Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Eisie
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 09:15:08 -0400

At 08:27 AM 7/20/01 -0400, Sal DiMarco,Jr. wrote:
>John Brownblow wrote: "But surely there were rolleiflexes around he could
>have used... not to
>mention the grafmatic back for 4x5 cameras! I have eight of these suckers
>now and can therefore fire off 48 4x5 frames at intervals of approximately 5
>seconds, or 15 when I have to change a back! Of course then I have to go
>home.
>
>John,
>      When Eisie started taking pictures, none of that stuff was around. The
>Grafmatic magazine is an invention of the early fifties or sixties.

Sure, but the Rolleiflex WAS around when he began his career -- regular
production of the first TLR began in January, 1929.

Marc

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