Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" wrote: > > You left out the thread about the use of an Leica SL2 captured along with an > American U-2 plane by the Soviets several years ago. Apparently while > photographing the terrain, the reflections off the special Lietz glass was > noticed by the Soviets who promptly captured the plane. The Soviets then > forced him to use non-Leica gear until he finally broke down and confessed > he once owned a Ni**n camera. They eventually exchanged him and the U2 > plane for a Leica M3 and R6.2 with several Leica lenses. All agreed it was > a fair trade. (I better use a few ;-] :-)) snip Take one part John LeCarr add one part Tom Clancy, multiply by Alfred E. Newman = Mark E. Rabiner