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Subject: [Leica] PAW in Memory of Steve LeHuray
From: durling at cox.net (Mike Durling)
Date: Sat Apr 17 19:46:01 2004
References: <001801c424b7$f1a257e0$7e6b0e44@newukolbqveo9i>

I remember a well-used M2, maybe two.  Somewhere I have a picture of him 
using it.  I think that is the key, he actually used his gear!

Mike-D

Jeffery Smith wrote:
> For anyone who thinks you have to have a nice, new camera to take good
> images, Steve's Leica RF (I think) looked like it had been to hell and
> back. I think it was an M4, and it appeared to be through several wars.
> That alone convinced me that these bodies are durable.
> 
> Seeing a guy with a beret and a light meter shooting street in DC was
> like stepping back into the 1960's. And Steve was a bit like something
> from the 60's. Good guy.
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Graham
> Battison
> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 2:55 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW in Memory of Steve LeHuray
> 
> From: "Jim Shulman" <jshul@comcast.net>
> Subject: [Leica] PAW in Memory of Steve LeHuray
> 
> 
> 
>>Many of us had the great pleasure of knowing the late LUG member Steve
>>LeHuray, whose untimely passing last year was a great shock to all on
> 
> this
> 
>>list.
>>
>>Steve was more than a Leicaphile and cinematographer; he was also an
>>enthusiastic fan of British sports cars.
>>
>>So, I waited until the first really wonderful day of Springtime for my
>>tribute photo.  I urged a friend with a really beautiful (and totally
>>original) 1966 Jaguar XKE to go out for a spin on some winding country
>>roads.
>>
>>Snapped this from the shotgun seat at about fifty miles an hour.
>>
>>http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2291516&size=lg
>>
>>Springtime in a Jaguar with a Leica.  Goodnight, Steve, wherever you
> 
> are.
> 
>>Regards,
>>Jim Shulman
>>Bryn Mawr, PA
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----
> -------------------------------
> Hi Jim,
> 
> Nice shot, nice car, nice sentiment. Coincidentally Sonny Carter and
> myself
> were discussing Steves' work yesterday and we wondered if his site was
> still
> up. It is:
> 
> http://www.streetphoto.net/MainSP/MainSP_two.html
> 
> --Graham
> 
> 
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