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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Hammersley's Cricket Shoes at al.
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 16:09:59 -0800

Marc James Small wrote:
> 
> At 09:05 AM 11/20/1999 +0000, Mike Johnston wrote:
><Snip> 
> Yes, and that is what I am saying now, as well.  My statements are
> consistent with each other.  Trust me on this one:  when Adams taught at
> the Leica Schools, he did NOT use a Zeiss Ikon Contax nor any of his LF
> gear.  He used Leica.  My point was that Adams was a long-time Leica owner
> and user.
> 
> The R4, incidentally, was introduced in 1980.
> 
> Marc

Yesterday Brad Weeks the USA Leica rep. told me it was an M4.
I believe he genuinely felt that to be true. Could be. Could be when it came to
35 in his last 10 years he never reached for the same camera body/system twice
in a row.
Mark Rabiner