Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>From the Wiki: In 1940 Swedish Air Force officers requested Hasselblad to construct a camera that rivaled the one found in a German reconnaissance aircraft shot down over Sweden. Hasselblad founded the Victor Hasselblad AB company in 1941 to produce cameras for the Swedish Air Force. -- Mark R. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/ > From: Lottermoser George <imagist3 at mac.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:22:31 -0500 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] B&W Leica? Higher ISO > > > On Mar 16, 2012, at 4:23 PM, Chris Crawford wrote: > >> The Hasselblad hadn't been invented yet. They didn't begin production till >> the early 1950s. D-day was in 1944. > > <http://www.hasselblad.com/about-hasselblad/history/a-man-with-small-hands.asp > x> > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information