Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Sports Illustrated cover
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 13:30:59 -0400

Funny thing about that photo (one of the all time great Sports photos,
IMHO, taken by Neil Leifer (sp?)), is that few or none of the other guys
with cameras are actually using them, as I recall.

Dan C.

At 11:23 AM 26-07-99 -0500, you wrote:
>On the front of my most recent SI there is a photo of Ali vs Liston, (May 
>25 1965 date of photo.)  Liston is on his back and Ali is standing over 
>him shouting....in the background are the photographers.  A Rolleiflex, 
>one guy with 2 RFDR's (M's?) and such...interesting to see all of these 
>old cameras in actual news/sports use. 
>
>This issue is neat as it has a lot of old sports photos they consider 
>some of the best...
>
>Harrison McClary
>email: harrison@mcclary.net
>http://www.mcclary.net
>preview my book: http://www.volmania.com
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