Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's not just a matter of them being shutter bugs - they were obsessive about documenting everything - probably because they believed they were building a new world and would be considered heroes by later generations. It's a weird thing that the Nazis so thoroughly documented their worst crimes- but then there were meticulous records kept of the Inquisition, and of course in recent times - and hardly on the same scale - we do have the infamous Nixon tape. ;-) On 5/27/05 11:48 AM, "Bob Haight" <rhaightjr@yahoo.com> wrote: > The Germans, being shutterbugs, photodocumented all of > their activites during the war. I suspect many images > were destroyed as the allies approached but new photos > turn up all the time. Bob > > --- Feli <feli2@earthlink.net> wrote: > >>> This is a bit of a dumb (and newbie) question, but >> were Leica cameras >>> around during the second world war? Or did they >> arrive afterwards? For >>> some reason I think of the VW beetle and the Leica >> camera as arriving >>> around the same time. Am I incorrect? >>> thanks, >>> chris >> >> Leica pretty much invented the 135 (35mm) format we >> use today. The >> first Leica >> was produced in 1925, prototypes date back to 1911. >> The concept was the >> idea of Oskar >> Barnack. >> >> Patton had a Leica III. >> >> >> feli >> >> On May 27, 2005, at 6:21 AM, cwoods wrote: >> >>> >> > ________________________________________________________ >> feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 >> www.elanphotos.com >> >> >> no archive >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for >> more information >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information