[Leica] size matters

[sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)]

Phil, up on the Cane River, I was doing the same job at about the same time
at Northwestern State.  We  used Rolleis for sports work.

Funny though, the College President John Kyser, was an avid Leica photog,
and often dropped several rolls off the lab for us to soup.  (He did his
own printing.)

My job now at the University Archives often brings me into contact with his
files of negs and chromes.

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Phil Swango <pswango at att.net> wrote:

> Size matters (format/sensor size), but sometimes not in the direction you
> think.  Back in around 1960 I had a brief job as photographer for the
> student newspaper at my university (Louisiana State or LSU for folks on
> this side of the Atlantic).  When I went on staff I was issued a Linhoff
> 4x5 press camera and told in no uncertain terms that 35mm was out of the
> question for press work.  So I lugged the Linhoff to various shoots and did
> my job, but longed to use the little Leica IIIf I had bought.  One day my
> editor assigned me to shoot an important track meet and I dutifully loaded
> six film holders with film and went off to do the job.  I soon realized
> that I couldn't do much with 12 frames and was totally incapable of
> following the fast action that the meet entailed.  Out of frustration I put
> a roll of Tri-X in the Leica and shot a 36 exposure roll, as much for my
> own satisfaction as for the assignment.  When I developed the roll I
> immediately saw that the 35mm stuff was the best record of the event and
> decided to show a contact sheet to the editor.  He agreed that the Leica
> shots were the best of the bunch and chose 14 to run as a centerfold spread
> of the event.  Since I got paid by the published shot I was elated.  At
> $1.50 per shot I had earned $21!  I was rich!  If that sounds silly,
> remember that in today's money that would be around $168, quite a windfall
> for a college student.
>
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