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Vintage Leica rangefinder (FODIS) (1925-1929) for Leica I a. The Leica I a (also known as Leica 1 Model A) was the first mass produced 35mm camera in the 1920s.
Les Plocéidés sont des passereaux de taille petite à moyenne, au bec plutôt épais et au plumage souvent coloré, originaires d'Afrique, d'Asie tropicale ou des îles de l'Océan indien.
Ploceidae are small to medium-sized passerines, with rather thick beaks and often colorful plumage, native to Africa, tropical Asia or the islands of the Indian Ocean.
Many thanks for your faves, invitations and comments.
Queda 2 na cachoeira do Pico do Gavião...logo abaixo dessa queda encontra-se a ponte de pedra natural.
(Ví agora..um estouro de luz aqui...outro alí...mas ponderar luz/sombra e baixa velocidade...fodis
Just back from a 10-day vacation on the beautiful island of Mauritius. :) We escaped from winter to the summer...now back home with temperatures hovering around 0 degree Celsius, 30 less than in the tropics...what a contrast!
In the next days I'll post a series of landscape and fauna images, too.
A red fody (Foudia madagascariensis, madagaszkári vörös fodi) could not resist the food I gave the local birds on the beach of the Ile aux Cerfs island, and came very close. You can see my gear in the image details, so you can guess how close they were! :)
If you like this photo, your faves, comments and observations are more than welcome!
But NO AWARDS, NO BANNERS, NO IMAGES, NO GROUP REFERENCES where you saw it, please.
Press 'L" to enlarge image to see more details and visit my 'Birds' , 'Mauritius' and 'Animals and wildlife' albums for more images! :)
Die drei heimischen Sommerarten der Gattung (Colletes similis, Colletes fodiens und Colletes daviesanus) sind am Foto kaum zu unterscheiden.
OM-1 mit M.Zuiko ED 90mm f3.5 Macro - Stack aus 14 Enzelaufnahmen mit Helocon Focus - Naturlicht
Fundort: Deutschland - OWL - Oerlinghausen - 23.10.2023
Die drei heimischen Sommerarten der Gattung (Colletes similis, Colletes fodiens und Colletes daviesanus) sind am Foto kaum zu unterscheiden.
OM-1 mit M.Zuiko ED 90mm f3.5 Macro + MC-14 - Naturlicht – Freihand
Fundort: Deutschland - OWL - Oerlinghausen - 02.10.2023
(Foudia madagascariensis)
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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.
So, you may find:
- All the photos for this trip Madagascar (2023)
- All the photos for this order PASSERIFORMES
- All the photos for this family Ploceidae (Ploceídeos)
- All the photos for this species Foudia madagascariensis
- All the photos taken this day 2023/11/23
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The red fody (Foudia madagascariensis), sometimes known as the Madagascar fody, red cardinal fody or common fody, is a small bird native to Madagascar and introduced to various other islands in the Indian Ocean. It is a common bird within its restricted range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".
In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the red fody in his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in Madagascar. He used the French name Le cardinal de Madagascar and the Latin Cardinalis Madagascariensis.[2] Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.[3] When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition, he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson.[3] One of these was the red fody. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name Loxia madagascariensis and cited Brisson's work.[4] This species is now placed in the genus Foudia that was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1850.[5] The type species was subsequently designated as the red fody.[6] The species is monotypic.[7]
The English word "fody" and the name of the genus Foudia are from the Madagascan name for the red fody Foudi or Fodi.[8]
Description
The red fody is about 5 inches (13 cm) in length and weighs 14–19 grams (0.49–0.67 oz). The male of the species is bright red with black markings around each eye. Its wings and tail are olive-brown. Its underparts are also red, which distinguishes it from other fodies in areas where it has been introduced. The female fody's upper parts are olive-brown and its underparts are greyish brown.[9]
Distribution and habitat
It is a common bird found in forest clearings, grasslands and cultivated areas, but not in dense forest. In Madagascar it is regarded as a pest of rice cultivation. It has been introduced to other areas of the Indian Ocean, included the Amirantes, Comoros, Seychelles, Mauritius and Réunion.[9]
Tot i que la Leica I (A) no té telemetre incorporat (i encara no tenia el Leitz FODIS), no és tant dificil enfocar a ull. En aquest cas la porta del Arxiu Historic de Sabadell.
