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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: My plea for wisdom.. thanks all
From: Rolfe Tessem <rolfe@ldp.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 11:11:17 -0400
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Ted Grant wrote:

>Rolfe Tessem said:
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>>But in the uncropped version of Nick Ut's Pulitzer Prize winning Vietnam
>>photo of the naked girl running down the road to escape the napalm
>>attack, you will see David Burnett frantically trying to reload his M2.<<<
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>Hi Rolfe,
>And he could just as easily been frantically re-loading a Nikon F instead or
>any other camera he was using. In these situations it's the luck of the draw
>when things start popping around you in any situation of fast moving nature.
>
Ted,

I completely agree.

I just thought the anecdote would be of interest given the current 
thread. Actually, when I was using Nikon F's, I certainly dropped the 
Nikon back while reloading more often than I've ever dropped an M base 
plate :-).

Rolfe

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