This is an occasional effort to reintroduce the long out of production “screw mount” (or “Barnack”) cameras to an increasing population of relatively new owners. This time we’ll talk about the mysteries of the IIIf ’s flash sync. The IIIf...
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Historical Articles
Earlier this year I was asked by Amateur Photographer’s assistant editor, Geoff Harris, for background on the Leica M4 in connection with an M4 50th anniversary article he was putting together for a up-market yachting magazine. Funny he should...
This volume: “The History of the Small Camera up to the Leica” by Erich Stenger was one of several books issued upon the centenary of the Leitz firm in 1949. The final section of the book focused upon the Leica camera and its development. The earlier...
As early as the mid-1930's Leitz Wetzlar offered lens containers composed of material generally known as Bakelite. Prepared for individual focal lengths, the cases feature a screw on cap and exhibit at least two colors (black or brown). Occasionally the black...
The naming convention for early Leica camera models was different in Europe than in the US. I will stay with the European naming convention for this article; the list below provides the equivalent USmodels. TWO VERY DIFFERENT UPGRADES...
Since the earliest Leicas Leitz has prepared a multitude of advertising material to spread the Leica gospel worldwide. Cameras, lenses, and accessories ( the hardware ) are well known to most Leica enthusiasts. Much of the advertising ( what I call...
REMEMBERING TOM by BILL ROSAUER I’M not sure when I met Tom, as it seems like we have been friends forever. It must have been back in the late 1980’s and I’m sure it was at one of the LHSA annual meetings. Tom’s enthusiasm for photography...
#BelieveinFilm with the Leica M4 The Leica M4, the lineal descendant of the landmark M3 and the simplified M2, commenced production in November 1966. It combined the features of both of its predecessors and added a few of its own, all aimed at enhancing...
Photo Credit: Joe Biegel On Friday, January 6, 2017, LHSA lost a beloved member, friend, and mentor, Tom Abrahamsson. Tom had recently fallen and became ill. He was hospitalized and due to go home the day he passed...
It is almost a truism that when one thinks one has finished a piece of research and put it to bed with a Viewfinder article, something additional pops up to bite one’s posterior. In this instance, my recent article on Dr. Paul Wolff ’s exhibitions...
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