RE: [Leica] f/8 and be there

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

"Those guys" also used Speed Graphics and other impossible equipment in
combat....Particular the military photographers...It's pretty amazing to
even contemplate as the EOS1V bangs away at something like 8-10 frames per
second with its autofocus zooms....or, for that matter, the M silently
records the scene and the photographer can disappear into the
background...Makes even a Rollei seem like a real klunker, and the camera
still is NO klunker....

B.orn too late thank Mom and D.ad to have to use a Speed Graphic, but used
my Dad's 2.8 Rollei with prism and trigger grip on my first summer photog
job.....TWTD...


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John Coan
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 4:09 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] f/8 and be there
>
>
> So, Perry, I have a question.
>
> How long does it take to load another sheet of film in a Speed
> Graphic?  (How "speedy" is it?)
>
> I always admired the old news photographers with those cool
> cameras.  Seems
> like you either got the shot the first time, or it was gone.  Of course,
> back then celebrities actually liked to get their picture taken "Just one
> quick shot, Miss Harlow."  and they would stop and pose with a big smile.
>
> And didn't they all wear fedoras with a card saying "Press" in
> the hat band?
>
> It's enjoyable seeing the evolution of press cameras in newsreel
> footage.  Seems from my casual observation that during the late 50's the
> Speed Graphics were being replaced with TLR's (mostly Rolleis) in the
> US.  Whereas, in old WWII footage from Germany those guys used
> Rolleiflexes
> back then.
>
> At 11:49 AM 06/15/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> >"Sal DiMarco,Jr." wrote:
> > >
> > > Lug Nuts,
> > >         It is said in the very early days of news photography
> (1920s &
> > 30s),
> > > all one needed to know was "ten feet, f/8 and be there."
> > >         It's the simplest guide to photography. Remember back
> then, they
> > > shot was a 4x5 Speed Graphic and flash bulbs.
> > > Happy Snaps,
> > > Sal DiMarco, Jr.
> >
> >Ten feet put's em in the back row with the Graphlexes, Sal!
> >Mark (Perry White) Rabiner
> >
> >When the Speeds came out (leather covered mahogany boxes that float) the
> >word was:
> >smash to the left, smash to the right, then fire (you wanted to get a
> >clear shot)!!!?
>
>