Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc and other historians: During the the horrors of WWII both sides both sides to the conflict used Leicas. In particular, Leicas with Heer and Luftwaffe markings are costly collectibles. Did the Contaxes play the same role? Just wondering. regards, Andrew Jordan > the profession didn't follow his lead. The Contax, from the middle 1930's > until its demise in 1960 was THE camera of choice for > rough-country use, as > it was more rugged and reliable than even the incredible LTM Leicas were. > > Combat photographers chose Contax, not Leica. Scientific and geographic > expeditions used Contax, not Leica. Industrial photographers used Contax, > not Leica. Even when Leica offered to GIVE gear away (something