xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
nikonosguy
Well-known
looks like a 50 w/ hood
but i was too busy looking at the blonde with the rolleiflex
but i was too busy looking at the blonde with the rolleiflex
Mackinaw
Think Different
Could be a Canon 50/1.5.
Jim B.
Jim B.
xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
The camera looks to be an L2 or VL2 RF Canon but the lens looks more of a Contax/ Nikon mount via an adapter (Cooke Perkins?) but that lens looks larger than a typical f 1.5 Sonnar or Nikkor 5cm f1.4.. maybe a Zunow f1.1?
The blonde is hot French singer Sylvie Vartan ( and not her double or replacement), a supposed paramour of the original Paul McCartney back in January 1964 when the Beatles played the Olympia theatre n Paris France.
nikonosguy
Well-known
there we go... the problem is you're paying more attention to the camera than the blonde
xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
Faintandfuzzy
Well-known
Funny...she would have been 20 or so in the photo. Now she is 72. Shame we all get old.
Dante_Stella
Rex canum cattorumque
Contax Zunow.
nasmformyzombie
Registered
Sylvie is actually Bulgarian, she and her family left postwar Bulgaria for Paris in the early 1950's.
Peter Jennings
Well-known
Cameraquest shows an LTM Zunow 1.1, which would be more likely mounted on a Canon.
https://cameraquest.com/zunow.htm
https://cameraquest.com/zunow.htm
nickthetasmaniac
Mentor
Interesting, I'd thought Ringo was a Pentaxian 
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Not sure about his photography assets but he was a great drummer in his prime.
rhl-oregon
Cameras Guitars Wonders
In "A Hard Day's Night," Ringo goes off on his own after being picked on by bandmates & Paul's malicious 'grandad.' Watch the clip for his bit of street shooting with an SLR. Shortly after he sets it on a rock on the banks of a river for a Napoleanic selfie with a long cable release, and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIvEc4yhdpM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIvEc4yhdpM
FujiLove
Well-known
What is it with vintage cameras and lovely women?...and why did I not know about it when I was young and single? :bang:
nobbylon
Mentor
Not sure about his photography assets but he was a great drummer in his prime.
He's still pretty good now.
xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
Interesting, I'd thought Ringo was a Pentaxian
They all went Nikon F by their 1st trip to India in 1966.
bobby_novatron
Photon Collector
Here's one of Sir Paul, a selfie with a rangefinder. Contax maybe? I'm not sure...any guesses?
Mackinaw
Think Different
Looks like a Nikon M or S.
Jim B.
Jim B.
