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Subject: [Leica] An extraordinary collection of 40's Leica images
From: gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO)
Date: Wed May 25 12:05:37 2005

Including those of Rommel and Montgomery.

Regards,

Greg

----- Original Message -----
From: Chandos Michael Brown <chandos@cox.net>
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 11:58 am
Subject: [Leica] An extraordinary collection of 40's Leica images

> 
> Someone in the Photonet Leica forum posted a link to the following 
> site:
> http://politiken.dk/VisArtikel.asp?PageID=375480&nr=1
> 
> Evidently these are images exposed in Copenhagen during the war years,
> but only recently processed and scanned.
> 
> The discussion here:
> 
> http://www.leica-camera.com/discus_e/messages/2/135679.html?1117037412
> 
> suggests that all of these images were made with a Barnack Leica 
> and a
> 50mm lens.  
> 
> In the event, whether he made them with a IIIc or a No. 1 Kodak Pocket
> Special doesn't matter.  He was one hell of a photographer.  I 
> urge all
> of you to have a look at these; simply amazing! 
> 
> Chandos
> 
> 
> 
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