Nick De Marco's Leica IIIa

Nick De Marco runs a nice blog called Rangefinder Chronicles. I've featured some of his posts here before.

Image Source: http://rangefinderchronicles.blogspot.com/2014/11/my-1930s-leica-iiia.html

 

I don't know Nick, but with his taste for old Leicas, I'm sure we'd get along just fine.

 

Nick has posted about a recent purchase, his 1930s Leica IIIa with 50 mm f3.5 Elmar collapsible lens.

(Click Here) to read Nick's post on Rangefinder Chronicles.

 

It's great to see that Nick has the same trepidation and worries that any reasonable person would have buying and trying to use an 80 year old camera. Come to think of it, would any reasonable person even do that? Anyway. It's also great to see the fine quality images that the old beast produced in his hands.

 

Yes, I've firmly got one foot in the digital photography game, but my other's still in the past. As long as that means that I get to shoot old machines like Nick's, or my new Leica IIIG (ultimate evolution of the Barnack design at Leica), that's okay with me.

 

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Alfred Eisenstaedt's Camera On Sale!

Eisenstaedt's Leica IIIA

Image Source: http://www.auction2000.se/auk/w.MegaPic?inC=WLPA&inA=20130118_1303&inO=74&inSO=2

 

According to the Austrian Westlicht Auction catalog, Alfred Eisenstaedt's Leica IIIa, yes the one used to shoot the iconic image of a sailor returning from World War II kissing a woman in the street in Times Square, will go up for sale this month.

 

Equipped with a 50mm Summitar f2 collapsible lens, this beauty is expected to bring in the neighborhood of US$30,000. I can admit, I'd love to have that camera purely for its historical value.

 

(Click Here) to read about the sale on theverge.com

 

Don't know Eisenstaedt's work? If you have any interest in street photography or photographic history at all, you must get to know his work.

 

My introduction was through the book The Eye of Eisenstaedt, which is still available used on Amazon. Please use my link below to get yourself a copy and support this blog at the same time!

 

It's amazing what Eisenstaedt was able to do with a relatively simple camera outfit. I'm sure he didn't spend much time camera shopping. That makes we want to get out and shoot an old Barnack Leica!

 

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