Robert Capa

[_ludwigm]

... was born on October 22, 1913 --- 100 years before.

Robert Capa (born Friedmann Endre; October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist who covered five different wars: the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II across Europe, the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and the First Indochina War. He documented the course of World War II in London, North Africa, Italy, the Battle of Normandy on Omaha Beach and the liberation of Paris.

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Over Rhein, 1945.03.24



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With John Steinbeck


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In Tunesia, 1942 (big picture)



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The man.

[_ludwigm]

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Federico Borrell García (January 3, 1912 – September 5, 1936) was a Spanish Republican and anarchist militiaman during the Spanish Civil War, commonly thought to have featured in the famous Robert Capa photo The Falling Soldier (Loyalist Militiaman at the Moment of Death, Cerro Muriano, September 5, 1936).

[_Quasimodo]

Truly, one of the greatest photographers of all time! His being in the right place at the right time wasn't luck. He was brilliant at knowing where to be and when to be there. Then being smart enough to know where to aim his camera and when to release the shutter.

Of all the images you posted, I envy him being with John Steinbeck the most.

[_The Erotic Apologist]

Yes, excellent. Any idea what kind of equipment he used? A Speed Graphic or some other kind of press camera?

[_The Erotic Apologist]

Yes, Capa is wonderful. Winston Link isn't so bad, either.

[_Quasimodo]

Yes, excellent. Any idea what kind of equipment he used? A Speed Graphic or some other kind of press camera?

I looked it up. It seems he used a Leica earlier in his career and later, when he could afford them, a Contax and Rollie. I have a Contax from that era (1939). It's a beauty, but needs about $300.00 to get it working properly.

The Winston Link image is amazing. How did he light it?

[_The Erotic Apologist]

Is it this kind of Contax? I've seen some of these at camera shows and yes, they're very nice. I've always wanted one but there was always something else at the top of the list.

I've got a 1942 Speed Graphic that's in about the same shape. The bellows are full of light leaks and the focal plane shutter is very slow and gummy. I'd like to take it all apart and restore it but there are too many other projects in the queue.

I don't know too much about O. Winston Link except that he designed and built all of his lighting equipment himself. His night time B&W's are fantastic, and almost all of them feature steam locomotives of one sort or another. His B&W's are so very good that his color images seem a bit drab by comparison...I wish I had that problem!

[_Quasimodo]

Is it this kind of Contax? I've seen some of these at camera shows and yes, they're very nice. I've always wanted one but there was always something else at the top of the list.

I've got a 1942 Speed Graphic that's in about the same shape. The bellows are full of light leaks and the focal plane shutter is very slow and gummy. I'd like to take it all apart and restore it but there are too many other projects in the queue.

I don't know too much about O. Winston Link except that he designed and built all of his lighting equipment himself. His night time B&W's are fantastic, and almost all of them feature steam locomotives of one sort or another. His B&W's are so very good that his color images seem a bit drab by comparison...I wish I had that problem!

Mine is a Contax III like this one (mine is in a little better shape).



The original owner was my wife's grandfather. My mother-in-law found it while going through some old boxes and gave it to me for my little collection. I contacted Henry Scherer (the premiere Contax expert) about repairs and he offered to buy it.

If I sold it I would be disowned by my wife's entire family, so it's a permenent part of my collection.

I have an old Speed Graphic as well, but I don't know what year. It's still in working condition. I think I would need to have the shutter timed to use it though.

[_ludwigm]

What?

I create a thread, then You two are talking over my head?
OK boys! Here I am.

My three mechanic camera (the first, the last, and the only one) was a WERRA 3.


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When I was 13 (1958...) it has cost a half month salary of my father.
I've used it up to 2005 - until we bought a KODAK digital.

In the first years, I made B/W pictures. Later, as the colour film reached the price I could pay, I made coloured diapositives. ORWO only. Of East Germany, as the camera.

Today, I am fighting with specks of dust on my many thousand diapositives, with a 24x36 scanner.

And I have the device. (I know, I know, it is somewhere in the basement, but I have it!)

[_Quasimodo]

What?

I create a thread, then You two are talking over my head?
OK boys! Here I am.

Sorry ludwigm, but if you post a topic about photographers on a board with photographers the thread will eventually degenerate to equipment.

When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.

My three mechanic camera (the first, the last, and the only one) was a WERRA 3.

That is a great camera! Made by the same people as my Contax (Zeiss). Arguably the best camera manufacturers and certainly the best lens makers. I have never actually seen one in real life. I understand they were a little complicated to use, though.

When I was 13 (1958...) it has cost a half month salary of my father.
I've used it up to 2005 - until we bought a KODAK digital.

I hope you still have it. If you don't care to still own it, send it to me and I will put it in a place of honor in my display cabinet.

In the first years, I made B/W pictures. Later, as the colour film reached the price I could pay, I made coloured diapositives. ORWO only. Of East Germany, as the camera.[/code]

Color (colour) images can be wonderful. My favorite photographs are B/W though (even my own). They seem richer and more artful than color.

Today, I am fighting with specks of dust on my many thousand diapositives, with a 24x36 scanner.

I do the same thing. Thank god (or whoever) for Photoshop. When shooting 4x5 negatives, it's unusual to end up with a neg that does not have a few dust spots. It's soooo much easier to correct them in digital.