Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] SLR Revolution
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 12:18:17 -0800

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