Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 7/19/01 11:11 AM, lea at lea@whinydogpress.com wrote: > Rummaging thru the shelves of a used book shop yesterday I came across a > first edition of Eisenstaedt's book, The Eye of Eisenstaedt. Published > in 1969 it speaks of his time with Life Magazine and how his photography > was changed so dramatically when a friend allowed him to use his Leica > for a quick shoot. Finally Eisenstaedt found a tool which allowed him to > shoot images one after another without stopping to reload a glass plate. > Imagine it. He became a changed photographer. But surely there were rolleiflexes around he could have used... not to mention the grafmatic back for 4x5 cameras! I have eight of these suckers now and can therefore fire off 48 4x5 frames at intervals of approximately 5 seconds, or 15 when I have to change a back! Of course then I have to go home. - -- John Brownlow http://www.pinkheadedbug.com ICQ: 109343205