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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Was bokeh now Dorothea
From: Jim Hemenway <jim@hemenway.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 22:10:37 -0400
References: <2CF307B7-8302-11D6-AE64-003065D4DE46@sohogurus.net> <5.1.0.14.0.20020618194201.00bafce8@pop.runbox.com>

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
> > >
> > > --
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In reply to: Message from Allan Wafkowski <allan@sohogurus.net> ([Leica] Re: Bokeh (sp?) rant - hot to handle!)
Message from Jeffery Smith <jls@runbox.com> (Re: [Leica] Re: Was bokeh now Dorothea)