[Leica] Connie Stevens’ camera, 1959

[Peter Klein]

Thanks, Sonny! Good eye. The moment I saw your post, I thought, “Of course.” For some reason, when I looked at the camera on the TV screen, my brain said “Canon,” and that closed it to other possibilities. The black viewfinder panel made me think of the light meter cells on the Canon 7, but those were on the other side, and the “7” didn't exist yet. The Nikon SP came out in 1957, so it would have been a natural choice for a “people photographer” of 1957.
Interesting that the prop camera’s Nikon logo appears to have been removed. I wonder if that had to do with trademark considerations. 
Enjoyed the other comments. I actually considered getting a Nikon SP at one point. But when I actually held one, the viewfinder just wasn’t anywhere nearly as good the Leica M finders, so I passed. Beautiful machine, though.
—Peter 
Sonny wrote:
> Looks like a Nikon SP to me
> https://sonc.com/camera11.jpg


Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com <http://sonc.com/look/>
Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase

USA


On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 10:40 PM Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> During my recovery from hip surgery, I?ve been watching a lot of old TV.
> I?ve particularly enjoyed a series called "Hawaiian Eye," about a pair of
> private detectives in Honolulu c. 1959-63. One of the sidekick characters
> is  "Cricket" Blake (played by Connie Stevens), a lounge singer who is also
> a photographer. She is shown here in the opening credits with what appears
> to be a Canon rangefinder. Can anyone identify the model? Note that the
> clip is from 1959, two years too early for the Canon 7.
>
>  <
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/temp/428B6DCA-328A-4FA9-B83D-F4FFACD0619E.png.html
>

--Peter, dictating to my iPad
(If it misconstrues, please excuse)