Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeff: I also first though Exacta or Practika then thought "naw, couldn't be." But with two of us with the same thought... maybe it is a Practika. I'm _only_ 60, are any of you OLDer timers able to identify it. BTW Jeff, that's a great shot of the horn player. Jim - http://www.hemenway.com Jeffery Smith wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > -- - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html