Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] What Cameras were used by the Japanese in the Pearl Harbor Attack?
From: Marc James Small <msmall@infi.net>
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 00:10:15 -0500
References: <3E8DCAB7.D0E1FDEB@earthlink.net>
 
The aerial recon shots might well have been made from a German HK7 camera,
the ultimate predecessor of the Hasselblad.  The Japanese had purchased a
number of these before the outbreak of war, and a number were recovered
from crashed aircraft.

Marc

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