Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica in Vietnam
From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net>
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 07:12:53 -0500

At 10:25 PM 3/7/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Ut talks about equipment too, stating that most shooters in Vietnam 
>carried a Nikon F
>and a Leica, usually an M2. He states that those who used their Leicas 
>most were
>always at a disadvantage because of slow rewinding. He says that in the 
>full-frame
>version of his famous image you can see one of his colleagues struggling 
>to rewind
>the film in his Leica - that guy missed the prize-winning picture!
>
>I guess the M4 hadn't caught on yet although, in a way, I feel M users are 
>still at a
>bit of a disadvantage when it comes to rewind and reload in the heat of 
>the action.
>
>Emanuel Lowi


I wonder how many photos were missed because the batteries were dead in the 
automatic re-wind cameras?

Tina


Tina Manley, ASMP
http://www.tinamanley.com