Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/08/01

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To: "Leica Users Group" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Subject: Invention Leica segment
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramarren@apple.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 96 01:57:39 -0700
 
Caught the 10 minute segment on Leica in tonight's "Invention" on 
Discovery channel. It was light but interesting, a little too much 
rah rah for me. Neat to see a couple of the examples they showed: 
a Leica found in the debris from the Hindenburg disaster, a body 
with a huge dent in it from WWII which saved the life of the 
photographer when it caught a bullet, and the original Leica, still
functional. Also they showed a quick montage of some classic
photographs, as well as a few blips of a recent all Leica show. 

It was worth the ten minutes of video tape. :)

Perhaps the most interesting thing to me was the original motivation
for creating the Leica -- to do exposure testing for 35mm movie 
equipment. I'd forgotten that. 

godfrey