Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/25

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Subject: [Leica] OT: World War II photography; "The War"
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Tue Sep 25 10:26:59 2007
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On 9/25/07, Oliver Bryk <oliverbryk@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>  I assume that most of it (on land, anyway)
> was shot with the 35mm Bell and Howell Eyemo, a 7-pound camera that held
> 100ft of film (a minute at 24 frames per second). The cameraman had to
> carry
> a supply of 100-ft open reel cans.
> Oliver




Yeah, and 100 feet came out to under three minutes of film per roll.   The
film door came off when you had to change, but was way too big to hold in
your teeth, like an M bottom plate, so you kinda held it under your arm
while you changed film.  Lottsa fun in the rain or mud, or under fire.

-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches, Louisiana
USA

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