Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Street photography using LF
From: Roger <contaxaholic@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 13:05:07 -0800 (PST)

Sold my old Speed Graphic years ago. It was my first
LF camera. 

http://www.bostick-sullivan.com has the 4x5, 5x7 and
8x10 'Hobo' point-n-shoot.

Cambo Wide 4x5 is another alternative, and I'm sure
there are others.



- --- Steve LeHuray <icommag@toad.net> wrote:

> ......<big snip>
> 
> Of course you can use a Speed Graphic for more than
> Street Photogaphy. Many,
> many years ago when I was a teenager and living in
> New York I used to sneek
> my Father's Speed Graphic out of the house to go and
> photograph sports car
> racing at Watkins Glen and Lime Rock. Back in those
> days cameras were pretty
> primitive compared to what we have to choose from
> now. What I remember
> seeing at the track was mostly Rollie TLR's. Anyway
> I must have done pretty
> good because my Father found out that I was
> pilfering his camera when he saw
> one of my pictures in the local paper with my
> byline. He raised hell with me
> and then later gave me a Petri 35 rangefinder which
> was a pretty good
> camera.
> 
> Steve
> Annapolis


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