Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 25, 2014, at 7:23 PM, Douglas Barry wrote: > Did it ever exist? Was it just a cadre of influential photographers that > got them for free who popularised Leica? Anybody know? > > It certainly wasn't in 1959 when this Ekberg photo was taken, as I pointed > out in an earlier post, there are no Leicas to be seen. However, I may be > going blind and missed one. Have a look at the photo of all the cameramen > at the bottom of the plane's steps. But none of you commented on the > absence of Leicas at the time. > > http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20140220-pictures-we-love-to-hate When I did photojournalism (1965 through 1977) Every print journalist I knew or saw carried Leica's with wides - generally two - one color one b&w Nikons with medium long to long - generally two or three virtually no zooms back then - all primes Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist