How The Beatles helped turn the Pentax Spotmatic into an iconic camera
WEBOct 21, 2023 · Learn about the history and legacy of the Pentax Spotmatic, the first 35mm SLR with built-in metering and a huge success among photographers, including the Fab Four. Discover how the Beatles' photos with their Spotmatics influenced the camera industry and popularised the 35mm SLR format.
John Lennon's Pentax - PentaxForums.com
WEBJun 14, 2011 · I have read somewhere that they all had black Pentax camera each and Pentax was using the images of Beatles with the cameras in their PR. I can be wrong though...
Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm
WEBThe images also evoke an affectionate family album, picturing McCartney and bandmates John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr at a time when their lives were changing irrevocably. See through the “eyes of the storm,” as McCartney describes his unique perspective on this extraordinary period, and relive a musical legend’s meteoric rise.
Rediscovering Paul McCartney's photos of The Beatles' 1964 invasion
WEBJun 18, 2023 · Paul McCartney used his Pentax camera to capture the momentous musical journey of The Beatles' first visit to America in 1964. See the photos of the band, the fans, and the places they visited,...
How an Iconic Portrait of John Lennon Began With Photographer …
WEB6 days ago · It was August 29, 1974, midday, and John Lennon, nearly 34 at the time, was up on the roof of his rented East 52nd Street penthouse.
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Beatles and ‘A Hard Day’s Night’
WEBSep 12, 2016 · He provides the film’s dramatic tension by leaving the group to go “parading” with a Pentax 35-millimeter camera, after Wilfred Brambell, the actor playing Paul’s rascal grandfather,...
What 35mm camera is Paul McCartney holding?
WEBSep 21, 2006 · Pentax gave the Beatles the cameras, and they used them quite often. If you watch the part of the Anthology dvd set where Paul talks about visiting Miami for the first time he mentions they all carried their Pentax cameras with them.
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WEBJun 15, 2011 · Pentax did not invent the Pentaprism. Fitting a pentaprism over a reflex camera was done by Geman's Zeiss Ikon : Contax S (1949) and the Italian made Rectaflex (1948). Contax S was a M42 lens mount reflex, just as Asahi Pentax, but predates it …
The View from Inside Beatlemania - The New Yorker
WEBJun 10, 2023 · Still, McCartney tried to capture some of that New Madness through the lens of a camera. In 1963, each of the Beatles had been given a Pentax.
Rediscovering Paul McCartney's photos of The Beatles' 1964 …
WEBJul 1, 2024 · Paul McCartney used his Pentax camera the same way he used his guitar: with total freedom. And in early 1964, the 21-year-old took his new camera on perhaps the most momentous musical journey...