Foto presa amb una Leica I (A) fabricada el 1930; Fomapan 100 revelat amb Rodinal.
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The Leica I (A) is not a rangefinder camera (and I still had not my FODIS attachable rangefinder), but it's quite easy to do scale focusing just by guess.
Picture taken with a Leica I (A) made in 1930; Fomapan 100 developed in Rodinal.
Foudi rouge (cardinal à La Réunion)
Fodi rojo
Le foudi rouge arbore un plumage spectaculaire durant la période de reproduction mais son plumage d'éclipse le fait ressembler en tout point à la femelle visible ici:
www.flickr.com/photos/129108168@N08/26098056098/in/photol...
********************************************************************************* The red fody's plumage is spectacular during the breeding season, but its eclipse plumage makes it look exactly like the female seen above.
Belgium.
Antwerp National Zoo
The red fody (Foudia madagascariensis), sometimes known as the Madagascar fody, red cardinal fody or common fody, is a small bird native to Madagascar and introduced to various other islands in the Indian Ocean. It is a common bird within its restricted range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Per fi, la tinc. La càmera que va fixar i definir el format de 35mm i el posà al centre del món, essent encara el patró (full frame) per a totes les cameres que es fabriquen 100 anys després. Fins i tot la distribució generica dels control ja va quedar en gran part fixada per aquest primer model.
Estic parlant obviament de la Leica I, model A, començada a fabricar a Wetzlar el 1925; també es coneix com a Leica A. Com molts sabreu, el primer prototip (Ur-Leica) fou del 1913, creat per Oskar Barnack per a l'empresa de microscopis Ernst Leitz. Però la Gran Guerra ho parà tot i no fou fins el 1923 que els models de pre-serie s'ultimaren (Leica Null-Series). Finalment, Leitz, tot i la crisi, s'arriscà a llençar al mercat aquesta "camera en miniatura", i canvià el món de la fotografía.
La Leica I model A es diferencia visualment de la resta de Leicas pel anomenat "pal de hoquei", peça frontal que bloqueja l'enfoc a infinit. A la part superior hi ha la maneta d'avançament, el disparador, la palanca de desembragament per poder rebobinar, el selector de vel·locitats, el visor i la maneta de rebobinat. Aquesta disposició de comandaments serà copiada fins l'extenuació i esdevindrà l'estandart fins i tot avui en dia.
Aquest exemplar és la segona i més antiga Leica I (A) que tinc. Això es nota en detalls com el disparador en forma de xampinyó, o el avançador de rodet més baix. Amb el número de serie 14926, data del 1929, i funciona perfectament, amb l’excepció que no pot rebobinar. Vaig descobrir que l’interior està en molt bon estat, però que li manca una peça que desembraga el mecanisme per poder rebobinar. Així i tot, pot fer fotos de gran qualitat, amb la salvetat que cal treure el rodet a les fosques. L'objectiu és l'usual en les Leica I, el Leitz Elmar f3.5 / 50mm plegable (que facilita molt poder-la portar a la butxaca). Aquestes Leica inicials tenien un objectiu fixe, i no es podia canviar. Es tracta del Elmar original, sense escala de profunditat de camp, el que fa l’enfoc una mica més dificil. Per sort, es pot adjuntar a la càmera un telèmetre extern de la propia Leitz, com el FODIS/FODUA o el FOFER.
www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/Leica_I_(model_A)
www.cameraquest.com/leicaa.htm
www.shutterbug.com/content/leica-i-camera-change-photography
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At last, I got IT. The camera, which set and defined the 35mm format, put it in the center of the World, still being the pattern (full frame) for all cameras 100 years later. Even the generic distribution of the controls was already largely fixed by this first model.
