Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/17

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Are we Anal or what? "The Puddle Jumper" / Re: How about this one?
From: montoid at earthlink.net (Montie)
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:55:55 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
 
Correct IMHO. Nothing wrong with a little professional curiosity
etc. But, at the end of the day, either the image "works", or
it doesn't.  Mona Lisa sat for da Vinci 235 times before... :-))

Montie

>>Really. It matters? Really? For historical reasons maybe, but it's
still a great photograph which is the only reason anyone cares.
Really?

Jim Laird

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Robert Meier <robertmeier at usjet.net> 
wrote:
> Was anyone worried about what camera was used for the Iwo Jima shot?   
> Does anyone have any doubts about what camera HCB used?  No, and no.
>
> Did Doisneau stage the kiss shot?   Yes.   Did HCB shoot the puddle jumper 
> over and over again until he got it right?   We don't know.   But it damn 
> well matters!
Replies: Reply from digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird) ([Leica] OT: Are we Anal or what? "The Puddle Jumper" / Re: How about this one?)