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Subject: RE: [Leica] Korean police action photogs - And the Roll of the Rollei
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 19:18:25 -0500

I have sitting in my lap a book entitled The Best of FIAP 1964 - FIAP being
the International Federation of Photographic Art, as translated from the
French. Anyway, this collection of prize-winning photos from all over the
world - USA to China and back again - is VERY Rollei heavy. In the back of
the book there is a section listing cameras, exposures, and film type for
all the photos, and on a number of pages Rolleis account for literally 50%
of the cameras. There are a fair number of Leicas, various Zeiss cameras,
some 4x5s, but Rollei was clearly the camera of choice still.

I would also note that there was a period between the phase-out of the speed
graphic and the take-over by the Nikon F, when Rolleis dominated photo
journalism.

But Marc Small can certainly provide the details re: rolleis.

B. D.

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[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of pmjensen
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 2:54 PM
To: leica users
Subject: [Leica] Korean police action photogs


Seth saeth:
>Now that I think about it, most of the front line photography
>during the Korean police action was shot with Leica IIIf's and the early
>Nikkor 50/1,4s.

Seth:
There's a neat photo by the late Werner Bischof of AT LEAST twenty Korean
action photogs (and at least one scribbler) in a rugby scrum (it's a
Where's Waldo? scene), titled: press photographers covering the war,
1951. Bischof has probably turned his back on some official to face the
reporters instead. Definitely not front line, maybe not even
representative. All manner of cameras: Rollei front and center, LTM,
Nikon thread (or is that Contax?), Speed Graphics with flash bulbs, 16mm
movie cameras with the big wind-up keys, etc. I don't know from lenses so
I'm no help there. Neat photo and chockablock with info for camera
historians. Can be found in MAGNUM DEGREES, page 57 (great diverse
collection of photography at a relatively low price, btw).

- --Peter (whose limitations require no statute)



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