[Leica] OT: A little history

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

On 26/01/2005, at 3:51 AM, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:

> The article brings back memories.
> Back in the early 90's I had decided to cover news for a weekly with 
> 120 TLR and SLR. I remember being elbow to elbow with the AP folks, 
> them cursing their digital Flintstone cameras and me cursing reloading 
> 12 exposure rolls. In the space of 3 years from 95 to 98, everyone was 
> shooting digital, myself including.
> At the beginning of the 90's many news shooters would have an M2, M4, 
> or an M6 with a 35mm along for the ride. By 96-97, even that practice 
> fell by the way side. Now, when a news shooter shows up at an event 
> with Leicas, it's when they're not on the clock, and are pursuing a 
> personal project that never sees the light of day.

Well some personal projects do ;-)

Alastair