I'm obviously talking about the Leica I, model A, which was manufactured in Wetzlar from 1925; also known as Leica A. As you may know, the first prototype (Ur-Leica) was from 1913, created by Oskar Barnack for the Ernst Leitz microscope company. But the Great War delayed all development, and it was not until 1923 that the pre-series models were produced (Leica Null-Series). Finally, despite the crisis, Leitz took the risk of launching this "miniature camera" on the market, changing the world of photography.
The Leica I model A differs visually from the rest of Leicas by the so-called "hockey stick", a front piece that blocks the focus at infinite. At the top plate are the advance lever, trigger, release lever for rewinding, speed selector, viewfinder and rewind handle. This control layout will be copied multiple times (notably by Nikon in the S and F series) and will become the standard even today.
This Leica I (A) is in fact my second one of this early model, and was made in 1929, due to it’s serial number being the 14926. It has several early model details, like the “mushroom” button or short advance lever. The camera works well, but can’t be rewinded. I discovered that it lacks a part that disengages the mechanism so it could be rewinded (so it has to be done in the dark). The lens is the usual for the Leica I, the folding Leitz Elmar f3.5 / 50mm (which makes it very easy to carry it in your pocket). These initial Leica had a fixed lens, and they could not be changed. In this case it is the original Elmar, without depth-of-field scale, making focusing more difficult. A detachable vertical rangefinder could be mounted on the cold shoe, like Leit’z own FODIS/FODUA or the later FOFER.
www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/Leica_I_(model_A)
www.cameraquest.com/leicaa.htm
www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C234.html
www.shutterbug.com/content/leica-i-camera-change-photography
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
La Leica I no comptava amb telèmetre integrat. Calia enfocar a ull, o fer servir un telèmetre desmontable fabricat per la propia Leitz, com aquest FODIS (també conegut com FODUA). De fet, Leitz sembla que fabricava telemetres abans que càmeres i tot).
Aquesta és la càmera que va fixar i definir el format de 35mm i el posà al centre del món, essent encara el patró (full frame) per a totes les cameres que es fabriquen 100 anys després. Fins i tot la distribució generica dels control ja va quedar en gran part fixada per aquest primer model.
Estic parlant obviament de la Leica I, model A, començada a fabricar a Wetzlar el 1925; també es coneix com a Leica A. Com molts sabreu, el primer prototip (Ur-Leica) fou del 1913, creat per Oskar Barnack per a l'empresa de microscopis Ernst Leitz. Però la Gran Guerra ho parà tot i no fou fins el 1923 que els models de pre-serie s'ultimaren (Leica Null-Series). Finalment, Leitz, tot i la crisi, s'arriscà a llençar al mercat aquesta "camera en miniatura", i canvià el món de la fotografía.
La Leica I model A es diferencia visualment de la resta de Leicas pel anomenat "pal de hoquei", peça frontal que bloqueja l'enfoc a infinit. A la part superior hi ha la maneta d'avançament, el disparador, la palanca de desembragament per poder rebobinar, el selector de vel·locitats, el visor i la maneta de rebobinat. Aquesta disposició de comandaments serà copiada fins l'extenuació i esdevindrà l'estandart fins i tot avui en dia.
Aquest exemplar és la segona i més antiga Leica I (A) que tinc. Això es nota en detalls com el disparador en forma de xampinyó, o el avançador de rodet més baix. Amb el número de serie 14926, data del 1929, i funciona perfectament, amb l’excepció que no pot rebobinar. Vaig descobrir que l’interior està en molt bon estat, però que li manca una peça que desembraga el mecanisme per poder rebobinar. Així i tot, pot fer fotos de gran qualitat, amb la salvetat que cal treure el rodet a les fosques. L'objectiu és l'usual en les Leica I, el Leitz Elmar f3.5 / 50mm plegable (que facilita molt poder-la portar a la butxaca). Aquestes Leica inicials tenien un objectiu fixe, i no es podia canviar. Es tracta del Elmar original, sense escala de profunditat de camp, el que fa l’enfoc una mica més dificil. Per sort, es pot adjuntar a la càmera un telèmetre extern de la propia Leitz, com el FODIS/FODUA o el FOFER.
www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/Leica_I_(model_A)
www.cameraquest.com/leicaa.htm
www.shutterbug.com/content/leica-i-camera-change-photography
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The Leica I had no integral rangefinder, only the option to use an external one (the "cold shoe" was just for that, not for flash). This one is a FODIS (aka FODUA), of the same Leitz company. You have to focus first with the FODIS, and then transfer the distance to the lens.
