Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, at least one could rewind those Leicas and Nikons! Can you imagine trying to load batteries, just so you could unload and reload the film in one of these new battery dependent marvels. I can't remember any battery dependent camera in that era (but then again, I have trouble remembering a lot of things lately ;-)). David L. Duff KG7BR Emanuel Lowi wrote: > > The April issue of B&W magazine has an extensive interview with Nick Ut, the > photographer most famous for his photo of napalmed Kim Phuc running naked down the > road near Trang Bang. > > Some very nice photos of Kim Phuc today (she lives in Toronto) are reproduced. > > Ut talks about equipment too, stating that most shooters in Vietnam carried a Nikon F > and a Leica, usually an M2. He states that those who used their Leicas most were > always at a disadvantage because of slow rewinding. He says that in the full-frame > version of his famous image you can see one of his colleagues struggling to rewind > the film in his Leica - that guy missed the prize-winning picture! > > I guess the M4 hadn't caught on yet although, in a way, I feel M users are still at a > bit of a disadvantage when it comes to rewind and reload in the heat of the action. > > Emanuel Lowi