Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Once again I find I was misled. The Panflex was a post war replacement for the pre war Flektoskop. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 10:30 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] LIFE, The Babe & a gear question > Rei, > > I misread the year. In 43, it would have to have been Contax. The > viewing system appears to be the Zeiss Ikon Panflex Reflex Housing. Don't > know about the lens. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 10:12 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] LIFE, The Babe & a gear question > > >> Rei, >> >> It appears to be a Contax or Kiev body, but I know nothing of the lens >> and viewing system. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Rei Shinozuka" <shino at panix.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 9:44 PM >> Subject: [Leica] LIFE, The Babe & a gear question >> >> >>> An interesting and unpublished color set of Babe Ruth's last Yankee >>> Stadium appearance in 1948. >>> >>> http://www.life.com/image/50453928/in-gallery/47141/babe-ruth-rare-and-unpublished >>> >>> below is the Life photographer Ralph Morse in 1943. Gear question: >>> what's he shooting? My uninformed guess is a Contax and a mirror >>> housing. And what lens is that fast-looking chrome beauty? >>> >>> http://www.life.com/image/53376685/in-gallery/47141/babe-ruth-rare-and-unpublished >>> >>> -rei >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > >