Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [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) - -- 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