Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I really like his Rolleiflex work. Wonderful tonalities. Reading the Russian Journal (Steinbeck) really gave me the impression that, as you say, he was not a gearhead. He was concerned about it getting stolen throughout the Russian trip, but getting outside and shooting was where he was focused. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Feli Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 6:16 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Rommel Capa shot his very early work with a Leica. I speculate that he switched sometime around the Spanish Civil war. By the outbreak of WWII he definitely was shooting Contax. My guess is the 1.5/50 Sonnar and Contax viewfinder with the combined finder patch/viewer is what made him switch. Capa wasn't a gearhead and I can't picture him having the patience to fiddle with the squinty double windows on the Leicas. The Contax was also a lot easier to load; an important consideration, when someone is shooting at you. He also shot a huge amount of footage with a Rolleicord/flex. feli On May 27, 2005, at 4:02 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > In "Blood and Champagne", the author continually states that Roberta > Capa shot this or that with his Leicas, but the photographs all seem > to show him with his coveted Contaxes. Did he use both, or was the > author equating RF camera = Leica? ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com no archive _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information