Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A Graphic with a Grafmatic back and a calibrated rangefinder is a very fast camera to operate. They do not float but are easy to fix with just a pocketknife. Rolleiflex, yes. Ken Bell shot the Juno Beach landing with the Canadian Army using a Rollei. But not Hassy. They didn't exist. That's what I was saying. Phil Forrest On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:38:48 -0400 Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > WWII army photographers were issued cameras which were there times a > bigger cube than a Hasselblad. Speed graphic type cameras were > common. As were twin lens Rolleiflexes. > They somehow got they all got shot. > Especially a Speed Graphic which is a mahogany wood box covered with > leather. > It floats. And are hand fixable in a foxhole. > -- philforrest.wordpress.com gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest