chris00nj
Young Luddite
I just visited the JFK assassination museum in Dallas, Texas. On display is almost all of the cameras that photographed the tragic event.
Charles Bronson (not the actor) took some photos with his Leica IIIa and Summitar 50/2. (He also shot a video but we don't care about that).
Among the other still cameras, there was a Argus I didn't recognize (big with a built in meter), a Yashica 44, a Polaroid Land, and a Nikkorex.
Charles Bronson (not the actor) took some photos with his Leica IIIa and Summitar 50/2. (He also shot a video but we don't care about that).
Among the other still cameras, there was a Argus I didn't recognize (big with a built in meter), a Yashica 44, a Polaroid Land, and a Nikkorex.
SolaresLarrave
My M5s need red dots!
Bronson shot a video? Probably some super 8mm film, rather... Unless he did the video later. Years later...
In any case, thanks for posting! I guess lots of people had cameras that day. After all, it was the US president visiting Dallas.
In any case, thanks for posting! I guess lots of people had cameras that day. After all, it was the US president visiting Dallas.
rogue_designer
Reciprocity Failure
Probably an Argus CC - since I think it was the only one with any meter at all (aside from a few extinction meter models) - built for a brief period in the early 40s.
Edit... bad info... I forgot about the Autronic series, which would be closer to the right era. So who knows.
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xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
Ike Altgens used a Nikkorex camera with a Nikkor 105mm lens for his famous "Altgens Photo"
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
My very first reaction too.
chris00nj
Young Luddite
Okay okay, 8mm film.
There seemed to be more 8mm movie cameras than still cameras.
Of course a lot of people had cameras, but it was interesting to see what type people were using, and whether anyone had a Leica. The Leica was in very nice shape except for a dent in the lens's filter ring.
crawdiddy
qu'est-ce que c'est?
I have visited the 6th Floor Museum several times, and at one point they had the Zapruder camera on display with the others. The display was fascinating on several levels.
johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
The Altgens photo is a vote for shooting pictures all the time, since you just never know when a shot will prove important in the future.
Never leave the house without a camera! On one of the few days I did, police had us slowly pass a truck on the freeway with its cabin ablaze. I could feel the heat in our car with the windows closed. I had every opportunity to shoot the newspapers' front picture for that day, if only I had taken the darn camera with me! Have a Leica IIIa with me all the time now...
Never leave the house without a camera! On one of the few days I did, police had us slowly pass a truck on the freeway with its cabin ablaze. I could feel the heat in our car with the windows closed. I had every opportunity to shoot the newspapers' front picture for that day, if only I had taken the darn camera with me! Have a Leica IIIa with me all the time now...
chris00nj
Young Luddite
They just have a like-model of the Zapruder camera there now.
chris00nj
Young Luddite
I hear ya. I could imagine something cool happening and then being pissed that i didn't have my camera. I want to have a camera with me at all times, but haven't decided on just how yet. I've been thinking about leaving my Canonet QL17 in the car, and then just carrying a roll of film. In the summer in Texas, it gets so hot that film could be ruined by leaving it in the car once.
ebolton
Number 7614
By the time you get the film from the IIIa developed, scanned, and uploaded to your local news outlet, they will have 1000 cell phone pictures and videos considered acceptible enough for a breaking news shot.
It's internally satisfying, though.