Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/09

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Subject: A Leica Litr'ry Connexion
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 1997 14:14:16 -0400

For those who read mysteries, attention is directed to Raymond Chandler's
THE LITTLE SISTER, where the Bad Guy makes his living by taking nasty
pictures with a 'Leica with an f.2 lens' and blackmailing folks.

Damn!  Here's a money-making idea which never occured to me.  Given the
vintage of the novel, it is probably a IIIc and Summitar, one of my
favorite pairs, but who can tell at this remove?  Chandler died forty years
back, so we'll probably never be able to ascertain his involvement with
photography in general and E Leitz Wetlzar in particular.

Marc


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