Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc Correct me if I stray off course, but I thought I read that Victor Hasselblad was actually an ornithologist, and he specifically designed the camera to photograph birds in the manner he wanted. I always thought that the reason the camera was such a success, was because it was designed by a USER and not by an engineer with some vague notion of what a photographer needs (shades of the Edsel!). It could be why the Leica, as well as the Hassie have been such a success! Dan - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small" <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 7:43 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] if it lives under a bridge it's probably a ..... > At 04:58 PM 12/20/01 -0000, Simon Lamb wrote: > >The build quality of a Hasselblad is definitely in the same league as a > >Leica. It however is not the first thing that would enter many people's > >mind as a wildlife camera, especially if you want long lenses. > > Victor Hasselblad made quite a reputation for himself in the '60's and > '70's, gadding about with his eponymous camera and lenses to photograph > wildlife all around the world. > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html