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xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
Here's one of Sir Paul, a selfie with a rangefinder. Contax maybe? I'm not sure...any guesses?
Fittingly, it looks like a Contax look-a-like, better known as a Nikon I or M or S.
jbhthescots
Well-known
I didn't realise she had a camera....
mpaniagua
Newby photographer
wait, was there a blonde in there?
Baby of Macon
Well-known
+1 for Ringo's playing today. He's still great - in his own distinctively Ringoesque way. Even better, he's played with Todd Rundgren!
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
I heard some sound engineer saying that you never really notice the great drummers. I also like Ringo a lot as a person.
Huss
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jbhthescots
Well-known
I always liked the John Lennon quip when he was asked by a journalist if Ringo was the best drummer in the world, and Lennon said he wasn't even the best drummer in the Beatles!
nickthetasmaniac
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In that photo the Rolleiflex wasn't a vintage camera.
What is it with the Canon 1Dx MkII and lovely women?
Doesn't quite have the same ring to it...
Mackinaw
Think Different
George and his Canon 7.
Jim B.
Jim B.
flavio81
Well-known
My favorite pop/rock drummer, and I'm a drummer...
The 2nd camera looks like a Contax II or a Nikon.
That quote is apochryphal, and belonged to a comedian.
The four beatles, and mike McCartney (brother), and eventually George Martin, thought all very highly of Ringo.
The 2nd camera looks like a Contax II or a Nikon.
That quote is apochryphal, and belonged to a comedian.
The four beatles, and mike McCartney (brother), and eventually George Martin, thought all very highly of Ringo.
nasmformyzombie
Registered
Interesting, I'd thought Ringo was a Pentaxian
George is holding the Pentax, Ringo is reading!
Erik van Straten
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Maybe we should start a thread "celebrities and their cameras".
Erik.
Erik.
css9450
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Bonus points to whoever finds out what kind of camera original drummer Pete Best used...
571514m3
Established
DanskDynamit
Well-known
I could be wrong but I don't think its a Zunow, barrels don't seem to match.
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xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
I say it does match the legendary Zunow speed lens, count the number of landings on the barrel and the illegible beauty ring script is very similar looking in length and style to what is on a Zunow f1.1 lens.
There were not too many all chrome finish super fast 50mm RF camera lenses to choose from back then,... or even in these present days to be honest.
Too bad we can't completely see the camera's bottom from the side to be sure it is not a trigger wind Canon model, and if it was, then the camera would be a Canon VT.
mcfingon
Western Australia
All good fun. I like the competitive look she's giving Ringo here. Chrome versus black? SLR versus rangefinder? Girl versus boy?
flavio81
Well-known
I saw a recent (201x) interview on Ringo's last book (a photographs book). He mentioned he still kept his Nikon F and his (Nikkor) fisheye lens (unspecified) but that he did not keep the rest of the lenses.
George was the Pentaxian but I think I saw a pic where the rest of the Fab Four carried Pentax cameras.
Of course this is the mid-60s and the Spotmatic was highly rated as a lighter, smaller, and a bit more affordable alternative to the Nikon F.
oftheherd
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Wasn't the SV and HV still king in the western world at that time? Anyway, that wasn't the Spotmatic based on the round light meter on the pentaprism. I think I might have one of those at home. I am sure I have a couple of the rectangular light meters.