Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/17

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Subject: [Leica] Which camera to wish well known photographer/reporter?
From: "Logan Reinwood" <reinwood007@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 09:48:30 GMT

Hi luggers,

With one of my friend we made some research and come up with
this list (probably uncomplete) of cameras for different well known 
photographers,

We thought that this might be interesting to some of you.

Any comment welcomed.

Regards,

Xavier.


Werner Bischof

·	View camera (1930)
·	Leica since 1937 (first camera probably a IIIa) ?
·	Canon III? since 1951with Serenar 3.5/35?
·	Leica IIIf? Since 1953
·	Rolleiflex Automat 1939
·	Rolleiflex Automat X 1949


Robert Doisneau

·	Rolleiflex Standard 1932
·	View camera (wood) 13x18 with Tessar 240
·	View camera Meridian 45A since 1947 with Kodak lense
·	View camera Speed Graphic since 1950
·	Leica IIIc (no 515326 with Summitar 795175) since 1950, then IIIf no 
632045 sincee 1953 with summaron 3.5/35mm
·	Rolleiflex Automat X
·	M3 with Summicron 50 since 1956
·	Linhof Technika since 1964?
·	Two Asahi Pentax SLR (1960)
·	Two Nikon F since 1972?
·	6x7 Zenza Bronica since 1984
·	Two Leica R5 since 1985

Henri Cartier-Bresson

·	Leica I since 1932
·	Leica III (Black since) ?
·	Leica IIIx? Since 1936? (with 35 and 50)
·	Leica M4 since ?
·	Leica CL since ?

Robert Capa

·	Voigtlaender 6x9 (1930)
·	Different Leica since 1932 (during the civil war in Spain)
·	Contax II since China (1938) and during WWII (two cameras with one with 
Sonnar 2/85)
·	Rolleiflex Standard
·	Rolleiflex Automat
·	Contax Iia since 1950
·	Nikon (S2?) since 1954

Sebastiao Salgado

·	Pentax Spotmatic since 1973
·	Nikon F Photomic (end of 70’s)
·	Olympus OM (first half of 80’s)
·	Canon F1 (seconf half 80’s)
·	Leica R6 (since 1988?)
·	Three Leica R6.2 since 1992 with 28,35,60 macro + 70-180
·	Three Leica M6 with 28 35 50


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