Re: [Leica] Leicas on the small screen, redux!

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Dans un courrier daté du 20/07/01 18:30:46 Paris, Madrid (heure d'été), 
dpost@triad.rr.com a écrit :

> Alas, a surfeit of Leicas on the screen last night.
>  The first was the "Wasp's Nest" episode of the Hercule Poirot mystery 
series
>  with David Suchet's marvelous portrayal of the fussy Belgian detective. His
>  sidekick, Captain Hasting had taken up photography, and was carrying what I
>  now recognize as a IIIa, with what appeared to be an Elmar 50.
>  Unfortunately, I was dismayed when the Captain muttered that he should have
>  brought the "150" instead of mentioning the wonderful 135 Hektor that would
>  have been in any decent Leica kit!
>  The other was the Nick Nolte movie, also with Ed Harris, where Nolte
>  portrays a photojournalist, and he has a couple of Leicas prominently
>  hanging around his neck- One looks like it might be a black M4 perhaps an
>  M4-P? This takes place in 1979, so I am not absolutely sure. He also had a
>  chrome Leica; it was hard to tell on the diminuative screen, but looked 
like
>  an M3. He also had a motorized Nikon, and a rather large bag- my first
>  thought that in a 'Shootin' War' situation, he was carrying a whole lot of
>  baggage! Personally, I think I would try to carry as little as possible and
>  still do the job, and have the ability to get real small and crawl into a
>  pocket when the LZ gets hot!
>  Dan ( In a Leica freefire zone) Post


As a professionnal soldier , I've served in the middle of the Gulf war ( I 
was 
stationned at Rapha , Irak border to S.A. ) with plenty of  heavy Nikon gear ,
actually 2 F4's and 2.8 everything IF-ED lenses .
By the way I carried my 1984 M6 with 35 'cron .
I can confirm that wearing an NBC suit , a bullet proof jacket , a Famas gun ,
a 9mm pistol , loads of cartridges , + that Nikon stuff was a hell of a 
nightmare .
After a month or so , I was carrying the M6 at all times and the Nikon on 
occasion.
I remember having crafted a special " wire " viewfinder for the 35 , using 
the normal
thing with a gas mask was almost impossible .
Also the gas mask in is pocket served as a perfect pouch for the Leica !
When I came back home a few months later a got rid of the " Heavy " gear .

JO GOODTIMES -FRANCE/ AIRBORNE RADAR TECH / LIVE FREE OR DIE
will soon be moving to Metz