This is the camera which set and defined the 35mm format, put it in the center of the World, still being the pattern (full frame) for all cameras 100 years later. Even the generic distribution of the controls was already largely fixed by this first model.
I'm obviously talking about the Leica I, model A, which was manufactured in Wetzlar from 1925; also known as Leica A. As you may know, the first prototype (Ur-Leica) was from 1913, created by Oskar Barnack for the Ernst Leitz microscope company. But the Great War delayed all development, and it was not until 1923 that the pre-series models were produced (Leica Null-Series). Finally, despite the crisis, Leitz took the risk of launching this "miniature camera" on the market, changing the world of photography.
The Leica I model A differs visually from the rest of Leicas by the so-called "hockey stick", a front piece that blocks the focus at infinite. At the top plate are the advance lever, trigger, release lever for rewinding, speed selector, viewfinder and rewind handle. This control layout will be copied multiple times (notably by Nikon in the S and F series) and will become the standard even today.
This Leica I (A) is in fact my second one of this early model, and was made in 1929, due to it’s serial number being the 14926. It has several early model details, like the “mushroom” button or short advance lever. The camera works well, but can’t be rewinded. I discovered that it lacks a part that disengages the mechanism so it could be rewinded (so it has to be done in the dark). The lens is the usual for the Leica I, the folding Leitz Elmar f3.5 / 50mm (which makes it very easy to carry it in your pocket). These initial Leica had a fixed lens, and they could not be changed. In this case it is the original Elmar, without depth-of-field scale, making focusing more difficult. A detachable vertical rangefinder could be mounted on the cold shoe, like Leit’z own FODIS/FODUA or the later FOFER.
www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/Leica_I_(model_A)
www.cameraquest.com/leicaa.htm
www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C234.html
www.shutterbug.com/content/leica-i-camera-change-photography
أنت ثغرك من حلاه ولذّته :
كن ربّي ماخلق غيره ثغر !
كيف لو بستك؟ ثملت وقلتلك :
بذمّتك ذا ريق , أو هذا خمر !؟
FODi <3
Belgium.
Antwerp National Zoo.
Antwerp Zoo (Dutch: ZOO Antwerpen) is a zoo in the centre of Antwerp, Belgium, located next to the Antwerpen-Centraal railway station. It is the oldest animal park in the country, and one of the oldest in the world, established on 21 July 1843.
Belgium. Cambron-Casteau
Pairi Daiza Animal Park.
The red fody (Foudia madagascariensis), sometimes known as the Madagascar fody, red cardinal fody or common fody, is a small bird native to Madagascar and introduced to various other islands in the Indian Ocean. It is a common bird within its restricted range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".
Between 1929 - 1930, 95 units of gold plated Leica I (A) with leather finish called Leica Luxus cameras were made, approximately 60 units were with fixed lens and the balance with an interchangeable lens (the screw-mount was standardized so that it was possible to use any lens without having to change the calibration - there is a "0" stencilled at 12 o'clock on the ring mount). The camera was finish with gold plated on the metal part and cover with either red, green, blue or brown lizard sk.
While is true that figured as an option in the 1931 price list, a closer look at their debut tends to indicate that they were originally destinated to serve as displays and/or as demonstrators.
Is it authentic?
From the official Leitz register I saw that:
- Leica no. 68601 is a Lessalux (Leica Luxus) delivered on October 21, 1931 to Lutz Ferrando - Rio de Janeiro;
- Leica no. 68606 (this camera) was delivered on November 20, 1931 to Lutz Ferrando - Buenos Aires.
