Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George Huczek wrote: > > In his autobiography (Little, Brown, and Co.) AA wrote: > > In 1893, while I was on one of my frequent visits to Point Lobos, I was > sitting at one of the picnic benches changing film in my Leica R-4. A > middle-aged man, obviously a photographer, since he was festooned with > several cameras, came and sat opposite me. He expressed astonishment that > I was using a 35mm camera. I explained that I was not dedicated to any > particular size and that I had used 35mm extensively. I am often typed as > a rigid large-format man in spite of the fact that I have done much work > with smaller formats. Hmmm. 1893. AA never looked his age. And Oscar Barnak was way ahead of his times. :-) - -- Carl Socolow http://members.tripod.com/SocPhoto/