Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:15 AM 11/26/97 -0400, you wrote: >The Ermanox was important because it was one of the first hand-holdable >cameras used for available light work. I think that it had an f/2.8 lens, >and took small plates. Glass plates, and the lens was 1.8, not 2.8. And the guy who put it on the map was Erich Solomon and his coverage of diplomats in Europe. But he and Eisenstadt, Felix Mann, I believe and others were very happy to get Leicas instead. Glass plates are harder to handle. Had to sew big pockets into his tuxedos. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse.