Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's carrying coals to Newcastle! On Apr 8, 2013, at 3:27 PM, Dante Stella <dstella1 at ameritech.net> wrote: > In other news, Mad Men last night depicted Don Draper giving a Leica > camera to a rich doctor as a gift and commenting that he needed to read > the instructions. > > Dante > > On Apr 8, 2013, at 3:58 PM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net> > wrote: > >> Channel 2 ( CBS) had a show on today with George W. Bush's official >> photographer, Eric Draper. In several of the pictures and video clips >> shown, he was using a Leica M of some type, especially in the offices and >> when meetings occurred. I did not catch the model, but I thought it was >> an >> MP. Might have been an M8. >> >> >> >> He claimed to have made one Million photographs over the 8 years. >> >> >> >> Mr. Draper has a new book out: Front Row Seat: A Photographic Portrait of >> the Presidency of George W. Bush >> >> >> >> Several years ago, I remember a story that the only cameras allowed in the >> Oval Office were Leica RF cameras. Maybe it is still true? >> >> >> >> Frank Filippone >> >> Red735i at verizon.net >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information