Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gerry, I understood that to mean that his grandfather hjad given him the M3. The photo (see link) is 1923. Peter Gerry Walden wrote: > 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 >> > > >