marcus_lundahl Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>I have a question for you experts, which camera is it that the NY photographer Ed Feingersh is using in this shot to photograph both himself and Marilyn Monroe, in early 1955.<br> Kind regards and thanks for your help!<br> /Marcus Lundahl</p> <div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin carron Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>It looks as though it is taken in a mirror so everything is reversed. I'd guess a Nikon S with a turret finder.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_foreman1 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 I'd say a Contax II. Seems too big to be a Nikon and the chrome top is too long for the postwar model! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_foreman1 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 I'd say a Contax II. Seems too big to be a Nikon and the chrome top is too long for the postwar model! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_van_Nooij Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>To me it looks like a Nikon S2, introduced in 1955, the VF/RF window is bigger then on the Nikon S.<br> The small RF window is placed too close to the lens for it to be a Contax II or IIa</p> <p>Mounted on top is what looks like a Leica VIOOH or Imarect finder..</p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_wiegerink1 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>It's a Contax II! The Nikon S2 has a larger viewfinder window on the right and the Nikon S has the accessory shoe more to the left side on the top. Of course I could be wrong? JohnW</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_wiegerink1 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>Oh, it probably isn't just a Contax II, but a Contax IIa or IIa color dial since it was being used in the mid fifties. I don't know and maybe Rick is right.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin carron Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>John, the image seems to be taken in a mirror so left and right are reversed.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_van_Nooij Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>John, I'm no expert. The images of the S2 I could find with google seemed to fit best with the picture above. It could be a totally different Contax-like camera that I haven't heard of before.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex macphee Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>It's a mirror-reversed image, as can be seen from the buttoning on the jacket of the man at the far left of the picture.<br> <br />The camera is not a Contax II, the rangefinder windows on the Contax are farther apart, and the smaller of the two Contax R/F windows is farther away from the lens. The camera in the Monroe picture is also missing the delayed action lever present on the front of the Contax II. <br> <br />It looks far too like a Nikon S2, which has the second R/F window immediately adjacent to the left side of the lens (right side in the Monroe picture). The accessory shoe on the Contax would be farther to the left of the (reversed) picture, whereas the accessory viewfinder on the camera here is pretty central, which is where it is on the S2.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_momary Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>Here's a reversal and a blow up of the nameplate area, with some exposure jimmying. any help? Not much there.<br> Jim</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Javkin Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>This is terrible. Answering the question would have been much easier if the photographer had focused on the camera, rather than on Marilyn ;>) </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffmanley Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 It's so clear to me now. ... She was murdered because SHE KNEW ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck_foreman1 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Someone mentioned the distance of the RF window and indeed that is shorter than a Contax it should be further (in this view) to the left! The IIA though fits for the date has shorter chrome on this "left side" Although the RF window is further right than on the pre-war model. I now am convinced it must be the Nikon S as suggested by Rick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bueh Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>It hurts me to say, but I agree that it is a <a href="http://www.taunusreiter.de/Cameras/Nikon_RF.html"><strong>Nikon S2</strong></a>.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>I'm curious - when shooting at a mirror shouldn't all the elements in the field be equally in focus?<br> Why is Marilyn in focus but the camera out of focus?</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_van_Nooij Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>It is not like taking a picture of a film screen or a poster. The mirror extends the focus distance, in this case, from the camera to the mirror + the distance from the mirror to the subject.</p> <p>Can't explain it so well in English I'm afraid.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diser Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>Nikon S2 in a mirror.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg M Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>There's no self timer, so it's not a Contax at all. It must be a Nikon S2.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex macphee Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>I've managed to do a little image enhancement, and I can finally make out the name on the front of the camera, though only just. Here it is.</p> <p> </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_levine Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>It's an S2.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex macphee Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>Let's see if it uploads this time...</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex macphee Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>One more try</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_levine Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>The lost S2.</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_levine Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 <p>or:</p><div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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