Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/12

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Subject: Re: 35mm Eyes
From: jredfern@ftn.net (J. Redfern)
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 16:11:33 -0500

>The other place AF has taken over, as many posts have mentioned, is one area
>of photojournalism, where quick shots in fast moving situations are required
>(e.g., walking backward in front of an advancing candidate).

Shouldn't the term be "press photography" as opposed to "photojournalism"?
There wouldn't (at first glance) to be much left in the way of journalism
in pointing a lens at a staged photo-op.
Just a thought.
"J"