Vitus Luckus

[biomed]

I just read an interesting article about "Vitas Luckus, once a prince — perhaps even a king — of the Soviet photography scene."

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/rescuing-a-photo-prince-from-obscurity/?ref=world

 

[awbphotog]

This is incredible. Such fantastic images with compositions comparable to those of some of the 'greats.' Thanks for posting the link. Anyone want to identify the camera he uses for his 35mm stuff? I have no idea, but looks to be either Leicaflex or some FSU camera. Probably the latter.

 

[Ron (Netherlands)]

indeed lovely images... thanks for posting

 

[MartinP]

Anyone want to identify the camera he uses for his 35mm stuff? I have no idea, but looks to be either Leicaflex or some FSU camera.

Looks like a Zenit, the 42mm screw-mount SLR. Over time there were models without metering, with metering (seen in the picture was the external selenium meter) and with TTL metering and also variations on diaphragm operation. Atmospheric pictures for sure.