Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/23

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Subject: [Leica] Miles Davis; Leica shooter by Sy Johnson
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Tue Oct 23 23:02:24 2007
References: <C342F2E1.71570%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Mark,
Wonderful article - a real insight into a music revolutionary, Miles Davis.
I hate the music he was recording in that period, though - after the two
great quintets...
Cheers
Jayanand

On 10/23/07, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote:
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> Sy Johnson I got to shoot the breeze with a bit in the Bar in Rochester
> after he gave his slide show wrote this Leica Jazz article:
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> http://hepcat1950.com/mdiv_sy.html
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> He says Miles got a Leica in Germany:
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> "He said he had the clerk set the shutter speed and aperture at the store
> when he bought the camera and hadn't changed them since."
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> Read it so you have it in context. Mesmerizing!
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> by a great Leica photographer and advocate and great musician.
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> Mark William Rabiner
> markrabiner.com
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