Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc Why do you call Mike Fletcher my "old sparring partner"? Jerry Marc James Small wrote: > At 12:59 PM 3/9/03 -0800, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > >Lots of pics in it were taken with Leicas and Rolleiflexes, but quite a > >few of Capa's pics > >were done with a Contax! > > Jerry > > As your old sparring partner, QWhoZeiss@aol.com -- who happens to be one of > the most learned scholars of Capa around -- would tell you, Capa switched > from Leica to Contax shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. > He took his D-Day pictures with Rolleiflex for the voyage in and with > Contax for the beach shots. When he was killed he had a Contax and a Nikon > RF with him. > > Marc > > msmall@infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html