Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Herbert, IIRR, it was the photographer who shot the Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst. Cheers Douglas On 26.02.2014 09:04, Herbert Kanner wrote: > I read a legend many years ago. Perhaps one of you LUGers can fill in some > details. In the days when they all used Speed Graphics, one photographer > for a New York paper (I think it was the Daily News) did an assignment > using a Leica. His editor told him that if he ever again used that toy > camera on an assignment, he?d be fired. > > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > > > > On Feb 25, 2014, at 5:49 PM, Jim Shulman <jshulman at judgecrater.com> > wrote: > >> Was the Leica ever a pre-eminent press camera? During the LTM and M3 >> heyday of the 50s, Rolleis and larger format cameras still prevailed. By >> the time most press photographers turned to 35mm, the SLR era was in full >> swing (with Leica a distant player). >> >> Leica really outshined the larger format cameras in the street, in the >> battlefield, as a sidekick in the car or for a walk, etc. Just not in the >> wolfpack of a photo opportunity. >> >> Jim Shulman >> Wynnewood, PA >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshulman=judgecrater.com at leica-users.org] On >> Behalf Of >> Douglas Barry >> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 8:24 PM >> To: lug at leica-users.org >> Subject: [Leica] Leica's heyday? >> >> I presume it is now in terms of users, but in terms of being the cutting >> edge and dominant tool as interpreted by its press corps usage, when was >> it? >> >> Did it ever exist? Was it just a cadre of influential photographers that >> got them for free who popularised Leica? Anybody know? >> >> It certainly wasn't in 1959 when this Ekberg photo was taken, as I pointed >> out in an earlier post, there are no Leicas to be seen. However, I may be >> going blind and missed one. Have a look at the photo of all the cameramen >> at the bottom of the plane's steps. But none of you commented on the >> absence of Leicas at the time. >> >> http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20140220-pictures-we-love-to-hate >> >> Do we owe Leica worship to HCB, or to whom - a clever early marketeer in >> Solms? >> >> Douglas >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >