Aren't professional photographers great.

[ruston]

Yes , just had a quick look , It looks like it was. Carl Zeiss , but Leica copies were mentioned.

 

[ruston]

Not a lot of info , but some nice pics.
Lomography - The Praktica FX2 and the Birth of the SLR Camera - https://www.lomography.com/magazine/181096-the-praktica-fx2-and-the-birth-of-the-slr-camera

 

[PEG]

Me dad has retired now,but was a professional photographer,all his working life. Evening Chronicle,RAF photo recon,Coroners and crime scene, Manchester Evening News...just about took a picture of everything,everywhere,inside and outside the human body

Spent hours with him,as a very young kid,"helping" him hand develop and sort pictures,which had to be "runnered" to the editor.

Minolta and Nikon were the favoured tools,and every add-on ever tried...funny now,when he can send a hundred pictures,in colour,to the other side of the world,using his mobile phone....because...

I can just about remember,a clandestine meeting,at me parents house,where me dad,a colleague,and a lad from the pub who worked for the P.O. (BT now) were fiddling with a giant electric box,and practising how to connect it,to a Russian hotel telephone socket.

My father was off to Moscow,on a job for the M.E.N,and this was the only way to send back,grainy,b&w pictures,over a period of hours

I also recall how he had to explain to my mother,why he was taking hundreds of condoms,in his main luggage which were very highly sought after,and he traded for watches,hats and goodies

If you have ever noticed old b&w pics,on the wall in older Coronation St,Rovers Return,or seen any of the old Manchester City wins,miners strike,Strangeways riot,IRA bomb damage,and much more...quite likely they were taken by my dad.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Always been a Cannon man myself.
Although I understand the Rapier system has come along quite nicely since the 80s.

 

[Squid]

If you remember the old Praktia camera , the early ones befor the iron curtain had Leica lenses . I think they were made in Dresden.
One of the lads at a local camera club had one . He turned out some magnificent prints from it.

I used to have an MTL3 was my first "proper"camera.

 

[westward10]

German engineering at its best, will still be clicking away when I am dust.

 

[andyb]

Digital photography requires zero skills.

Taking a photo requires zero skill, creating a great image with a camera, digital or not requires skill and ability. There's as much skill in photography now as there ever was.

Yes , David Bailey started it with the Olympus trip.

I'm not sure the Olympus Trip was around when Bailey started out.
He was paid to advertise it, I doubt he ever used one for his professional work, or even used it at all other than when paid by Olympus.

 

[andyb]

German engineering at its best, will still be clicking away when I am dust.View attachment 39819

Lovely camera Westwood.
Nearest I can get to a Leica is my Lumix LX-100. It has a Leica lens on it.

 

[telectrix]

started out with a Zenit E, progressed to Canon AE1P ( still got them), then a Canon A1, Canon EOS film. , then Canon 10D followed by current 40D.

 

[Squid]

German engineering at its best, will still be clicking away when I am dust.View attachment 39819

Out of interest, any photos that you would care to share, the depth of 35mm is outstanding butler the average eye digital is good enough.

A couple of mine, the one of Maxwell was taken on a cheap Minolta, just got it right.

 

[telectrix]

which one is maxwell; the hairy lion or the baldy?

 

[Squid]

which one is maxwell; the hairy lion or the baldy?

Maxi Jazz is the bald one.......... you need to get out more often ;o)))))

 

[telectrix]

kurt cobain is dead, ozzy's retired, brian johnson has gone deaf. what else is there to get out for?

 

[Bobster]

kurt cobain is dead, ozzy's retired, brian johnson has gone deaf. what else is there to get out for?

Ozzy is doing one "last" tour next year.

 

[Squid]

kurt cobain is dead, ozzy's retired, brian johnson has gone deaf. what else is there to get out for?

The insides of the cabinet.........

 

[Squid]

Ozzy is doing one "last" tour next year.

Lol, this just reminded me about what Sharon said about Billy Corgan.......

 

[Percyprod]

Started off with Practika, moved on to Minolta, then when digital came along onto Canon. Now using Fuji XT-2 with several lenses, better glass than Canon, but at the end of the day, like cars there are no bad ones, just some suit you more than others. Back to the original point though, 2 million photos? Wouldn't 1 million be enough?

 

[telectrix]

2million. i done a few funerals and never take more than about 80. here's one:

 

[Squid]

What standards are they as my Mum was in the RAF Father MN and which cemetery?

 

[telectrix]

TBH i don't know, except the one on the right is Polish. the others are from British Legion. the deceased was Polish and fought with Allied forces in WW2.

cemetery was in Chorley,Lancs.