Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve LeHuray wrote: > > > Jim wrote: > >> > >> The U 505 is in Chicago at a museum and can be toured through. > >> > >> Jim > > I did so 2 years ago as part of the LHSA Chicago thing and my 35 Summicron > Asph > > couldn't get anything. > > I think the 28 Summicron would have been perfect. > > Or the 21 Asph or wider! > > mark rabiner > > :) > > http://spokenword.to/rabiner/ > > > > hmmmmm...interesting. Lothar-Gunther Buchlheim published a whole photo book > using a screw mount Leica with 50mm/3.5 lens and 40 ISO film. > > Steve > Annapolis When i shot it it was packed like sardines with tourists. It also was hot as hell. No air. A lady tourguide way up in front made a long unintelligible speech with ritualized hand movements. She had made this speech 30,034 times. Spontaneity was not her thing. She might as well have been saying Mass. After waiting an hour to be packed onto the ship i remembered why i hated doing this in Grammer school. mark rabiner The U 505 the ultimate tourist trap