The firm Lutz Ferrando & Cia was Leitz agent for the whole Latin America.
Christie's London, carried an auction sale on September 19, 1991 listing a 68606 which was described as follows:
137.
E. LEITZ, Wetzlar
A 35 mm. Leica I Camera no. 68606 (top and baseplates heavily brassed) with a (?) Leitz Elmar 5 cm. f/3,5 lens.
Unquote
(No illustration)
The present camera is gold plated, however number 68606 is not listed as a Luxus (Lessalux). As mentioned above, Christie's sale reveales the existence of another black model I carrying the same number. The records also indicate the presence of a model I carrying number 68606 and delivered to Lutz Ferrando.
Two cameras with the same number? It is not so strange. In Wetzlar it happened often.
From the article "Leica Luxus" by Selim A. Nahas: ref. " Viewfinder" vol 25, no 4, 1992:
"......I remember in the middle fifties a friend of mine sent his father's 1933 model II to Leitz for major cosmetic repairs and general inspection. He got back a red box with, evidently, a new camera (same model II). The only thing this new model II had in common with the initial camera, was an identical serial number....."
Selim A. Nahas has seen this camera and wrote me many years ago:
"....My observations and personal interpretations are these:
The style of the lettering on the engraving pertains to Leitz. I therefore assume with confidence that the camera has been engraved by Leitz. The upper line reads: "Lutz Ferrando & Cia". The letter "&" falling between Ferrando and Cia is warned out. This is exactly the location where the index rubs the side of the viewfinder when moving back and forth during the process of inserting or removing the Fodis. It is therefore also safe to assume that the camera has been delivered with the engraving"...
It was seen in August, 1993 by Jim Lager too, who felt that the camera was authentic.
Belgium. Cambron-Casteau
Pairi Daiza Animal Park.
The red fody (Foudia madagascariensis), sometimes known as the Madagascar fody, red cardinal fody or common fody, is a small bird native to Madagascar and introduced to various other islands in the Indian Ocean. It is a common bird within its restricted range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
La Leica I no comptava amb telèmetre integrat. Calia enfocar a ull, o fer servir un telèmetre desmontable fabricat per la propia Leitz, com aquest FODIS (també conegut com FODUA). De fet, Leitz sembla que fabricava telemetres abans que càmeres i tot).
Aquesta és la càmera que va fixar i definir el format de 35mm i el posà al centre del món, essent encara el patró (full frame) per a totes les cameres que es fabriquen 100 anys després. Fins i tot la distribució generica dels control ja va quedar en gran part fixada per aquest primer model.
Estic parlant obviament de la Leica I, model A, començada a fabricar a Wetzlar el 1925; també es coneix com a Leica A. Com molts sabreu, el primer prototip (Ur-Leica) fou del 1913, creat per Oskar Barnack per a l'empresa de microscopis Ernst Leitz. Però la Gran Guerra ho parà tot i no fou fins el 1923 que els models de pre-serie s'ultimaren (Leica Null-Series). Finalment, Leitz, tot i la crisi, s'arriscà a llençar al mercat aquesta "camera en miniatura", i canvià el món de la fotografía.
La Leica I model A es diferencia visualment de la resta de Leicas pel anomenat "pal de hoquei", peça frontal que bloqueja l'enfoc a infinit. A la part superior hi ha la maneta d'avançament, el disparador, la palanca de desembragament per poder rebobinar, el selector de vel·locitats, el visor i la maneta de rebobinat. Aquesta disposició de comandaments serà copiada fins l'extenuació i esdevindrà l'estandart fins i tot avui en dia.
