Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] blue-sky daydream
From: "Bill O'Connell" <woc2@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 00:24:50 -0400

Spend the time with Jesse Alexander to learn how to do auto racing in b/w.
He shot B/W with Leicas of races.  I have a few of his prints and, in fact,
he was the motivation in getting the M6.  Course, as was pointed out, now
you can't get as close as you could in those days when you could actually
stand at the side of the track.
I last saw him in Monterey for the big Porsche party last August.  He
commented on the camera (my M6 - see Mark, I don't always have a Nikon with
me at the track).  Due to age and the resulting factors, he has moved to a
Contax G.  Noted that he liked it, it did much for him, but it wasn't a
Leica.
Porsche used one of his pictures of  the Porsche Pits at Le Mans as their
50th anniversary print ad last year.  A fitting tribute IMHO.
Bill