Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wasn't it recently the Holga was debated here on the LUG? Read on.. /matt *THE PHOTOJOURNALIST *Which Camera Does This Pro Use? It Depends on the Shot * By SETH SCHIESEL <http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?ppds=bylL&v1=SETH%20SCHIESEL&fdq=19960101&td=sysdate&sort=newest&ac=SETH%20SCHIESEL&inline=nyt-per> * Published: June 8, 2005 *http://tinyurl.com/967ug* " ... Naturally, Mr. Burnett found his new look in the closet. He hasn't gotten rid of a camera since 1978 (when he traded in all his Nikons for Canon gear) and he has around 50 cameras and 50 lenses at his home near Washington. So by the time he hit the campaign trail last year for Time magazine, he was packing not only the Speed Graphic and the digital Canon, but also a 2 1/4-by-2 1/4-inch Mamiya or Rolleiflex and a $15 plastic camera called a Holga. In fact, a photo of Al Gore on the stump that Mr. Burnett took with a Holga won a top prize at the 2001 White House News Photographers' Association's Eyes of History contest."