Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/05

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Ansel Adams Turns 100
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 22:05:25 -0500

At 08:42 AM 2/5/02 -0500, BOB KRAMER wrote:
>I thought AA was a contax RF man.  In his book "Examples: The Making of 40
>Photographs", he includes a photo he took of Stieglitz (I think) were he
>goes into detail about using Contax RF cameras.  He did write that the Leica
>was a fine camera, but that he preferred the Contax.  Did he switch to
>Leicas at some other point in his career?  This was a fascinating book BTW.
>Well worth reading.

Adams was the Poster Boy for Leitz in the US during the 1940's and 1950's
and pitched seminars for Leica users.  See any of the serious photo
magazines of the era.

Marc

msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +276/343-7315
Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir!

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