Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Kurt, Thanks for the pointer. I should look the book up and read it, as well the recent HCB book. Cheers, - - Phong > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of khmiska > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 12:05 PM > To: Phong > Subject: Re[2]: [Leica] HCB Interview - f8 and be there > > > Phong, > The book "Magnum - Fifty Years at the Front Line of History" by > Russell Miller contains some very interesting comments aboutr HCB's > photographic habits. On page 103 the author writes, "He (HCB) > preferred to use rubber jam jar covers instead of lens caps, for > example, and tied them with to his Leica with a length of shoelace. > She (his wife) also discovered that that he used red nail varnish to > mark his favorite shutter speed and distance - 1/125 of a second and 4 > meters." > Cordially > Kurt Miska > -- > Kurt H. Miska > GERMAN BUSINESS TRANSLATIONS > Ann Arbor, Michigan > khmiska@umich.edu > http://www-personal.umich.edu/~khmiska/ > > -- > 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