HCB is holding an M3, with a collapsible 50mm Summicron. This is the lens
he used for a long time after the M3 came out. The external viewfinder is
one of those Leitz 35-135 "universal" finders with an adjustable mask. It
doesn't zoom--the frames shrink as you set it for higher focal lengths. He
might have used it for the 35mm lens, as the M3 starts at 50mm.
I also read somewhere that HCB at one point used an old VIDOM viewfinder
rather than the contemporary Imarect." The former reversed the view
left-to-right, and for some reason HCB liked that, because the reversed
view was enough removed from reality that it aided composition.
OM content: The later 50/1.8 Zuikos are said by some to be as good as a 50
Summicron, once stopped down one or two stops. Jane Bown used a 50 Zuiko
for much of her portrait photography. But not for the 1957 HCB portrait,
'cause the OM hadn't been invented yet. She used a Rollei TLR back then.
--Peter Klein
Seattle, WA
John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> that rangfinder camera body in Jane Brown's 1957 gallery looks about as
> close to an M3 as mine does in every respect. Whatever lens is mounted is
> another question. The viewfinder suggests that it is of a longer focal
> length than 90mm. Perhaps Reid in the UK got to perfect an M3 look alike as
> good as the original but judging from my [original] M3, albeit one dating to
> November 1960, I rather think that CB was hnadling the real thing.
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