Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]According to my information, it was Sam Shere. On 26.02.2014 13:18, Douglas Sharp wrote: > 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 >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information > >