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amateriat
12-03-2007, 09:49
Interesting. :)
And the PNet thread you pulled this from was...well, typically PNet. :rolleyes:
- Barrett
Tuolumne
12-03-2007, 10:11
Interesting. :)
And the PNet thread you pulled this from was...well, typically PNet. :rolleyes:
- Barrett
Sounded alot like RFF to me. More civil, though. :rolleyes:
/T
According to the RFF high horse, UV filters are for noobies are wannabes'
amateriat
12-03-2007, 10:24
According to the RFF high horse, UV filters are for noobies are wannabes' And...it's chromed! What sort of chucklehead would use such a thing...? :D
Viva Erwitt!
- Barrett
sepiareverb
12-03-2007, 10:28
According to the RFF high horse, UV filters are for noobies are wannabes'
Yeah, but he obviously has been shooting some sandblasting or something, gotta protect that front element.
hans voralberg
12-03-2007, 10:32
Well he did used his head and brain most often than not remember :)) P
It is such a pretty camera! Notic the brassy lens too. It is the elusive, early 50f1.4 with a brass barrell! The rewind crank is known as the "Magnum crank" and is the best of them all.
Tuolumne
12-03-2007, 10:52
Imagine the tens of thousands of dollars of film that he had to run through that camera to make it look that way. He could have saved alot of money with a dSLR! :D:D
/T
Tuolumne
12-03-2007, 10:54
Notice there is no brassing on the speed dial. What did he do, shoot aperture priority?
/T
Look the way it's neatly brassed around the top plate engraving - it looks like it's been deliberately ground down.
Steve Bellayr
12-03-2007, 11:06
I, too, suspect that Erwitt's Leica has been customized. Brassing should only occur where the camera comes in contact with another object, i.e. skin or strap. Notice where it is brassed on the front and top. It is in areas normally not handled. Also, the skin looks in pretty good shape for a camera that has been worked (brassed) that hard.
kipkeston
12-03-2007, 11:17
Shame on him for using UV filter. I bet he fondled it while shooting like Winogrand.
My M3 is dechromed and brassed on some spots. The feel of the camera is incredible. Fingers stick to the camera like on skin. I recommend to anybodyto have a dechromed M3 or M2 or M4...
I visited his website. Truly awesome photos there. The man had a great eye and a great sense of humor!
How does de-chromed look?:confused:
Nickel. It's a subdued silver color.
Chrome is basically a hard transparent and ultra resistant and luster layer over the Nickel.
Nickel. It's a subdued silver color.
Chrome is basically a hard transparent and ultra resistant and luster layer over the Nickel.
The M3 is still brass!
Oh so you guys wanna have a brassed war.
I can play that game.
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http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3140/ycxf78sgqy5.jpg
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http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/7374/marshallpa8.jpg
The M3 is still brass!
Brass with Nickel over it and then it's chromed.
pesphoto
12-03-2007, 12:20
HSI did you buy those that way or is that your handiwork? If it's all you, who are you and what do you shoot? Would love to hear.
hans voralberg
12-03-2007, 12:24
AFAIK he's a student still :D
Everyone remains always a student...:)
The second photo in HSI's post is the Jim Marshall M4.
Stoneaxe
12-03-2007, 13:02
"I, too, suspect that Erwitt's Leica has been customized. Brassing should only occur where the camera comes in contact with another object, i.e. skin or strap. Notice where it is brassed on the front and top. It is in areas normally not handled."
Agreed. Never noticed that before, good observation. Also that, on the top, all the text is still unbrassed, while all around it is totally brassed.
Still lovely but faked.
Bingo, that's what Erwitt did. Artificially brassed his M3 for bragging rights at online forums :rolleyes:
Grab your Leica in palm in the middle, hope it's more clear now.
sepiareverb
12-03-2007, 14:08
Perhaps a dog got ahold of it...
HSI did you buy those that way or is that your handiwork? If it's all you, who are you and what do you shoot? Would love to hear.
Those aren't mine, just camera porn sadly.
"I, too, suspect that Erwitt's Leica has been customized. Brassing should only occur where the camera comes in contact with another object, i.e. skin or strap. Notice where it is brassed on the front and top. It is in areas normally not handled."
Agreed. Never noticed that before, good observation. Also that, on the top, all the text is still unbrassed, while all around it is totally brassed.
Still lovely but faked.
Oh please. Elliott Erwitt, a really busy photographer, took time to fake his cameras? For whom? Why?
tmfabian
12-03-2007, 16:44
Oh please. Elliott Erwitt, a really busy photographer, took time to fake his cameras? For whom? Why?
agreed, how i handle my camera i actually have far more brassing on the top and bottom than on the front by where the index finger would go like those who cry faked would suggest. I would only assume Erwitts brassing is real due to how mine is currently going.
Mackinaw
12-04-2007, 10:38
Agreed. Never noticed that before, good observation. Also that, on the top, all the text is still unbrassed, while all around it is totally brassed. Still lovely but faked.
Doubt it. Use a camera bigtime for 50 years and brassing is bound to happen.
Jim B.
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