Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Mark Rabiner wrote: > > > > Notice the Graflex was not recommended for Carrier landings. > > > > Mark, from my almost 2 years as an underway OOD on board U.S.S. Intrepid, I > have a bunch of carrier landings - and catapult launches - that I took from > the bridge with my IIIf and either a 50/2 Summitar or a 35/3,5 Elmar! Also > some fine images of carrier Saratoga, battleships Iowa & Wisconsin, heavy > cruiser Newport News and various tin cans, taken with a 127mm f/4,5 > Wollensak Raptar, f'r 'eav'ns sake! > > > > Seth > > Did you find any reason why a Graflex could not be used for a Carrier landing? Other than the left to right right to left thing of the viewfinder? No one said you couldn't shoot one with a Rolleiflex. The wire frame thing on a Speed would have to be great for such a thing. Mark William Rabiner