Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/04/30

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Subject: [Leica] Tank Man
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 17:38:34 -0500
References: <1484577085.454.1556621772271@wamui-gaston.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <04fc3618-48aa-5dee-c19a-b929e428bba2@iol.ie>

I posted about this last week sometime, the AP image that most know was
shot with a Nikon FE2, according to a Wikipedia article.  The same event
was shot by 4 others.  Cameras not mentioned in the article.  Video was
also shot by three shooters.

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 5:23 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> But was it clarified that he didn't use the Leica and instead used the
> Nikon, especially when the source is Nikon Rumours - a Nikon fanboy site?
>
> Douglas
>
>
> On 30/04/2019 11:56, Montie via LUG wrote:
> > Yeah, definitely a few essentials fell through the crack on
> > this one. I wonder how many management heads "rolled" (if any).
> >
> > Montie
> >
> >
> >>> Not only was the film, "Leica - The Hunt" a brain dead marketing ploy,
> but
> > it seems to have been made without any attempt at due diligence
> whatsoever!
> > A problem that Leica brought on themselves - a true management goof up!
> >
> >
> https://nikonrumors.com/2019/04/29/the-iconic-tank-man-photos-were-shot-with-a-nikon-camera.aspx/
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
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Regards,

Sonny
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1714
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USA


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