Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Was Leica Marketed As A Professional Camera Or As A Hobbiest Happy-Snapper?
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 16:13:12 -0800
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Marc James Small wrote:
>>> Well, a number of Big Name photo-journalists, most notably Capa, used
> Contax during the era under discussion.  And the Contax was vastly
> preferred for expedition work as it was somewhat more reliable than was
the
> Leica.  There was only one Leica on Mount Everest before 1963, while
>dozens of Contaxes had been going up and down the place for decades.<<<

BIG SNIP.............

Hi Marc,
Hey well done, very informative. Interesting reading, thank you.
ted

Ted Grant Photography Limited
www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant


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