xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
This is all getting kind of all convoluted.
The camera in that article where it shows a photo of Korda with a camera around his neck looks to be a Leica III or IIIa
The camera for sale was a Leica IIIf.
That same article shows a photo of a Leica IIIf and calls it a Leica III.
The famous Che photo was supposedly shot with a Leica M2.
Richard G
Veteran
Some of the photons reflected from Che, which bounced off Korda's M2 and onto that IIIf travelled so far as my M2, and so I am willing to sell that for a flat €9k which is less than half price.
xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
That famous Korda photo affected all cameras in the world simultaneously that very day Korda snapped the shutter on his Practica FX2 with the Meyer Trioplan 100mm lens.
Yes, it was a penta-prizm equipped mid 1950s Praktica SLR that took that famous Che photo, nothing to do with any Leica camera.
Huss
Veteran
But he fails to mention that a photo with a $40 camera will be 10 times better.
Extrapolating that, this explains why Leicas take the best photos in this universe.
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
-->and he still used a number of leicas and leitz lenses, instead of brownies...
that sums it up for ME
Pherdinand
the snow must go on
Once i contacted them (~6 months ago?) about a photo that they attributed to Robert Capa because it had the name Endre Friedmann on it.
Funny **** is, the photo was clearly shot in the sixties.
They've corrected their mistake and thanked me for the info.So not all crooks.
But hey, that was not a 18k item, it was 100x cheaper category.
Huss
Veteran
-->and he still used a number of leicas and leitz lenses, instead of brownies...
that sums it up for ME
Pretty much. If all u need is a $4 camera then why dont they use that?
johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
You're right, and Catawiki should have checked their facts before taking the camera on auction. The fact that a seller is somebody's son doesn't make each and any claim correct.
Wouldn't so much call it 'Bull Manure' or 'Crooks', but the kind of carelessness that could cost them their good name before it even caught on.
Mr_Flibble
In Tabulas Argenteas Refero
From personal experience I already hate them. So I'm kinda biased.
Pioneer
Veteran
Pretty much. If all u need is a $4 camera then why dont they use that?
Purely status.
Same reason that great big Nikon and Canon dSLRs are carried and used today. It is the professional brand.
If Castro would have seen Korda carrying a Brownie he would have had him cutting sugar cane, not taking pictures.
xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
So called famous people's cameras are now as much stuck in hear-say sacred relics phenomena, that bestow great power (read talent and good fortune) on the new owner, as much as today's fashion of exorbitantly priced old electric guitars of the famous guitar Gods of the 1950s and 1960s and 1970s.
Huss
Veteran
C'mon! I'd say 99% of the projects I have shot and sold could not be done with a $4 camera. Unless that was some bizarro garage find story...
Of course you'd get an image, but perhaps not the quality of image that you desired. Whether you are a sports, fine arts etc photographer.
David Hughes
David Hughes
Hmmm, but a lot of the dirt cheap cameras are on the market because they are film and we all know that only thousands of pounds spent on a digital gizmo will take good pictures. But I think that a lot of cameras that cheap nowadays are more than capable of taking brilliant pictures of most subjects.
Regards, David
Huss
Veteran
Oh, I agree with that. Nikon F100s for $120. F5 for $250. My Nikkormat that I got for $17 and takes fantastic images.
But these weren't cheap when new, and the point that Korba made was with new cameras.
You can take a good pic with pretty much anything, as long as there is no specific requirement for that pic. Given any kind of assignment, you're going to suit up with the best gear, given the choice, for that job.
GarageBoy
Well-known
That catalog had this awesomely beat up m4 with most of its paint missing
icebear
Veteran
If someone poors out 18 Grand and isn't properly reading the vague description
QUOTE: [That's why it's likely that my father took with this camera one of the world's most famous photo's ever made. The iconic image of the freedom fighter Che Guevara.]
then he got his money's worth
Bill Clark
Veteran
Leica book titled, "Ninety Nine Years," says "the photograph of Che Guevare was taken on 5th March 1960 at a funeral service in Havana. It says, Korda pressed the shutter of his M2."
Check out page 130 for the description and page 126 to see the photograph.
http://www.kurlandphoto.com/blog/2012/12/che-korda-and-leica-at-99-years/
Check out page 130 for the description and page 126 to see the photograph.
http://www.kurlandphoto.com/blog/2012/12/che-korda-and-leica-at-99-years/
Wuzwinder
Newbie
How Capitalistic of him.......Ironic.
unixrevolution
Well-known
Knowing Korda and Guevara didn't always see eye to eye, I think it's approriate
I wonder how many of the camera that took Che's famous picture Korda's son sold....
peterm1
Veteran
Now if it were the rifle that shot Che, I would make a bid. ;^)