Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]James Lagers long out of print volume Leica Literature contains many many many examples of the Leica and Leica System being marketed to what we now know as photo journalists, also scientists, explorers and of course well-heeled others as well. Yes Speed Graphics and Rolleiflex TLRs were the bread and butter cameras of a generation of studio shooters but the street photos and pjs shot with Leicas (again see LA Express Newspaper Articles in Lager Leica Literature book talking how they scooped the town and the next week every paper in LA had Leicas) Not sure where Contax RF came into the picture in this discussion as Zeiss never had a fraction of the pj market share as Leitz, but DDD and other shooters were instrumental in the development of the M3 system (see VanHasbroecks Book) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html