Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: I can't believe I'm losing this argument
From: csocolow <csocolow@microserve.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 12:02:02 -0500

George Huczek wrote:
> 
> In his autobiography (Little, Brown, and Co.) AA wrote:
> 
> In 1893, while I was on one of my frequent visits to Point Lobos, I was
> sitting at one of the picnic benches changing film in my Leica R-4. A
> middle-aged man, obviously a photographer, since he was festooned with
> several cameras, came and sat opposite me.  He expressed astonishment that
> I was using a 35mm camera.  I explained that I was not dedicated to any
> particular size and that I had used 35mm extensively.  I am often typed as
> a rigid large-format man in spite of the fact that I have done much work
> with smaller formats.

Hmmm. 1893. AA never looked his age. And Oscar Barnak was way ahead of
his times. :-)
- -- 
Carl Socolow

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