Aquest exemplar és la segona i més antiga Leica I (A) que tinc. Això es nota en detalls com el disparador en forma de xampinyó, o el avançador de rodet més baix. Amb el número de serie 14926, data del 1929, i funciona perfectament, amb l’excepció que no pot rebobinar. Vaig descobrir que l’interior està en molt bon estat, però que li manca una peça que desembraga el mecanisme per poder rebobinar. Així i tot, pot fer fotos de gran qualitat, amb la salvetat que cal treure el rodet a les fosques. L'objectiu és l'usual en les Leica I, el Leitz Elmar f3.5 / 50mm plegable (que facilita molt poder-la portar a la butxaca). Aquestes Leica inicials tenien un objectiu fixe, i no es podia canviar. Es tracta del Elmar original, sense escala de profunditat de camp, el que fa l’enfoc una mica més dificil. Per sort, es pot adjuntar a la càmera un telèmetre extern de la propia Leitz, com el FODIS/FODUA o el FOFER.
www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/Leica_I_(model_A)
www.cameraquest.com/leicaa.htm
www.shutterbug.com/content/leica-i-camera-change-photography
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The Leica I had no integral rangefinder, only the option to use an external one (the "cold shoe" was just for that, not for flash). This one is a FODIS (aka FODUA), of the same Leitz company. You have to focus first with the FODIS, and then transfer the distance to the lens.
This is the camera which set and defined the 35mm format, put it in the center of the World, still being the pattern (full frame) for all cameras 100 years later. Even the generic distribution of the controls was already largely fixed by this first model.
I'm obviously talking about the Leica I, model A, which was manufactured in Wetzlar from 1925; also known as Leica A. As you may know, the first prototype (Ur-Leica) was from 1913, created by Oskar Barnack for the Ernst Leitz microscope company. But the Great War delayed all development, and it was not until 1923 that the pre-series models were produced (Leica Null-Series). Finally, despite the crisis, Leitz took the risk of launching this "miniature camera" on the market, changing the world of photography.
The Leica I model A differs visually from the rest of Leicas by the so-called "hockey stick", a front piece that blocks the focus at infinite. At the top plate are the advance lever, trigger, release lever for rewinding, speed selector, viewfinder and rewind handle. This control layout will be copied multiple times (notably by Nikon in the S and F series) and will become the standard even today.
This Leica I (A) is in fact my second one of this early model, and was made in 1929, due to it’s serial number being the 14926. It has several early model details, like the “mushroom” button or short advance lever. The camera works well, but can’t be rewinded. I discovered that it lacks a part that disengages the mechanism so it could be rewinded (so it has to be done in the dark). The lens is the usual for the Leica I, the folding Leitz Elmar f3.5 / 50mm (which makes it very easy to carry it in your pocket). These initial Leica had a fixed lens, and they could not be changed. In this case it is the original Elmar, without depth-of-field scale, making focusing more difficult. A detachable vertical rangefinder could be mounted on the cold shoe, like Leit’z own FODIS/FODUA or the later FOFER.
www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/Leica_I_(model_A)
www.cameraquest.com/leicaa.htm
www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C234.html
www.shutterbug.com/content/leica-i-camera-change-photography
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Quan Oskar Barnack va crear la Leica, existien pocs precedents d'ús de pel·licula DE CINEMA de 35mm per a càmeres de fotografia. I encara menys el després ubicu rodet standard tipus 135 (creat per Kodak). La pel·licula es comprava a l'engròs i es carregava en rodets reutilitzables de la propia Leitz, el model FILCA. Aquest és un FILCA B preparat per carregar a la Leica I (A). Els rodets 135 no poden ser emprats en aquestes Leica tant inicials (de 1929).
Aquesta és la càmera que va fixar i definir el format de 35mm i el posà al centre del món, essent encara el patró (full frame) per a totes les cameres que es fabriquen 100 anys després. Fins i tot la distribució generica dels control ja va quedar en gran part fixada per aquest primer model.
Estic parlant obviament de la Leica I, model A, començada a fabricar a Wetzlar el 1925; també es coneix com a Leica A. Com molts sabreu, el primer prototip (Ur-Leica) fou del 1913, creat per Oskar Barnack per a l'empresa de microscopis Ernst Leitz. Però la Gran Guerra ho parà tot i no fou fins el 1923 que els models de pre-serie s'ultimaren (Leica Null-Series). Finalment, Leitz, tot i la crisi, s'arriscà a llençar al mercat aquesta "camera en miniatura", i canvià el món de la fotografía.
