Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small wrote: > > At 06:50 PM 11/16/1999 -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > >The SLR revolution happened 40 years ago, with the introduction of the > >Nikon F. This is ancient history. > > > > Sorry, Godfrey. The SLR Revolution began at the Leipzig-Messe in 1949, > with the introduction of Hubert Nerwin's Contax S. Herbert Keppler wrote a > fascinating article in Pop around seven or eight years ago about the > immediate and dynamic effect this had on the professional community of the > time, and Dechert has also done so, in his fine monograph, THE CONTAX S > CAMERA FAMILY. Both were working pros at the time. > How about the Graflex, Marc, where does that fit in? I thought that came in at the beginning. Mark Rabiner