Just stumbled across this 'FS' item:-
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/a...e-ab6b010b13d1
regards
Andrew
Just stumbled across this 'FS' item:-
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/a...e-ab6b010b13d1
regards
Andrew
Uh huh...
--- Steve from Missouri ---
This AA doesn't stand for ANsel Adams! Maybe Alcoholic Anonymous
I doubt the auctioneer really believes this!
I certainly don’t.
A little too easy to connect Adams the user with Adams the maker. A look at time line for the Adams company and it’s production, compared wiith Adams the active photographer, would probably confirm the fallacy.
Thx Steven
Well I tipped the Auction House off re our discussion and I sent them a link, the sale is tomorrow, so it's their call - and fwiw from my past reading(s) of Ansel's work and the Cameras used, I've never seen any reference to him using a model from this manufacturer, so, all in all it's probably a h**x
regards
Andrew
Some people think Weston Light Meters were made by Edward Weston. So it's hard to tell if this particular listing is due to ignorance or a con.
Circa 1911, London. Pretty sure Ansel had his own English camera company in full production when he was 9.
BTW, Edward Weston did make the Weston Meter. Different Edward Weston, though...
"I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."
Although Adams of London first produced this swanky camera in 1909, Channing & Dunn state that it was still in production in 1952! And more or less without modifications in the original design. So it is just possible there is some truth in the story. Ansel would have been a prized PR icon by the late 1940’s!
Last edited by Steven Tribe; 9-Mar-2020 at 04:41.
"I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."
Thanks all
I only posted 'for interest only' - the Auction House is reputable but not overly for specialising in Photographica
regards
Andrew
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