Photos of Nikon users

[VinceC]

As near as I can tell, reading Capa's accounts and others, standard setup for LIFE photographers in the 1940s was a Rollei TLR and one or two 35mm cameras. They all talk about carrying Rolleis, but the "action" photojournalists didn't use them much. Capa wrote that he used his Rollei for shipboard photos but used the Contaxes for his D-Day beach landing.

The pictures of LIFE photographers usually show them carrying both a Rollei and a 35mm.

 

[xayraa33]

My 1953 Leica Manual has an interesting article on photojournalism by Eisenstaedt. At that time, he said his camera was a Leica, predominantly with a 35mm/3.5 Leitz lens, which he was he used for nearly all of his photographs. So it's interesting that the above photo has him with a 50mm Nikkor lens.

where is the photo of Eisenstaedt , of him with the 50mm Nikkor lens?

 

[VinceC]

>>where is the photo of Eisenstaedt , of him with the 50mm Nikkor lens?<<

It's the large portrait beginning this thread. (Actually, that''s a picture of Leonard McCombe).

 

[xayraa33]

here is Eisie with Marilyn, that photo above is of Leonard McCombe taken by Eisie.

 

[VinceC]

There you have it. Eisenstadt must have been a lifelong Leica man.

 

[xayraa33]

the little guy also had an eye for the ladies, ah.. the perks of the job.

 

[VinceC]

Interesting. McCombe looks like his most famous photograph (which predates Nikons):

 

[VinceC]

The McCombe photo later inspired the Marlboro man.

From the LIFE.Com website:

Clarence Hailey Long, 1949
This is C.H. Long, a 39-year-old foreman at the JA ranch in the Texas panhandle, a place described as "320,000 acres of nothing much." When the cowboy's face and story appeared in LIFE in 1949, advertising exec Leo Burnett had an inspiration. The Marlboro Man based on Long boosted Marlboro to the top of the worldwide cigarette market.
Photograph by Leonard McCombe

 

[xayraa33]

McCombe was originally from the Isle of Man, he was a Manx.

 

[xayraa33]

does Nikon rf proximity to the rich and famous count?

 

[Tom A]

• http://flickr.com/photos/rapidwinder/471736327/

Burt Glinn of magnum fame

 

[Tom A]

http://flickr.com/photos/rapidwinder/471736327/

The image of the happy photojournalist above; this is Burt Glinn of magnum fame. not a great copy shot, but you get the idea. It is from his book "Havana", published by Fototeca de Cuba. I picked up a copy in 2002 while in Havana.
There are two Sp's visible, one with the 50f1.4 and the other with the 35f1.8 and tucked under his arm is another Nikon ( probably a SP) with a Biogon 21f4,5.
Great essay on the arrival of Fidel in Havana in January 1959.

 

[xayraa33]

The image of the happy photojournalist above; this is Burt Glinn of magnum fame. not a great copy shot, but you get the idea. It is from his book "Havana", published by Fototeca de Cuba. I picked up a copy in 2002 while in Havana.
There are two Sp's visible, one with the 50f1.4 and the other with the 35f1.8 and tucked under his arm is another Nikon ( probably a SP) with a Biogon 21f4,5.
Great essay on the arrival of Fidel in Havana in January 1959.

Tom, you could have said that is a photo of yourself in Havana in 59, and not Burt, and most people would have believed it.

 

[xayraa33]

Ed Feingersh with Nikon S2 and MM in background.

 

[csxcnj]

A Lady, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson and me.....Bob Smith, happy new Nikon user. Yeah I know, I know, not EXACTLY what you're looking for...😀

 

[xayraa33]

Daniel Kramer with Nikon rf in mirror and Dylan.

 

[csxcnj]

Peter Sellers has an Nikon S2 hanging around his neck in the movie "Lolita".

This is in the lobby scene. I have read somewhere that Peter Sellers was a
camera-freak and own many still and movie cameras.

Björn

And when Austin Powers is in his cover role as a leading fashion photographer he's using a beautiful Nikon F and appropriate glass....just noticed that last night.

 

[x-ray]

If I remember correctly I read he shot the nurse and sailor with a Leica and 28mm Hektor.

 

[VinceC]

That could be. It's definitely not a 50mm shot.