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Subject: [Leica] OT: Are we Anal or what? "The Puddle Jumper" / Re: How about this one?
From: digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird)
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:58:38 -0500
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235 times!! What a lady ;)

Jim Laird

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Montie <montoid at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Correct IMHO. Nothing wrong with a little professional curiosity
> etc. But, at the end of the day, either the image "works", or
> it doesn't. ?Mona Lisa sat for da Vinci 235 times before... :-))
>
> Montie
>
>>>Really. It matters? Really? For historical reasons maybe, but it's
> still a great photograph which is the only reason anyone cares.
> Really?
>
> Jim Laird
>
> On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Robert Meier <robertmeier at usjet.net> 
> wrote:
>> Was anyone worried about what camera was used for the Iwo Jima shot? ? 
>> Does anyone have any doubts about what camera HCB used? ?No, and no.
>>
>> Did Doisneau stage the kiss shot? ? Yes. ? Did HCB shoot the puddle 
>> jumper over and over again until he got it right? ? We don't know. ? But 
>> it damn well matters!
>
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