Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: > "Visit to the Pope" > Pope Johannes Paul ll is presented 3 black and white 11 by 14's taken > by Eric Lessing with a Leica in the '50s by an American couple. "Asked > whether the Holy Father would like to receive a Leica Minilux, the > answer was positive." "..a memorable moment also for the Holy Father > who is doubtless susceptible to good visual communication and who now > has the possibility, whenever he feels like it, to take pictures with > a Leica." An interesting story. So..... the Pope is pushing Leica gear? Hat off to Solms' marketing dept. B