Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I really must re-read it. I am surprised that Chandler goes into that much detail - or am I? Peter H. Ball Arche wrote: > Also later in the text it's described as having an f2 lens, so a Summitar? > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 1:09:15 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Historical leica sighting - What was Orrin's Leica? > > So, The Little Sister was published in 1949 and is set in that period. > > The camera's expensive, so new(?), so what do we reckon IIc or IIIc and > why? ;-) > > Peter > > H. Ball Arche wrote: >> in Raymond Chandler's "The Little Sister", which I've just re-read after >> 30 years. I'd completely forgotten about how her older brother's using a >> Leica was central to the plot: >> >> "He studies a lot and he has a very expensive camera he likes to snap >> people with when they don't know. Sometimes it makes them mad. But Orrin >> says people ought to see themselves as they really are." >> >> "Let's hope it never happens to him, " I said. "what kind of camera is >> it?" >> >> "One of those little cameras with a very fine lens. You can take snaps in >> almost any kind of light. A Leica." >> >> -and on from there. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig