Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David Suchet said that the camera was his grandfathers camera. The person with him (maybe his brother) said that the image being shown could not have been taken with that particular camera because the camera dated from 1957 and the photograph was dated a lot earlier. Lovely to hear the sound of that Leica shutter on the soundtrack. Gerry 2008/9/18 Peter Dzwig <pdzwig@summaventures.com>: > Exactly. Intertesting to see. I don't think that it was staged either. > > Peter > > Steve Unsworth wrote: >> I saw the same program. >> >> 1954 M3 in a brown leather case if I remember the date correctly. >> >> Steve >> >> >> On 17/9/08 22:57, "Peter Dzwig" <pdzwig@summaventures.com> wrote: >> >>> Just watched David Suchet (best known as "Hercule Poirot") on UK BBC1's >>> "Who >>> do >>> you think you are?" ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare) tracing >>> his >>> ancestry. >>> >>> Of interest to the LUG 88may** be that Suchet was carrying an M3 with >>> collapsable Summicron. Suchet's grandfather was a well-known Press >>> photographer >>> in his own right. Producing iconic photos such as: >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/naughton321/2122550312/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Gerry Walden LRPS www.gwpics.com www.stockuk.co.uk Tel: +44 (0)23 8046 3076