Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted wrote about Alf: >You're not supposed to go around breaking arms when you are a photographer. >A leg is OK, but no arms!! :) > >It does tie up doing things and as you say, trying to hold and focus a >camera with one hand is a problem. A former colleague of mine, Leighton Mark, was a staff photographer for UPI out of the Washington bureau, what made him so unique was that he was/is a one armed photographer. He shot using an old Nikon FM. To see him work was impressive. He could load a camera on the run never missing a beat. I covered part of the '92 presidential campaign with him. A very interesting fellow to work with. But, Alf, I am sure it is a major pain in the butt to type one handed much less try to shoot that way. Leighton used a motor drive on his camera and I am sure you do not have the M winder. Hope you get feeling better soon. Harrison McClary http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto