Re: [Leica] Re: Was bokeh now Dorothea

[Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com>]

I thought "Practika" when I saw the lens.

At 08:08 PM 6/18/2002 -0400, you wrote:

>On first blush it looks like an Exacta because it looks like there isn't
>a prism which was one of the options... also the lens looks somewhat
>like a Flektogon... wasn't that also East German made as was the Exacta?
>--
>Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
>
>
>
>Allan Wafkowski wrote:
> >
> > 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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