La Leica I model A es diferencia visualment de la resta de Leicas pel anomenat "pal de hoquei", peça frontal que bloqueja l'enfoc a infinit. A la part superior hi ha la maneta d'avançament, el disparador, la palanca de desembragament per poder rebobinar, el selector de vel·locitats, el visor i la maneta de rebobinat. Aquesta disposició de comandaments serà copiada fins l'extenuació i esdevindrà l'estandart fins i tot avui en dia.
Aquest exemplar és la segona i més antiga Leica I (A) que tinc. Això es nota en detalls com el disparador en forma de xampinyó, o el avançador de rodet més baix. Amb el número de serie 14926, data del 1929, i funciona perfectament, amb l’excepció que no pot rebobinar. Vaig descobrir que l’interior està en molt bon estat, però que li manca una peça que desembraga el mecanisme per poder rebobinar. Així i tot, pot fer fotos de gran qualitat, amb la salvetat que cal treure el rodet a les fosques. L'objectiu és l'usual en les Leica I, el Leitz Elmar f3.5 / 50mm plegable (que facilita molt poder-la portar a la butxaca). Aquestes Leica inicials tenien un objectiu fixe, i no es podia canviar. Es tracta del Elmar original, sense escala de profunditat de camp, el que fa l’enfoc una mica més dificil. Per sort, es pot adjuntar a la càmera un telèmetre extern de la propia Leitz, com el FODIS/FODUA o el FOFER.
www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/Leica_I_(model_A)
www.cameraquest.com/leicaa.htm
www.shutterbug.com/content/leica-i-camera-change-photography
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When Oskar Barnack created the Leica, there were few precedents for using 35mm MOVIE film for cameras. And even less the afterwards ubiquitous standard daylight cassette type 135 (created by Kodak). The film was bought in bulk and loaded into reusable cassettes from Leitz itself, the FILCA model. This is a FILCA B ready to load into the Leica I (A). The 135 rollers cannot be used in these early Leicas ( this one from 1929).
This is the camera which set and defined the 35mm format, put it in the center of the World, still being the pattern (full frame) for all cameras 100 years later. Even the generic distribution of the controls was already largely fixed by this first model.
I'm obviously talking about the Leica I, model A, which was manufactured in Wetzlar from 1925; also known as Leica A. As you may know, the first prototype (Ur-Leica) was from 1913, created by Oskar Barnack for the Ernst Leitz microscope company. But the Great War delayed all development, and it was not until 1923 that the pre-series models were produced (Leica Null-Series). Finally, despite the crisis, Leitz took the risk of launching this "miniature camera" on the market, changing the world of photography.
The Leica I model A differs visually from the rest of Leicas by the so-called "hockey stick", a front piece that blocks the focus at infinite. At the top plate are the advance lever, trigger, release lever for rewinding, speed selector, viewfinder and rewind handle. This control layout will be copied multiple times (notably by Nikon in the S and F series) and will become the standard even today.
This Leica I (A) is in fact my second one of this early model, and was made in 1929, due to it’s serial number being the 14926. It has several early model details, like the “mushroom” button or short advance lever. The camera works well, but can’t be rewinded. I discovered that it lacks a part that disengages the mechanism so it could be rewinded (so it has to be done in the dark). The lens is the usual for the Leica I, the folding Leitz Elmar f3.5 / 50mm (which makes it very easy to carry it in your pocket). These initial Leica had a fixed lens, and they could not be changed. In this case it is the original Elmar, without depth-of-field scale, making focusing more difficult. A detachable vertical rangefinder could be mounted on the cold shoe, like Leit’z own FODIS/FODUA or the later FOFER.
www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/Leica_I_(model_A)
www.cameraquest.com/leicaa.htm
www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_C234.html
www.shutterbug.com/content/leica-i-camera-change-photography
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