Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] One Comment and one question
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 07:08:14 -0600

I assume the question is what was the name of that film;

"The End of the Affair",

as everyone knows, war photographers prefer the increasingly hard to find
Kodak Disc Camera. If anyone is looking for one my local drug store still
has stock. $65CAN MIP (Mint in Plastic)

John Collier

> From: Kurt Miska <k.miska@french-rogers.com>
>
> 
> Last weekend my wife and I returned from Italy and one of the films
> chosen for this 9-hr flight was, to the best of my recollection, “An
> Affair of the Heart.” This dreadful and tedious British flick had two
> redeeming virtues. One – in an very, very brief street scene, there was
> clear shot of a sign – Leica Cameras. The other one showed a private
> detective using what was clearly a screw mount Leica, probably a IIIf or
> similar. Alas, these were the only bright moments in this boring film.
> 
> Today’s New York Times carries a fascinating story about the exploits of
> North Vietnamese combat photographers during that debacle. Some
> outstanding photography. Unfortunately, there is no mention of the
> equipment used by these photographers. Maybe some LUGer with lots of
> spare time on his/her hands can dig into this one.
> 
>