Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted Grant wrote: >Rolfe Tessem said: > > >>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.<<< >> >> > >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 > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html