Cameras that tell a story-how about this for a topic

Re: Cameras that tell a story-how about this for a topic

feeds@yuku.com (Nikonmike) — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:23:59 GMT

Hi Wes;

My apologies on the spelling of one of my favorite towns...Carmel (not Camel) CA. I recall years ago (mid-1970's) going into a camera store on the main street (no longer there) that runs down to that beautiful white sand beach.....and there was the man himself...Ansel Adams.... coming out of the store looking very casual.
He was very recognizable!

Cheers,

Mike

Re: Cameras that tell a story-how about this for a topic

feeds@yuku.com (Wes Loder) — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:09:08 GMT

Adolph Gasser was a personal and professional friend of Ansel Adams and sold him the Nikon S in May of 1951. It is one of the few Nikons with "Japan" on the accessory shoe. Cheers, WES

And is Carmel, not Camel. :-)

Re: Cameras that tell a story-how about this for a topic

feeds@yuku.com (nikrick) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:27:09 GMT

Richard,

Seeing your cassette with a sticker on it "Morse" reminded me of a CU-1 focusing unit I bought a few months ago. I thought they were just some foolish stickers, and spent hours prying them off with my fingernails.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230183662924

Re: Cameras that tell a story-how about this for a topic

feeds@yuku.com (destoutz) — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 04:51:42 GMT

I have an early F-250 motor of LIFE

http://www.destoutz.ch/acc_motor_f250_99023.html

which included a film cassette that was used by Ralph Morse.

http://www.destoutz.ch/acc_motor_250-cassette_1.html

Authentic? Yes, because I paid far less than 100 Dollars for it!

Re: Cameras that tell a story-how about this for a topic

feeds@yuku.com (photogmate) — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:12:41 GMT

I think it's a great idea. I find the "provenance" of a camera much more interesting than the nuts and bolts of serial numbers. The legacy of a news camera that photographed historical events, wars and such. Even celebrity cameras such as those owned by Frank Sinatra, Jerry Lewis or Sammy Davis Jr. Imagine where those cameras have been and what they saw.

Re: Cameras that tell a story-how about this for a topic

feeds@yuku.com (Nikonmike) — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:44:02 GMT

Remember the Nikon S that belonged to Ansel Adams? He used this camera to shoot photos for a coffee- table book "The Hawaiian Island". This camera had great providance (sp?) as there was a receipt from a Camel, CA camera store where Adams took it in for repairs/maintenance. The receipt had the camera/lens serial numbers.

Fred, I beleive that you tried contacting the estate executors about this camera but alas, one of the estate beneficiaries decided to keep it in...

Re: Cameras that tell a story-how about this for a topic

feeds@yuku.com (Nikon HS Webmaster) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:22:52 GMT

Mike you raise an interesting point. Not much value has been assigned to many cameras because it was impossible to verify them, with a receipt or other proof.

The most interesting ones to me have been News cameras, but the Nikons owned by Sammy Davis Jr. have been widely published.

Cameras that tell a story-how about this for a topic

feeds@yuku.com (7362) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:55:28 GMT

I was wondering if it might be interesting to the Nikon community to put together a discussion thread on more common cameras in collections that have an interesting history or background.
I realize that this is a large topic but perhaps one of interest to everyone. I was going over my collection recently and realized that cameras are usually collectible due to their rarity. However another interesting topic are the common cameras that have an interesting or obscure history.

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