Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thought "Practika" when I saw the lens. At 08:08 PM 6/18/2002 -0400, you wrote: >On first blush it looks like an Exacta because it looks like there isn't >a prism which was one of the options... also the lens looks somewhat >like a Flektogon... wasn't that also East German made as was the Exacta? >-- >Jim - http://www.hemenway.com > > > >Allan Wafkowski wrote: > > > > At the very bottom of the page there is a picture of Dorothea holding a > > camera. I looks like an upsidedown SLR of some sort. Can anyone identify > > the camera? I think I'm seeing it wrong. > > > > Allan > > > > david degner wrote: > > > > > > In Dorothea Lange's photo of a girl holding a barbed > > > wire fence while her mother stands, out of focus, in > > > the background, the bokeh has a substantial impact on > > > the photo. Im not sure what type of camera she used > > > or even if the bokeh in the photo could be consider > > > good, but in the end it is important for the mood of > > > the photo. You have to see the photo in print to get > > > its full impact but it is the 5th one from the top on > > > > > http://thecity.sfsu.edu/pacific.pix/WEBPAGE/dorothea3.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html