what 90mm lens did HCB use

[williamj]

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2 minutes ago, frame-it said:

at an exhibit organized by the HCB foundation i saw this one, dont know the model

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I tried clicking on the link but it led to a broken image icon. Can you post it directly, please?

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11 minutes ago, williamj said:

I tried clicking on the link but it led to a broken image icon. Can you post it directly, please?

it is posted directly?

[williamj]

2 minutes ago, frame-it said:

it is posted directly?

Ok. All I can see is a string of numbers and letters starting iiif_can50 and ending with d.jpg  in red and underlined. I'll try my iphone maybe that will work. Thanks.

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7 minutes ago, frame-it said:

it is posted directly?

That worked. It looks like a silver I model A, which was his first camera. Thanks.

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i know this is an HCB thread, but im curious which 90mm is this on Vivian Maiers Camera ?

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1 minute ago, frame-it said:

i know this is an HCB thread, but im curious which 90mm is this on Vivian Maiers Camera ?

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That's an Elmar 9 cm f/4 LTM

[williamj]

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I couldn't identify this lens but does anyone think it might be a fat Elmar 9 cm F/4.0? Photo by Genevieve Naylor in 1946 when HCB was in New York. This is a Getty Image and if that is not allowed I will delete.

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Edited January 5 by williamj

[wizard]

vor 17 Minuten schrieb williamj:

does anyone think it might be a fat Elmar 9 cm F/4.0?

The diameter of the front lens element as visible on the photograph is much too large for an f4/9cm lens. This looks more like a fast 5cm lens to me, and it likely is no Leica lens either (at least I would not know which one it could be).

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[PG Black nickel]

He too worked with a III C and a summitar

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23 minutes ago, williamj said:

I couldn't identify this lens but does anyone think it might be a fat Elmar 9 cm F/4.0? Photo by Genevieve Naylor in 1946 when HCB was in New York. This is a Getty Image and if that is not allowed I will delete.

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looks like a collapsible 50

Edited January 5 by frame-it

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2 minutes ago, wizard said:

The diameter of the front lens element as visible on the photograph is much too large for an f4/9cm lens. This looks more like a fast 5cm lens to me, and it likely is no Leica lens either (at least I would not know which one it could be).

People have suggested a Zeiss Sonnar among the lenses he used and it's too early for the Nikon 50 F1.5 and does not look like it

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15 minutes ago, PG Black nickel said:

He too worked with a III C and a summitar

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Fantastic. I always expected he would have had a Summitar since it is recorded he had a Summar but this is the first photo to that effect. This links the Summar to the Summicron V1.

Edited January 5 by williamj

[wizard]

vor 1 Minute schrieb williamj:

People have suggested a Zeiss Sonnar

That seems reasonable to me.

[williamj]

2 minutes ago, frame-it said:

looks like a collapsible 50

I agree but I'm just grasping at straws trying to figure out the 90 mm

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2 minutes ago, wizard said:

That seems reasonable to me.

I've just looked on the internet for images of a period correct Zeiss Sonnar it has that fat body to it. The photo is a little blurred but definitely reasonable.

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To me the lens in #43 and #46 looks like a wray unilite but those were m41 mount, could be a special one off piece I guess. 

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2 minutes ago, Giuliobigazzi said:

To me the lens in #43 and #46 looks like a wray unilite but those were m41 mount, could be a special one off piece I guess. 

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Oh wow. This definitely expands the field of possibilities.

[Giuliobigazzi]

This lens would need an m41-m39 adapter, adding thickness to the lens, and seems to be have just that on post #43

having said that, the Wrayflex first appeared in 1947 so if the photo is from 1946 then something doesn’t add up

Edited January 5 by Giuliobigazzi

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I find this photograph under the title "H.Cartier-Bresson and his Leica" but I think it's a Canon...No ?

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It’s got mitred edges not round edges so that’s not a Leica. But I’m not surprised, he himself said he kept coming back to the Leica, which tells you he was always trying new stuff.