NHS show some years ago (scroll down the page).
Which is of course totally impossible... thanks to Erwin Puts for what he wrote actually.
The highly trustable truth is that Capa began with using a Barnack and, yes, he probably took the Trotsky photo with one. But he moved to the Contax II very quickly - as soon as the model was released (end of 1935). In the same time his she-lover Gerda Taro went on with using a Barnack until she died in Spain.
Hmmm. AFAIK there isn't the least photo available around displaying Capa carrying a Barnack. Not even one. All the photos of him carrying a camera display either a Contax II, a Rolleiflex, or a Nikon S and a Contax IIa (last assignment in Indochina).
The Nikon S he was carrying when he died was exhibited at some NHS show some years ago (scroll down the page).
Sparrow
Veteran
... Leica have form don't they, Steve Mccurry in their Leica photographer hall of fame ... and there was that video (was it a mexican subsidiary?) that suggested the m9 had a heritage of Capa in Indochina ... sort of all's fair in love, war and marketing I suppose
sevo
Fokutorendaburando
He apparently left his Leica IIC in Budapest with his mother as he moved on to Paris - it was auctioned by Westlicht a few years ago.
Erik van Straten
Veteran
It was not a IIc, but a II.
Here it is, No. 90023.
Erik.
Here it is, No. 90023.
Erik.