Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Luc Delahaye's choice of camera
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 11:49:25 -0500
References: <B6E75EB5.102D5%jbcollier@home.com>

John Collier wrote:
> 
> American Photo did a article on the book a short while ago. My rapidly
> failing memory seems to recall he used a Contax G2 set up. Could be wrong
> though, why not go to the library and check?
> 
> John Collier
> 
> > From: "Rory Flynn" <roryflynn@eircom.net>
> >
> > I was reading through Delahaye's "Wintereise" recently and noticed that one
> > of the pictures features a male in what appears to be a hotel bathroom
> > photographing himself in the mirror. The camera is a black rangefinder, the
> > lense is very(?) wideangle (you cannot see the lense itself in the picture).
> > Any idea of what either is?
> >
> > For those of you who havn't seen it, the book is a collection of grim
> > photographs of Russia, many in somewhat lurid colours.
> >
That group of photos was indeed shot with G2 equipment...

B. D.

In reply to: Message from John Collier <jbcollier@home.com> (Re: [Leica] Luc Delahaye's choice of camera)