Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/28

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Rommel
From: matt at kollarfoto.com (kollarfoto)
Date: Sat May 28 05:47:59 2005
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As I remember it... for what that is worth...in Whelan's bio it is said 
he died with a Contax in his hands...
/matt

R. Clayton McKee wrote:

>On 27 May 2005 at 18:02, Jeffery Smith wrote:
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>>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?
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>Whelan's bio says that Capa frequently used whatever he could lay 
>hands on, especially in the early years when his personal camera was  
>often in hock.  Frequently he borrowed cameras from friends or his 
>employer du jour.  The pix in Whelan show him with both, in later 
>years mostly Contax, and of course the Rollei.  
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In reply to: Message from feli2 at earthlink.net (Feli) ([Leica] Re: Rommel)
Message from leica at rcmckee.com (R. Clayton McKee) ([Leica] Re: Rommel)