Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Nick Ut's Napalm girl
From: frank theriault <knarf.theriault@sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 07:13:19 -0400
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I must be going nuts.  I could have sworn that I either saw or read an interview, and
Ut said something to the effect that he took his Nikon from his eye, put it down, and
went to help the burning girl (Kim Phuc).  I must have assumed the taking it from his
eye part.  After having checked several on-line articles, you are, of course,
correct.  He carried a Nikon for longer lenses, and a Leica M2 with a 35mm Summicron,
with which he took the Pulitzer Prize winning photo.

Thanks for the correction and sorry for misleading.

cheers,
frank

Rolfe Tessem wrote:

> I'm sure he had a Nikon, but the perspective of that picture is (at
> least to my eye) consistent with the use of a 35mm lens. Lots of guys
> used a Leica for the 35mm and 50mm and a Nikon for the 105mm and 200mm.
>
> Rolfe
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