Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's a pity so-called popular photo magazines don't get *all* their essential facts right. In our interview with the man who restored Barnack's Ur-Leica (and cine camera) said that he measured the film gate at 1 x 1.5 inches, or 25x38mm to the nearest mm, and not 24x38mm as stated in "Amateur Photographer". And inexcusably, the UK's "Professional Photographer" in a "history of photography" feature in their Millennium issue stated that the M-series Leica was launched in 1960! Ed Buziak / Publisher "Camera & Darkroom" ed.buziak@camera-and-darkroom.co.uk * Web site under construction * - ---------- >From: Cummer Family <cummer@asiaonline.net> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: [Leica] Brit Mags - Amateur Photo's "A Century of Photography" Special Edition - a bit of Leica history - long >Date: Thu, Jan 27, 2000, 11:07 am > >SNIP...Given the relatively low resolution obtained >on a standard cine frame (18X24mm)Barnack went for a larger film format >(initially 24 X 38mm, but later 24 X 36mm) to get results... SNIP... >Comment: Whatever happens to Leica, no one can take away its history. I'm >sure most luggers know parts or most of this story in detail, but it is >gratifying to see it repeated in a popular photo magazine.