Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In "Blood and Champagne", the author continually states that Roberta Capa shot this or that with his Leicas, but the photographs all seem to show him with his coveted Contaxes. Did he use both, or was the author equating RF camera = Leica? Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jls=runbox.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Feli Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 10:36 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Rommel > 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