Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/18

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Bokeh (sp?) rant - hot to handle!
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jls@runbox.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 17:09:02 -0500

Looks like an Exacta, huh?

Best Regards,

Jeffery L. Smith



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us 
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of 
> Allan Wafkowski
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 4:27 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Re: Bokeh (sp?) rant - hot to handle!
> 
> 
> At the very bottom of the page there is a picture of Dorothea 
> holding a 
> camera. I looks like an upsidedown SLR of some sort. Can 
> anyone identify 
> the camera? I think I'm seeing it wrong.
> 
> Allan
> 
> 
> david degner wrote:
> >
> > In Dorothea Lange's photo of a girl holding a barbed
> > wire fence while her mother stands, out of focus, in
> > the background, the bokeh has a substantial impact on
> > the photo.  Im not sure what type of camera she used
> > or even if the bokeh in the photo could be consider
> > good, but in the end it is important for the mood of
> > the photo.  You have to see the photo in print to get
> > its full impact but  it is the 5th one from the top on
> 
> > http://thecity.sfsu.edu/pacific.pix/WEBPAGE/dorothea3.html
> 
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