Identify the lens and finder--Marilyn Monroe pix

[NIKON KIU]

The photographer, Ed Feingersh, at a fitting.
(© MICHAELOCHSARCHIVES.COM)


Here is a link to the website for American Heritage Magazine regarding an article in their November-December 2005 issue:

http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/2005/6/2005_6_50.shtml

Interesting article too.
Anyway, NHS forum has confirmed the camera to be a Nikon S2 but we are lost when looking at the lens and finder😱
Here is the original thread:
http://p200.ezboard.com/fnikonhistoricalsocietyfrm2.showMessage?topicID=1241.topic

Soooo, I am asking the kind and informative members of RFF to help me identify the lens and the finder.

Kiu

 

[Edward Felcher]

I think it's a Zeiss Biogon and a Leica Imarect.

 

[NIKON KIU]

VinceC has a Biogon!
Vince show us a picture of the Biogon on you S2 please.

Kiu

 

[NIKON KIU]

I think it's a Zeiss Biogon and a Leica Imarect.

Does the Imarect finder cover the Biogon's angle?

Kiu

 

[amateriat]

A hell of a story by Stein (and after I thought I'd gotten sick-to-the-teeth of all the "I knew Marilyn when..." stories I thought I'd heard). Can't ID the gear, but that's okay.


- Barrett

 

[Edward Felcher]

There were quite a number of Japanese knock-off "Imarects" too.

They covered [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] 35-135mm.

This is 35mm Biogon. Imagine it straight on as if in your photo:

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[xayraa33]

it looks like Canon's version of the VIOOH finder and a Nikkor chrome 35mm lens, maybe the f2.5 .

 

[micromontenegro]

I think Edward Felcher is right... a pre war Biogon and a VIOOH. But really, picture is too fuzzy to know for sure

 

[micromontenegro]

On the other hand, the field of view looks wider then 35mm. Maybe that F8-28mm Zeiss, which name I don't recall right now? Topogon? It shares Biogon`s looks

 

[xayraa33]

the finder has the fat jowly black back body portion of the Canon type VIOOH/ Imarect
finder.
the lens is a 35mm, as the finder only goes to 28mm by a special front attachment.
the ceiling prespective lines give the impression that a wider lens than a 35mm was used.

 

[Edward Felcher]

Here's the image enlarged with Genuine Fractals, flipped and sharpened.

I'm pretty sure the finder is an Imarect or a clone.

Whether the lens is a 35mm Biogon or some 28mm is open to debate. I would still say Biogon, especially because of the circumference.

 

[amateriat]

And, speaking of American Heritage magazine:

http://tinyurl.com/2b5n7c


- Barrett

 

[Paul T.]

An absolutely superb and very sensitive piece by Robert Stein - including the line about the walkingt stick that Ernest Hermingway broke over John O'Hara's head. Ed Feingersh's sad life could come straight from an O'Hara short story. And a very good, poignant piece in the NY TImes, too. American journalism at its best.

 

[furcafe]

From the ratio of chrome to black lens bezel/rim, I'm going to guess a post-WWII W. German (Zeiss-Opton or Carl Zeiss) 35/2.8 or 21/4.5 Biogon or possibly the 35/3.5 Planar, all of which have a similar appearance. Since he's using it w/a multi-finder of some kind, most likely the 35 Biogon or Planar.