Tokyo, Japan, August 1958: S&S photographer A/1C H. K. Barnett used three different lenses and two types of cameras to capture a variety of images to illustrate the dangerous streets of Tokyo — streets that according to the accompanying article about the many traffic accidents and deaths on the streets of the Japanese capital.

The caption with the photo provided all the information any ‘gear nerd’ would want: “On an Asahi Pentax, he mounted a 250mm telephoto lens. Thise was used for the traffic shot on 10th Street in Tokyo near the Shimbashi Station. A long lens in this case gives an unusual view of the traffic without actually distorting it. The other two cameras were Cannons, one with a 105mm lens and the other with a normal 50mm lens. The latter was primarily used to shoot through the windshield of a staff car.”

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