Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not to keep this one alive forever, but a flip through Requiem, glancing at what the various photographers were photographed using, would certainly give credence to Eric's argument. And, not that it means a whole lot, but the jacket of A Road To A War, the terrific novel about a combat photographer who disappears in Cambodia, features a photo illustration that includes an M and an F.... > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of > Eric Welch > Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 6:00 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; > leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Contax shutter complexity versus Leica > > > At 12:21 PM 11/20/99 -0500, Marc James Small wrote: > >Combat photographers chose Contax, not Leica. > > Not after the M3 mad an appearance. And of course, in > Vietnam, the Contax > was already on the way out, or dead. No? From what I read, > the M and Nikon > F were the only cameras that had the reputation of surviving > the jungles of > Southeast Asia. > > Eric Welch > Carlsbad, CA > http://www.neteze.com/ewelch What is the probability that something will happen according to the odds?