Re: [Leica] Leica in Vietnam

[rnkramer@mindspring.com]

Yesterday I went to see the Requiem exhibit of photographs taken by
photographers who died in Vietnam .   What an incredible exhibit!   Being
the same age as my M3  I was familiar with a fair number of the images, but
it was a whole new experience to see actual prints instead of reproductions
in a magazine or book.  Really, really great stuff!

And of course being the Leica nut that I am, I paid particular attention to
who used Leicas.  Dickey Chapelle, Kyoichi Sawada, Larry Burrows all were
shown with their M3's.  I believe Sawada won a Pulitzer Prize for his work,
right?  The knob rewind sure didn't seem to be a problem for any of these
photographers!

Bob Kramer
Atlanta, GA

- -----Original Message-----

>
> 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
>
>- ----
>True, Tina...But remember, it was possible to do a pretty fast manual
rewind
>on the Nikons even if the motor failed - it wasn't until all the useful
>manual controls were taken off the cameras that they became doorstops if
the
>batteries died...:-)
>
>B. D.
>